Since finishing the pantry project I haven't spent much time on the WC part of the project. Today I had all the parts and no excuses not to mount the little marine toilet onto its foundation. I had taken a nap one day during which my deceased father came into my dream to show me how to make a base for the toilet. It was a puzzle I had been working in my brain. He, true to his nature, made it out of wood. Me, being true to my love of plumbing, made it out of galvanized plumbing parts. It's built for stout. The beauty of making the legs with 1 1/4" nipples and floor flanges is I could raise or lower a leg by turning thus leveling the unit. Saltillo tile is notoriously uneven.

The top of the platform is actually two 3/4" pieces of plywood laminated together and covered with a sheet of aluminum from the Chelan Mirror's offset printing templates. I had gotten several of them years ago to use as cover for cabinet doors in my Airstream trailer. One side, of course, is the news of the day and the other is a flawless expanse of silver. I personally love the stuff and was able to get it free from the newspaper office. I've heard of people covering sides of buildings and roofs. It's a heavier gauge than a soda can but not so thick as to make it impossible to cut and bend.

I'll get into the reason for a marine toilet after I've plumbed it in. It's cute, though, isn't it? And fits the tiny WC space perfectly.