Great, nice job. I would suggest going back in a short peroid of time (month R 2) and re check all bolts/nuts for tightness. I have had a toilet tank in my home that I installed, leak after 8 months I installed 4 in this house and 3 in the home I had B4 this one.. seemed like the nuts loosend. I though I had them on there very tight.
I'm a Licensed Master Plumber as well. For wobbly toilets--use toilet shims. Also, you only seal/caulk the toilet last--after you test for leaks. Also NEVER use plastic toilet bolts!! Brass only!!
Great video. Two questions actually are all wax rings the same diameter, or are they universal? I would be shopping at home depot or lowes? Second queston are all wax rings equal. what i mean by that is there a superior brand or one that hold up better quality wise? Flushed a shaving cream cap accidently down the toilet. I think it might be stuck in the curvature of the toilet, if not i will have to use a electric snake to pass it out of the plumbing, and i do not want to damage the porcelain. I have never removed a toilet before and my fear was reinstalling and making sure the toilet would be correctly aligned and not leak.
You should leave a small uncaulked area on the back of the bottom of the toilet. This way any leaks can escape. If the leaks are captured under the toilet, they can go unnoticed and cause damage.
Protip-wait until at least a half dozen flushes or more before caulking the base. Especially if the flange is properly secured and sealed to the finished floor. That way if the wax seal was compromised then you will see water under the toilet and it won't go into the sub floor and rot it all out. Personal experience! Good video though!
Omg........he'd be fired the first day working at my shop. Setting the bowl is the foundation for a life long set. Reply if you want to know the best procedure and it's actually easier. Master plumbers like this keep me in business.
Frankly I'm surprised to see all the effort to double-RTV the toilet's contact point with the floor. You don't want it watertight for a very good reason: if for any reason it starts to leak, you want to know about it pronto, not build up on the floor inside the toilet and start to rot out the subfloor (for example). SECOND, you are creating a problem for someone a decade or two down the line: when you lift up that RTV'd toilet, it's going to pull the tiles up with it, as I just found out today. So, no, the RTV is a bad idea.
Your American toilets sure are weird. Supposing one needs to bring in the soil pipe from the rear or side and not the floor. No problem here in UK. No such weird think as a toilet flange exists in UK. Just use suitable pan connector to connect to spigot on rear of pan. So much easier than messing about with this ludicrous toilet flange
