The Average Joe's (or Jane's) Guide to Installing a Toilet Part 1 of 2

[InfinityVision]

I loved it in the video where they had you sit on the toilet TWICE with the magazine.

I don't think guys can normally go to the bathroom without a magazine or a book in their

hands, I know I can't.

[Core404]

Dont wiggle just push

[smarseil]

Thanks for sharing.I love finding my DIY tips through YouTube. You should consider uploading this to the handy-homeowner(dot)com site. My cleint is running a contest and is looking for videos like this one.

[ClaudeLW]

Great job. Thx.

[fwbrc51]

so did you buy the lawnmower?

[Hossified]

Installing a toilet for the first time tomorrow. Thanks for free lesson!

[XxFLYINhIpPoxX]

THANKS i gotta help my pappy reinstall my potty now and p.s. I WANT THAT TOILET :)

[CactusJackSlade]

Great job... pretty good humor too :-) thanks!

[milly1219]

nicely done !

[canamgirl]

Thank you. I can now go install my new toilet with confidence. Great video and the best tip was to not screw it in so hard. Most women say that though.....ha ha...thanks again.

[MrBrombomb]

I noticed that you installed a Fluidmaster 400A fill valve in the toilet to replace the one that came with the toilet. I don't blame you. The fill valves that come pre-installed in the Glacier Bay toilets are crap.

[hackamore]

How is the flange attached to the floor (on a slab floor and also on an upstairs wood floor)? If you raise the floor is it necessary to raise the flange?

[glenkenn2]

thanks!!...off to fix the crapper now!

[smtc5b]

If you are so concerned about flange repairs, wait until you have to replace your entire sewer line, because if you live in an old home you *WILL* have to replace it one of these days and it'll cost you anywhere from $10k-$35k if not more depending on your landscaping for something that costs around $600 in materials ;) So flange, no big deal :D

[smtc5b]

What is the big deal with breaking the flange ? You make it seem like it's a $10,000 problem :D There are flange repair kits or replacement kits you can replace the entire flange if you want, in fact you are quite lucky, in older homes it is COMMON to see a broken flange, rust, rotted subfloor etc, everything can be fixed, worst case scenario it can run you a few hundreds $, replacing a flange is no big deal, ;)

[dabrown25]

Thanks for your help.. Can't wait to go and buy a new toilet and give it a try!

[goggutube]

Like everyone's saying, your video is far and above the best instruction on how to do this. Thank you very much! It is excellent. Even to the point of putting the wax on the toilet itself, instead of the flange. I wish I saw this first. Thanks again!

[golfmaniac007]

awesome instructions joe! i like how you get into little details of why you should and shouldn't do things. i can tell you put pride into what ever you do.....its called integrity work!

[lucas911611]

I replaced my toilet two years ago, somehow I flash, I sort of hear more growling noise than before. Is it crying for something that I don't know or some toilet makes more growling noise when it is flashed than others?

[HBKBC]

I agree with everyone else. After watching your video, I successfully replaced my master bathroom toilet with no trouble at all. Thank you for your video - it helped tremendously.

[nolamar1]

Great video! I think one of the toilets installed by a contractor in 2009 did it wrong because it's real wobbly, they never put on the bolt caps, and they caulked around the bottom. Having both baths remodeled now, so you shared great info so I know what's going on.

[DJSIMPLYP]

greatvid man i jus removed/installed three toilets in my house today! thanks for the tips it didnt take all that long at all :) great vid and thanks for sharing.

[fireworkstube]

Wouldn't you have to flush the toilet some how to test the water/wax seal|?

[mykenwood830]

Very good video and informative also. TY :)

[mtbmike1234]

Excellent video.I followed your video and it was a lot more informative then the directions I got that obviously lost something in the translation from Chinese to English.

[enisro4]

thank you this really help me



[Nebzz]

Thanks man. Redoing our bathroom and embarrassingly the toilet is the only thing I have never replaced in my life. Simple enough but your video reassured me.

[Nebzz]

Thanks man. Redoing our bathroom and embarrassingly the toilet is the only thing I have never replaced in my life. Simple enough but your video reassured me.

[bigpapatube]

awesome dude! you did a great job explaning things, and your dead pan sense of humor was great!

[vltrb0]

killed it joe, fuck the haters, haters gotta hate

[DrHogfan]

1.6 gal toilets suck! You end up flushing twice to get that big ole turd down ...so you end up using MORE water 3.2 gal as opposed to 3 before the brainless enviromentalist(ooo we're gonna run outta water) wackos screwed us all.

[jobacombi]

Great video. Thanks for posting.

[bakedpotato1678]

They normally tell you not to wiggle the bowl. I tried it and it ruined the wax ring.

[sixcats100]

Good video. Lots of good tips. Thanks

[tundracrewmax]

Good video dude. We are doing the same thing in our upstairs bathroom. I wanted to spend four hundred or less so we went with the cheaper stick on floor tiles, a new toilet, new sink and just painted over the old faded wall paper. All in all, it looks brand new to us and the wife is off my freaking back. I do have to find a replacement mirror and glaze it into the old medicine cabinet thought. I never knew there were different types of wax rings. That was an interesting point for me.

[Rasburyjam]

Great job. You covered every little detail. Even the guys at Home Depot couldn't give me a reason why I would use a No. 3 ring versus a No. 10 ring. Their response was "It's just preference."  Also like the tip of rocking the toilet to get a good seal, sitting on it, then making the adjustments. I can see you are a perfectionist, as am I. Better to do it right the first time.

[craig1h]

thanks man you were a big help!



[Hope2Haupt]

great video thank you

[cellphonesrock76]

nice toilet dude :) i have the same brand as that toilet

[robertson5224]

Nice video! Thank you for taking the time to show me how to do this. Will save me a lot of money on having to pay someone else to do it!!

[Paintheshed]

lol @ the safety boots....

[meshelame]

Very informative and much needed, simple info before taking out my toilet. Thanks Joe!!

[bakedpotato1678]

Very informative!

[1doi3]

in europe its sooo much simpler made..... i dont know why you have it so complicated with a flanche and stuff... stupid

[Flushifyable]

@1doi3 But compare the performance, much differnt. Most European toilets are washdown style and clog very easily. American toilets are much better made.

[szewczukmm]

Great video for the DIY'ers . Thanx Joe.

[artifishal]

get crazy with a toilet? you copied this from another youtuber. Why?

[JoeSchlubb]

What did I copy? And from what Youtuber?

[JjEjFjF]

@JoeSchlubb Ignore that idiot. Maybe the other guy copied you. Great video. Thanks.

[dithbmine1]

Yes a girl is going tot do this,,,,,,bs

have you seen women drive???

[cm1979ful]

WTH does different plumbing have to do with putting in a toilet ffs??? You really need ask your mom how she raised you.

[smokinhalf]

pretty good deal on a lawn mower ..lol

[mightyoaks]

excellent tips. hope i don't mess it up too badly.. my DIY skill is on vacation

[mrhikeboi]

awesome!