I've now started posting Italian cooking vids. This is something I've wanted to do for many years, so I'm very happy to be sailing forth with my Pasta Guy videos.
I just bought a house. It's on septic. The toilet is very low. The bowl water was high. I was tea baggin. I adjusted the float and the bowl water level is better but it's such a weak flush. I'm not sure if it's because it's such a short toilet or if it can be fixed. I may try buying a new toilet but I was wondering if maybe I may run into the same weak flushing problem due to being on septic. I wonder if there is some pressure or resistance causing the weak flush. I quit flushing toilet paper but it still struggles with just poop. I like your style bty
Ask someone at a plumbers supply store. I do know that some toilets have a stronger flush, especially the ones in commercial buildings because they use vacuum assisted flushing.
Kudos to you for going the extra mile to double check your work. I especially like how you added additional wax to fill in the possible voids in the seal creating a hybrid of both. Great job.
Thanks. Yeah, I did what I felt like needed to be done here, but I have a follow-up video to this one and it didn't hold up all that well. The biggest problem was that my drain opening was too big for this seal. Also, these rubber seals have a problem holding up to the chemicals in the water ...over time.
Most Plumber's don't FIX STUFF like it was There Own HOUSE, (In My Opinion)! I agree with you on the technology aspect of TOILET'S. My God it's been What???? 100 +++ YEARS since the Invention??? Good Lord Have Mercy. I like what you Did with the Foam and Getting the "FLOOR" sealed off to nearly PERFECTION. I'am not sure what else you could or have done. MOST Older Homes are NOT On CEMENT SLABS like a lot of the COOKIE CUTTER JUNK HOMES BUILT TODAY in the year 2000+++. If ya Had a CEMENT SLAB It would be a better feeling about a LEAK if one Occurred, at least the WOOD FLOORING wouldn't be damaged which is a REAL ISSUE with the Older Homes like ours (Built in 1959) and has had Numerous PLUMBERS attempt to "FIX" A Leaky Toilet FLANGE MOUNT. Maybe it should be a NEW CODE Nowadays to POUR A CEMENT Surrounding (On Single Story Homes) Around the Area of the TOILET MOUNTING??? Or Perhaps Have the TOLIET EXIT AREA where the Stuff Goes Down, To be "BUILT to go "INSIDE" The Main Sewer by 3 or 4" and use some kind of a seal just for the GASES to be held in. I don't know. It's an ISSUE STILL and Needs Addressing No Doubt!! Good Job here.
There are a lot of videos about changing the flange. You can use a Dremel to cut the inside of your drain pipe and replace the top portion with an expandable rubber piece (that fits inside the pipe) and a new flange. A plumber might charge you $500-$600 to do it, but you could do it yourself. Thanks for watching my video.
A little update on this project - Since I dump a lot of boiling pasta water down the sink, this protection only lasted a couple of months. The product (Avalon King) is still protecting the outer areas of the sink though.
Avalon King. It's $50 with an easy to find coupon. You would have enough for your car if you used it on a sink. It lasted about a month on the inside area of the sink ...lasts 1.5 - 2 years on a car. I'll post an update right now. in the comments.
After watching your video from 2 years ago, I had to go back and watch the original. Love the humor! I think it is a good idea to seal around the flange so that you know when the seal isn't working.
I have a windowless room. I was going to do the led lights but i just happen to have a ring camera, and old monitor and an extra firestick! I pick up the old window tomorrow! Thanks for this!
I'm no pro but have replaced a few toilets in my life (I'm replacing one now) and every time there has been water damage (as there is now). This is one area I think deserves extra care and attention since once you place it so aren't going to know you have a slight leak unless it's just a gusher (which is rare). Most damage is done over a long time and not found until it's replaced. Nice job!
Thanks Marty…. I’ve changed and installed several toilets without any problems until recently when the wax failed. I’m switching over to a Perfect Seal gasket which has an enclosed wax ring !
It seems there are plusses and minuses to each one of those rubber rings, but that one you're going to use seems like it would be a good one. Good luck
@@MartyPollio Just to let you know, I installed the “Perfect Seal” yesterday. When I removed the old wax, it appeared the wax had actually failed at the flange connection. Not sure how this even happened because I had used an extra high wax ring which it was apparent I had bulls eyed with the toilet and the toilet was well seated. However, when installing the new “perfect seal” I took some of the old wax and spread it on the existing toilet flange and pressed the new seal onto the to ensure seal was solid. Then I placed the toilet on top as per instructions and it worked like a dream with a solid, firm connection.
