Hey folks, I'd like to finish my basement, but right as you get to the bottom of the stairs, there is a giant cast iron sewer pipe for my main sewer line, around 6' off the ground running across most of the room. Without derailing the question, there is little that I can do to either relocate it or raise it higher or reroute it. I've had every plumber look at it that's come over for other reasons and talked with basement contractors. There is little that can be done to move it or raise it or reroute it. The only idea that has come up is to have it instead just go straight down and into an ejector pump, that then goes up and over into the main sewer entrance. My concern is...are those whole ejector pumps reliable? As much as I want to finish my basement, I don't want to be dealing with clogged or backing up or overflowing sewers, nor do I want emergency plumbing calls. This wouldn't be just a bathroom in the basement...it would be the whole house. Granted, currently there's only 1.5 bathrooms and 1 kitchen but still. Am I asking for a world of trouble, or are these things just really good and I wouldn't even know it's there? If not, but you know of another solution, please feel free to chime in with that as well. Thanks

I'm replacing the washers , greasing, and now trying to reassemble the bath faucet. However, no matter what I do, I cannot push it on far enough to get the threads to bite so I can tighten it. It's like something is blocking it. It looks to be sitting correctly. Even if I put the middle plastic part onto the faucet and then carefully place the handle in it will not go on. Without all the plastic parts as a test, it goes on fine. Any ideas what to try? Pictures below of how it fits.