A box of plumbing supplies - and a closet flange!

As I started collecting the materials for this project, I realized I would need to find some very specific items.  In fact, I remember thinking to myself, "where am I going to find a toilet flange?"  Now, the technical term, if you are going to search for one on a home improvement store's website is a "closet flange."  As in Water Closet.  (I guess that flange was designed by a British guy).  My first experience with a PVC closet flange was during my main bathroom remodel.  I installed tile, complete with a backerboard, and subsequently raised the floor by one inch.  I realized that the toilet would never fit the drain, and it was then that I discovered the closet flange and the cheater spacer kit. 

Now, back to the basement, there is a four inch drain pipe protruding from the floor, but I knew it would need a closet flange.  And that is not really something you find used.  Nor does Lowes or Home Depot give them away.  Even Menards wouldn't offer a Black Friday rebate on one.  You just have to buy them- for about $10 each.  And that is a problem when you are trying to build a free bathroom.  In fact, as I wondered where I might find one, I seriously began to doubt if this "free bathroom" crazy idea would be successful.

Then I saw the magic Craigslist ad.  A family in Peculiar, Missouri, was moving and getting rid of stuff.  Among the spoils- a box of plumbing stuff.  I knew I needed plumbing stuff, so I made the drive that night, somehow found the house in the dark, and gratefully received the box of plumbing stuff.  And guess what was in it?  A PVC closet flange!!!!