I agree, with tons of how to videos on youtube and personal experience by the old timers I manage to find a solution. My mom always encouraged me to learn from the older heads and pick their brain. Good thing is youtube has some of those mentors like Essential Craftsman etc. I do a combo of learning from my elders + youtube videos.. i personally believe if there is somethinf that needs a repair youtube has a video for it.. im not that old (38) but im used to passed along knowledge but youtube specfic videos have saved my butt..

No kidding. I'm an amateur but even I have done better plumbing work than the "professional" plumbers in my area. Granted there are only 2 of them in my area and both of them suck. One of them busted holes in an elderly man's brick wall to run a vent pipe for a washing machine & didn't even seal or patch around the hole on the exterior. He also only ran the pipe up a few couple feet and slapped an AAV on it. AAVs aren't even allowed by my state's plumbing code. And this is an exterior vent! When he did the other drain pipes he had the customer's grandson dig the trenches but then charged for digging even though he never touched a shovel and he just slapped the pipes into the trenches without any slope and left them sticking out of the ground (he didn't set them all the way down into the trench). I almost hired that guy but after that I would never let him touch a project at my house. The other guy won't sweat copper (which I admit I won't do either) and rushes jobs & doesn't care if he leaves a mess in a customer's yard or house. He didn't even bring the right equipment to do the job & had to use our wire hangers (got mad last time he came out bc he used up the last of our hangers & we don't have anymore and they don't sell them in the area). Doublecharged for literally 2 minutes of cleaning a drain because he was mad that he showed up a day early without calling first & my disabled mother had trouble getting to the door-- the kicker is, he saw her come out but because it took her so long to answer he left anyway and charged us for that visit. After that I learned to snake drains myself.

You should move to an area that has more plumbers

He's lucky he has 2! We only have 1 where I live. Granted he is awesome and does great work. We also don't have any handymen who aren't strung out so I'm looking at having to do everything myself if I want it done halfway decently. I sit here watching videos about the product I already bought to fix my toilet which started leaking lol. Glad the product I chose is the one people seem to like and use.

Kevin Sorenson. Back in '03 I was building a small work shop. I did the framing, insulation and all the sheet rock work but before the insulation and rock, I asked the electrical inspector if a DIYer could do the wiring and save a ton of money. He said yes as long as it was code. So I bought a bunch of romex, switches and recepticals and spent a week mapping out where I wanted stuff. When I was nearing the end of the project, I called for an early inspection as the dept suggusted. He pointed out a minor few things that needed to be corrected. About 3 weeks later after I was sure everything was up to code, he came back and told me for an amateur, I had done a first class job, better than some pros, in fact. He signed the job off and I had power the next day to where I could work nights putting in insulation and rock. The days were just to damn hot to work in. Plumbing isn't usually my thing but the wife needs a new more modern toilet, so I guess I will try it. If Joe the Plumber can do it, I guess I can too. Cheers, my friend. Bob

Thanks for the comment. That is the perfect analysis of the situation.

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I second motion this comment!..

Some so called professionals are nothing more than cash grabbing hacks. There is cutting corners responsibly and then there is doing substandard work to cram in more calls.

Dude, you're a plumber, skip the handshake bro. lol

@@garybonz Also, there's a pandemic. Do elbow bump instead.

@@garybonz That's some funny shit right there.

ditto

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"...but I also don't have to do the work." Haha. Thanks for commenting. Sorry for the delay. Sometimes I live in a time warp.

Yes this is a good comment, and a good video. Essentially the end product is to get a good long lasting seal. As it your own toilet, you have the time and attention to research and do the best possible job you can. Plumbers will never go out of business, because who wants to do a job like this in a well used high traffic commercial restaurant😊 But good job 👏

Solid review! I like it !! :-)

If that aint the truth!!

yip!

Programmers and Mechanics are the same breed of cat.

It's usually the truth unfortunately.

The guy before him did it wrong, he’ll do it wrong, and the next guy will do it wrong…

The uh change every day almost including the toliet seats bra

Toilets have changed for the better. Our new 1.6gpf Kohler one-piece has yet to be clogged by our olympic dumper 15 yr old son. He was clogging our old 1984 Am.Std Plebe 4gpf on a weekly basis. The Kohler has 2 flush modes: quick press/release of the handle to flush .75g for pee, or depress the handle for 4 seconds to release the full 1.6g for a dump flush. My wife loves the one piece design for teenage-boy-spray cleanup. Also, one-piece design avoids the possibility of the water tank leaking through those bolts and seals that attach to the bowl. And we all love the soft-close seats.

Working in building for over 30 years what I learned is most of the people that do it have no formal training on how to do it and you’re absolutely right I can afford to do things myself wrong three times more than paying somebody to do it wrong for me once I love your comment

I guess this is a common experience. I did exactly this 2 years ago. When I set the toilet down on the rubber gasket I wasnt feeling good at all about how it was seated and just used the wax ring that came with it instead as well. I just really perfer that nice seal you get with a wax ring, and with how cheap they are it isnt the end of the world that it cannot be reused.

Engineer but thanks for desging toilets, we need more like you

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Thanks man, glad you liked it.

I think they are Gatorade socks, but couldn't tell for sure!

A properly installed wax ring can last almost forever if no plunging is required. However most toilet removal photos show a lot of creepy crud around the flange and even on the floor. In my case I have Kohler Rochelle toilets installed in a tight location where I can't peek around the rim to see the flange bolts. It's also a bit tight to try to use a spotter. I have been able to do it with some difficulty by using stacks of shims and removing them one at a time but Have often damaged the wax ring and had to reform or replace it. This time I am going to try either the Sani Seal or the Fluidmaster and the shims hoping for a more forgiving placement.

Thanks for the great compliment on my video. Appreciate you watching.

You don't need me, you've got those spliffs :)

Thank you.

Toilet shims help, particularly with not completely level tile.

How about using spacers to raise the flange above the floor and seal the gap between the flange and the tile floor using silicone? If there is leak, water is on the tile floor, not under.

THATS....DONE RIGHT ...my bad.

Thanks 👍

I was wondering the same thing. Why not use the height spacer? I mean, if you want to buy two then go for it. But what do you gain by using two versus the added spacer?

Good info💥👍💥

The height spacer would have raised it up too much because it's so big. I thought two funnels interlocked would be better than one.

Thanks for watching. Nike basketball socks.

The green ring is the best . No problems with it at all .

I used one a few years ago and so far so good

Stuff I read said that, besides the problem I mentioned, the green ones don't hold up to the chemicals in the water over time.

Thank you.

I remember you. When I first saw this comment I thought you were a magician, but I'm pretty sure I remember seeing you at the IJA events long ago. You're the real juggler, I'm a fake one that relies on style rather than skill. Just saw your family promo, which is great. Glad to see you're doing well.

Marcos Mota I don't quite understand. Do you add wax to the inside of the ring? If so, do you put the wax ring onto the toilet first or do you put it on the flange?