2 YEAR REVIEW of a Rubber Toilet Seal. 

Nice series. I don't think I have ever seen a video testing toilet flange over a 5 year period. Thanks for the knowledge, really appreciate it.

You are my new favorite RU-vidr! You absolutely crack me up! 🤣 You need to make more videos so that I can watch them all and laugh like a drain. I love your sardonic attitude. Beautiful work, by the way 👍Who knew you could get so much enjoyment from watching videos about toilets?

I think you do terrific work man. Great to see how someone comes back a couple years later to show how a product holds up. You convinced me to do a regular wax seal. I was kind of concerned about the plastic alternative for the reasons you have provably shown. I like the careful considerations you take in your content. I'm stealing that drainage trench thing. Good idea! The pajama costume was a nice touch.

That tape trick is incredibly useful for the wax ring. Great video, very high quality craftsmanship.

Thank you for including the “professionals” and their comments. and then stating how many were correct. I just love it…

I installed my toilet a few years back but I subscribed because Marty rules!! Keep up the good work. This guy really should have his own show

you sir are an inspiration. been waiting for this 3rd vid to drop forever... hits just as hard as the first.

I liked the fact that you went back to check on the seal. Thanks for the info. 👍🏻

This was the video series I was looking for during my toilet replacement. Thanks for the thorough descriptions and negative Nancy plumber busting!

Great, absolutely great. Love the matter of fact, take it or leave it approach.

Marty - your Porcelain Wars videos here gave me the the guts to finally tackle my nemesis, an American Standard toilet that the previous owner installed with a too-high PVC flange. After seeing your Better than Wax experience, I found that it was the only seal thin enough to seal properly with my brand-new toilet. Success for another of us worms!

Great job. Great video. Thanks for posting. From a DIY perspective this really helps. With your experience I can buy the proper seal with confidence. That’s valuable

Awesome I've learned so much!!

Doing the lords work my friend

Well done & love your attitude... fun to watch and informative. There's never just one way to accomplish a task. Live, learn, be creative, and save a buck when you can. Now it's time to crawl back into my hole.😁

You’re really really funny😂 Great video

Great job. I liked the video

Hey Marty, I am a youtube fan. I must have seen thousands, if not tens of thousands of videos. You are by far my favorite video producer. Your 3 videos are youtube gold. Thankyou for these gems. I shared all of your sentiments in your videos. I am just like you, except for one thing. I'm not meticulous, just a hack.

These are the best videos on the internet. Something that I thought sharing, for posterity, after I watched your videos: Instead of using a small drain to see if anything it's leaking, you can use a leak detector that has a cable, so the detector plate will be near the flange and the alarm at the back of you toilet.

Thanks Marty for sharing your experiences with us. I was leaning towards Danco perfect seal but now, I think I'll go with a good old wax ring. Do it right first time and be done with it. Thanks again!

I'm laughing so hard. You have a great personality! :)

Thanks for your 3 videos! I really appreciated your advice and honesty. BTW, I have the same pj’s. Regards

I got four years out of the plastic Fluid Master and all is good so far.

I still want to see the video about your countertops you made! They look so cool! 😊

I have to repair my toilet, and found your videos. Well done. Good testing and documentation. And great commentary. And the 2 year followups are really useful. Many things will last for a short time, but that is no indication of the long term performance. I am going to have to add a flange extender because a tile floor was added, and now the flange is below the previous floor level and I am a bit leery of the foam extender in the Fluidmaster 7530P8 nowax seal. I like the Fluidmaster 7530P8 "one piece flexible seal and funnel" design, but was not impressed by the condition of yours after 2 years. Seems they could have made with a better rubber like flappers are made from that is more chlorine resistant. So after watching your third toilet video, I think I will go with the wax seal, straw and "tape with guide arrows" (great idea) to get things "aligned" before the wax is touched to avoid any shear forces on the wax, which seems to be the main issue with wax. We don't get hot temps here, so I doubt the wax will flow too much. In your second video, you mentioned they should make a way to see under the toilet to see if there are leaks. I am thinking about putting a BWD-HWA The Watchdog Water Sensor with the detachable wired water sensor under the toilet, with the wire coming out to the battery operated alarm. That along with a drain trench, just in case. Before I posted, I see someone else had the same idea of using a leak detector. Your idea about using an inspection camera would work, but I don't own one, and I am afraid the "cheap" ones would be junk. I am not sure why but your presentation style reminded me of TheoJoe, but when I mentioned it to someone else, they didn't see any similarity.

