Install a new toilet in 1 hour. Kohler Highline Arc 1.28 GPF Elongated toilet with Soft Close seat!

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How to install a new Kohler toilet step by step. Installing a low flow water saving toilet can leak money back into your budget compared to the old toilet 5 gallon tank! This Kohler K-78276-0 white elongated bowl is a water saving toilet that can not only help your wallet, but also help conserve water.
When you caulk around a toilet, be sure to caulk only around the front and two sides. Leave the backside uncaulked, so if the wax ring is leaking, you will know about it. The caulking is meant to primarily keep the bowl from moving left to right, and a little bit for keeping a clean flush look to the floor.
Kohler Highline Arc The Complete Solution 2-piece 1.28 GPF Single Flush Elongated Toilet in White (Slow-Close Seat Included). $199 at Home Depot 10/10/2023
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@AnacaniVillasenor-Kaimuloa 4 месяца назад

Never installed a toilet before, but thanks to your video I can say I have! Thanks for all the tips and tricks.

@quistter1 3 месяца назад

First time installing a toilet and your video was perfect. Same model toilet, too! I feel confident in the other two I'm replacing this weekend. Thank you!

@craftsmanconnection 3 месяца назад

Glad it was helpful! That’s one reason we make these videos, to help others get more done with their house, and save money.

@Santos-ek8md 9 месяцев назад

Great video install! Found your comment on the HD site review for this Kohler Highline. Thinking of choosing this one for the 16.5" chair height, great flush & affordable price. Good tip about the wax ring usage too ✌🤓😎🇺🇸💯🔥

@craftsmanconnection 9 месяцев назад

Thank you, Glad the video was helpful! The 2 wax ring trick is something I’ve been doing for around a decade. Toilet drain pipe flanges can be at various heights depending on what was probably the original flooring height (vinyl sheet, tile, real wood floor). Which can affect if an Extended Wax Ring is enough or if you would be better off adding some PVC toilet flange extension rings with silicone in-between, if the drain flange/ pipe is below the finish floor height.

@darfieldzone5309 4 месяца назад

Great toilet! I installed one in my house almost 4 years ago and it's awesome! No clogs either

@romansroad777 2 месяца назад

I followed everything you did in your video. It took me approximately 1 hour 15 minutes to complete the job. I had the mop and clean around the toilet area it was kind of nasty before I actually started the job.

@craftsmanconnection 2 месяца назад

The toilet install with caulking took me the same amount of time, and usually does. I’m not the fastest, like some plumber who may do this daily, but the results are there and I’m thorough. Glad it all worked out well for you.

@user-gb1lq7jt6l 11 месяцев назад

Hey old buddy, I stopped using the wax rings altogether a while back, been buying the reusable silicone gaskets, they are a bit more expensive but I've had 100% satisfaction with them!

@craftsmanconnection 11 месяцев назад

Hopefully it stays sealed if and when the toilet backs up, causing the seal to be slightly under static pressure.

@craftsmanconnection 11 месяцев назад

Installing a toilet takes me 1 hour, and the caulking takes 15 minutes. Removing a toilet can take 15-30 minutes. Going to buy the toilet can take 30-60 minutes.

@jeffseal2407 4 месяца назад

How tight do you tighten the tank bolts?

@craftsmanconnection 4 месяца назад

Jeff, 1. For the toilet tank, there is usually 2-3 bump out nubs on the tank that will come in contact with the top of the bowl behind the toilet seat, or a straight ledge on the front and back mounting area of the bowl. The goal is just to not have the tank rocking back and forth or side to side. Beyond that, do not over tighten the tank with any sort of real grip strength. See finger trick below. 2. For the toilet bowl, imagine taking your thumb, pointer finger, and middle finger, without involving your palm, and whatever your fingers can tighten, that is enough. Don’t even think about “torquing” it down, because the toilet bowl can crack. The bolts hold the tank and bowl downward. For side to side control of the bowl, that is what the silicone caulking is for.

