At Home With Honest Home - Episode 6: Shimming & Caulking a Toilet 

Thanks for the info

never caulk the back.

This is what not to do. That looks like crap

You never do.

Lol

I just had a "professional" installation of a new toilet by Lowes and they left the toilet with 1/2 inch gap in the front and also gaps all around toilet.. blamed the floor and size of toilet. No caulk, triple stacked shims in 2 places on the lateral sides near front. Huge gaping holes around toilet base. No attempt to make it look nice, but told me, the customer to get wood shims to fix it and left.

@@Kiri_wa_doko_desu_ka In my experience, rarely will you find a quality contractor that needs to source his work from a big box store like Lowe’s or Home Depot. It’s usually the sub-par contractor or one that either is brand new with no experience or with such poor skills and or work ethic that he cannot develop a customer base or following on his own. We’ve been burned several times before we learned this difficult lesson. Big expensive ouch $$$!!!! Just sayin. My advice. Take it or leave it… 😊

Awesome thank you!

If the flooring doesn't run close enough to the toilet flange to be covered by the new toilet, you need to get another toilet with base dimensions as close to the original toilet.

@bokonoist I put a wax ring in, still see a gap and slight rocking. Are you saying to put shims down before placing toilet, then caulk? I'm a lady do trying to learn how to do it right.

@@deemac8231 You need to shim before snugging down the flange bolts. Think about what's happening w/ the wax ring - it can compress, but it will not rebound, so it's a one-way street. You compress it by snugging down the flange bolts. If you subsequently shim the toilet, the wax won't rebound to fill the gap that shimming created, and you will get a leak.

Use the Fluidmaster Better Than Wax toilet seal. There's no mess, and you can re-position the toilet without damaging the seal.

What kind of grout? I was considering the same. Thanks.

Noooo don't use grout. Will be insane to remove if you need, and it will crack making it not waterproof. If you're thinking grout, just skip the caulk.

@@hermtastic lol I'm a plumber I have tons of customers that prefer grout, it is not hard to remove. Wipe away with a sponge it comes right up... if you pull a toilet you can gently tap the grout with the back of pliers and a chisel or flathead screw driver and it comes up...

Caulk a toilet yes; caulk the backside of a toilet NO! For that exact reason.

Thomas Ruwart that's one of the best quotes I've ever heard. "Caulk covers my sins." 😆 Yes sir I believe in regards to the frustration's I will no doubt have my patience tried by fire, dang Murphy, I prefer to simply get my homework done and move on. What happened to simplicity? It's seems the older I get the more today's multitude of make life easier product's that I find never work like their claim causing us to have to make adjustments and or modifications in another area to compensate for the make life easier products,😝🥴, HELP!!!🙏. This old dog is worn out from going in circles chasing his tail. 😵 ENOUGH!!! Yes sir, give me the caulking and be through with it, done, finished, caput. "Caulk cover's my sin's." 👍 There's a demon in the details. Even the corrective spelling program in this stupid smartphone won't except the word "sin's" therefore has to be forced manually. 😖WHEW!!! I'm calling it a day. Good Day!

He did a fabulous job compared to the "professional" Lowes sent to my home, 1/2 inch gap, toilet levitating, no caulk at all and we are now 8 phone calls in and 2 visits back to Lowes to remedy this cluster. As professional left, he told me to shim it with wood ....

I just installed a toilet and I used DAP silicone Max since it has a quick set time, flexible and is mildew resistant but I don't know if the polyurethane offers the same or not.

100% silicone it doesn't hold mold and it's waterproof

I found that 100% silicone caulk is near impossible to remove if any follow up repair work is ever necessary. I have personally sworn that stuff off in most applications in favor of a hybrid siliconized acrylic by ColorFast.

@@NixonAngelo Never use any dap product other than acrylic latex for paint prep. It is garbage

@@johnpitre2539 I have been a professional caulker for over 40 years. You are absolutely WRONG. Silicone is the only acceptable sealant in this application

He likes cawk leave him alone 😂

Right?! Omg, worst toilet caulk job I’ve ever seen. So bad.

Pretty lady i was thinking the same thing.There is nothing wrong with constructive criticism.