Thank you

Thanks for doing an update. I will use the old wax ring since it holds better and I definitely don't want to do it every couple of years.

Tough I have not used the Fluidmaster, you can clearly see the issue is the large waste hole. I think the Fluidmaster does better in a smaller, modern PVC toilet flange.

Watch all your toilet vids. I had a flange brake (were the toilet bolt hooks too, it was rusted and just mushed). Got the hydro seat with the outer corner holes to screw into concrete. And two wax seals, I had the rubber korky Brand and didn’t like it because the screw hole broke off. Anyways, got the job done. I called a plumber for a estimate and their hourly was good, for them not for my wallet. Your video and two others about the “hydro seal” flange repair kit gave me the confidence to do it. No more toilet rocking. And thanks for the lols.

I want to see that countertop video!

I DEMAND MORE TOILET FLANGE VIDEOS!!

The straws are brilliant. So are the tape/arrow markings and the drainage trench. I just installed fluidmaster rubber seal, before I saw your vid. We’ll see if it lasts 40 years like the wax ring it replaced.

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...

the issue with most modern ring replacement systems is that they aren't air-tight. water-tight to be sure, but most of them will allow sewer gasses to escape. wax seals, of course, are also air tight if properly installed. i commented about saniseal on the preceding video so i kind of feel like a shill, but they also make a solid, ungapped connection between the flange and the toilet, so they don't have that gas issue, either, if you just can't stand wax seals. thanks to marty for the videos!

Love it! Standup toilet comedy. Toiletectomy. Keep it going…tackle another job for the sake of humanity. 😢 definitely would love to see more of you.

I wish u would have used the , perfect flange by danco .. I used the same blue seal and it failed like u did . I used the perfect flange , it fit snug but I guess only time will tell if it holds up . Thxs for the , great info and videos

Have you ever done stand-up? I have watched a few of your videos and your sense of humor is awesome. I also love your content.

Fluidmaster recommends that you not use cleaners with chlorine or bleach as it will deteriorate the rubber.

OMG! I have not seen the billiard ball video ! A part of me wants to go ask for one at Lowe’s. Another part tells me to lose 20 lbs before I do this. 😂 Thanks for the review, AND back to Lowe’s I go to get some good old fashioned WAX! Cheers!

Hey my friend, I myself have watched enough how to toilet videos to make me a friggin' toilet to flange expert. My next project, toilet replacement, will be my cheap but modern toilet in my work shop. It gets a brown ring after 3 or 4 piss flushes, and the frau is on my ass to keep it clean. I can get a used crapper from the Hab Restore for maybe 50 bucks. The shop I built was in '03, so there should be little if any problems. HA ! Famous are these last words.

Dude you video was good. Don't beat yourself up. I was entertained and didn't lose interest.

As a person who does 80% or better of DIY renovations/projects I've found that more often than not I have to undo mistakes previously done by subcontractor professionals. I've literally saved myself tens of thousands of dollars in labor costs by doing these projects by my lonesome. It's just takes time and patience.

John Malkovich’s brother here! 😂❤

Hilarious, great job also. The end product is to create a reliable long lasting seal, thats what counts.

I had the same experience with the Fluidmaster Better Than Wax toilet seal. Mine lasted 3 years. The plastic used deteriorates. If the product used better plastic this wouldn't happen.

that drain is huge

Too bad - I bought a Fluidmaster Rubber Toilet Seal today. Given that the one you took off wasn't leaking, I think I'll give it a try.

I never caulk the toilet to the floor.

...& Thanks for advancing Civilization...

Never understood why there has to be music when you try to listen to what your saying

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70s lol more like the 50s get rid of that cast. I use the rubber seal you did but I got pvc, but I used to have cast. My house was built in 54

I wish you were my neighbor...

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I've had one of those on my toilet for almost 5 years never had a problem you only need one of those not two read the instructions.

Back to wax 😂

the instructions do not show how you installed it. It shows 1 seal for at level. 1 seal + extender for 1/4 under. and 1 extender + 2 seals for more than 1/2 inch below the floor. No point in testing products if you don't follow the instructions.

….the deplorables

Snap..just installed a plastic seal after watching you last video and never noticed you went back to wax..🫤