@jeffseal2407 3 месяца назад

@@craftsmanconnection thanks so much. Great video, very informative and no fluff

@davidb1132 7 месяцев назад

Water still runs. How important is it to leave the rubber washer out, with the flush valve? Didn't read the directions properly and don't want to take toilet apart again.

@craftsmanconnection 7 месяцев назад

What rubber washer are you talking about? The flush valve was already installed on this toilet.

@user-kj1iq3cs9b 7 месяцев назад

Your toilet flange is not installed correctly. It's suppose to sit on top of the finished floor. I get many service calls because contractor install new tile in bathroom and don't raise the toilet flange. Or the home owner trys to put two wax rings together to make up for the void. And it leaks after a few months

@craftsmanconnection 7 месяцев назад

Thanks, but I didn’t install the toilet flange. That would have been the original plumber, who also didn’t glue a 3” vent pipe I had to fix as well. The original plumber should factor in 1/2” flooring, but for all I know, it could have been a vinyl sheet flooring originally., hence if the flange is flush with the new flooring, I use an extra thick wax ring. If the flange was below, I would use a flange extender kit. So far, I’ve never had or heard of any leaks.

@RyleeHall-qj3lf Месяц назад

What size water supply line did you use?

@craftsmanconnection Месяц назад

The house already had a 1/2” copper water pipe, with a 1/2” to 3/8” shut off valve, which leads to a 3/8” hose that was probably 12” or so long. The toilet seat is usually around 17”-18” high, so that’s the same height as the tank. The valve on the wall usually around 6” to 8” off the floor, so 12” to 16” long toilet supply hose will work, if the valve is in line with the connection at the tank. If you need to know your specific hose length, take a tape measure and measure the diagonal distance as if it was the hose and add a couple inches for the radius / bend. Enough info?

@RyleeHall-qj3lf Месяц назад

@@craftsmanconnection perfect thank you

@RyleeHall-qj3lf Месяц назад

I just finished installing a toilet for the first time thanks to your video! You rock!

@carlpfeiffer77 Месяц назад

@@RyleeHall-qj3lf⁠❤Congratulations!!! Let me know if you need a video on something else.😊

@MIKELLUMS 2 месяца назад

How tight do you make the nuts for the tank?

@craftsmanconnection 2 месяца назад

Does lightly hand tight make sense? The bowl to tank already has a thick foam rubber gasket, and the holes in the tank for the screws…well those bolts have a rubber sleeve around them that seal too. Honestly, if I didn’t care to make the tank look level, or feel stable, I could have not tightened them up as much. The tank on that toilet comes down to some bumped out nubs to basically rest on. Tighten the bolts down enough to not have a wobbly tank. Maybe you’re tightening those bolts about as much as you would normally tighten the cap on a 2 liter bottle.

@bob6610 6 дней назад

Never caulk toilet to floor. If the wax ring leaks, the water would not flow out onto the floor, letting you know there is a problem. The floor under the toilet would rot.......

@craftsmanconnection 6 дней назад

I only caulked about 95% of the toilet. I always leave a small section at the back of the toilet, so if it leaks, the homeowner will know about it. The floor for my clients is typically a concrete slab under the tile.

@craftsmanconnection 6 дней назад

I caulked the toilet to the floor tile to keep the toilet from shifting left and right. The bolts hold the toilet down, but there is a limit to how much you can torque those nuts down. I always leave a small section not caulked, so in case of a leak, the homeowner would know.

@bob6610 5 дней назад

Thanks for the reply....you the man !!!

@e8dazawk61 4 месяца назад

Anybody kniw why the toilet bowl.keep little water inside the biwl

@craftsmanconnection 4 месяца назад

The toilet bowl has a built in trap, and don’t forget about some toilets have a hole in the ceramic that focuses a water stream to help flush. Some toilets have a bunch of small holes on the inside rim of the bowl for a more even rinse of the bowl. Did that help?