@@richardtruckner2203 I'd be curious to know how the rubber materials hold up to chemicals in the water over time. When I pulled up my Fluidmaster seal (a follow up video to this one) I noticed there was water damage, but the one you used is thicker and tougher rubber than mine.
@@MartyPollio Hi Marty, I’m not 100% sure of the formulation of the rubber used but I assume they are using some variant of silicone rubber….. if so, the rubber should hold up very well based on the results seen generally in rubber seals used in various industries.
RU-vid puts whatever ads they want on these videos. I have no input to that at all. I would imagine that's the way it is for all the other video creators on here.
i appreciate your humbleness. Checking back on a toilet that isn't presenting any problems - great scene. Great line - "We do the best we can with what we got..." . I was waiting for the duck tape next, though. You can't argue with success even if its unorthodox. You remind me of The Red Green Show - "And remember, if the women don't find you handsome they should at least find you handy".
♥️ Nooooo. Love the video feed but why not change the video to be fall and winter themed. No need to film the traffic just to be "realistic". Ikea has a bunch of these fake windows without video and they are why I'm here. I need these in my cave of a expensive apartment!!
I love your video, and I could not agree with you more about toilet technology. It seems like all the new ring stuff is just a bandaid on a very poor design.
i tried that one and it did leak, when i changed it the black ring was so squished it looked melted. so now i am trying the korky brand where the black ring is above the rubber. and also has twice the warranty.
I agree... forget the toilets that will flush billiard balls and golf balls... I found a TOTO that can handle a foot-long Nathan's hot dog with relish. It's like watching the "Log Ride" at Six Flags...!! I'm anticipating your toilet flange review series will make it to Paramount Plus alongside This Old House in the near future. My only dilemma after watching your reviews was whether to use a normal or thick wax ring and one with or without the "horn"... Looking forward to more of your wit and wisdom...
If you use a wax ring with a funnel (horn), make sure you don't move the toilet at all once it's set on top of the ring. A normal wax ring will allow you to twist the toilet a bit, but not push it forward or back. Glad you liked the videos, thanks for watching.
Great sense of humor and logic. Reminds me of Marty McFly dealing with Biff. Your fans need a link for those socks...!! Fixing to watch your 2-year follow-up to this video....
Great video! Just replaced my failed wax seal with the blue “Better than Wax” seal. The original seal was wax, leaked horribly, the plumber sealed around the toilet base with silicone (before I bought the house). When I removed the silicone the floor flooded with brown water. First attempt with a wax seal lasted 6 months then started leaking. Called plumbers, they all quoted $500 to replace seal so I bought some seals like you. The non-level flange was 1/4” above the non-level tile floor and was not level. By adjusting the nuts on the bolts and using shims (Wobble Wedge) was able to stop the leakage and stabilize the toilet. Plumbers only want to take your money and could care less if they actually solved the problem.
Central Coast CA. HD associate told me to use 2x wax rings. The blue “Better than Wax” seal is still leak free. When I asked plumbers why they charged $500, they said “going rate, toilets break, this covers the replacement”.
Great idea, and inventive with how you set it up, with the power button and it looks like a real window. This is great for people who are stuck in some basement or place that has no windows, and there are places that have no windows.....but this is a great idea to make one feel like it's a window, I like rainy storm videos on youtube, they are 10 hours long and some have country sounds or wind chimes, you name it, there is a storm for you! Then there are also beach videos of the waves and the sun, it's beautiful and relaxing to have on your tv. On your's it would look like you lived on the beach! I like that.
They wouldn't play right on my setup because those are shot as horizontal videos. There were probably more practical ways I could have played video on my window, but this is the only way I could figure out to do it at the time. Thanks for watching.
@@MartyPollio It was great how you set it up, it wasn't a big space and no tv would fit horizontally so I get why you did it that way. Perhaps if you projected from a tablet, and flipped the video like the tv perhaps that would work? I don't know, never tried to cast video onto tv but you can do it from phones and tablets now. Technology...so crazy how much it's changed.
@@iamyourmuse The problem with doing it that way is that if you flip a horizontal video to play vertically on your phone or tablet, it plays as a small horizontal sliver. Most short videos are shot vertically, so those should play fine on my setup.
@@MartyPollio Well, maybe you can shoot some footage vertically of the horizontal footage and loop it and have a full screen appearance as a window like the projected one. Could work.
This is why I am leaning towards using Benjamin Moore. If anything they would know what the old color was exactly and find how to make it right with whatever new product they would carry.
You got that right you’re doing it yourself it doesn’t matter if it takes you 3 times as long. The price is right. A plumber would cost you a hundred bucks just to look at it. Long as it does the job That’s all that matters
