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You culled the toilet…all the way around the back, no less. That’s like breaking one of the 10 commandments. You’ll never know your wax seal is leaking until your subfloor is a soggy rot of mess.

Wheew!😢

You should NEVER caulk a toilet base. Period.

I like the painter tape trick. Good idea. But… You shouldn’t seal the back of any toilet. If the seal ever fails you need the water to escape through the back. Otherwise you will have a leak that goes through the grout and into the subfloor. Water has no place to go and will rot the subfloor before you discover the issue.

How does he know if the system's level he's not used a spirit level ?

I tried this white adhesive tape but it wouldn't stick to ceramic toilet base

You don't Caulk a Toilet.

I can’t believe you left Florescent light there and tiled around it

What kind of caulk; latex or silicone? You didn't say, or did I miss it?

Just became a subscriber. Over the years as home owner I caulked several things and they all came out messy. I just caulked toilet base with your instructions. It came out professionally looking. Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge!❤❤❤

Why would you make a video about something you have absolutely zero knowledge about. I have been a professional caulker for over 40 years and have had to fix more sealant that was installed by incompetent/ignorant people than I care to remember

Ha! LOL'd at 24:26 for the triumphant mention of (actual) Tank Bolts! ;-)

😂😂😂😂 he tried y’all

What ever happened to the tried & true method of setting a toilet on plaster of paris?

😳 The Benny Hill soundtrack was very fitting for that monstrosity.

I’ve been weighing my options for a backsplash and with your video I believe I’ve decided in a penny backsplash. Wondering if you used both sides of the coin or if you stuck with heads or tails?

I marked my shims with blue tape. Removed the shims and cut them using the blue tape as a reference. Then Place shims and tap in place. I can see people wrecking their floor doing his way.

Loved your demonstration .But the music was so annoying

Looks horrible

Thank you for this info badly needed 🙏

I tried caulking and realized I enjoyed since the tube was soft

Good Lord that was horrible. I sure hope you don't make your living doing that.

Say everything is very uncer in. 🤔 Well, using a slight interpretation I reckon that is a correct assessment. I'm through. Have a great day.🙄

What do you do if they install a new toliet that is maller (base) and leaves 3 to 4 inch spaces open around the ceramic tile floor.

Messy work. Hope your not a contractor. Wouldn't fly at my place.

Bad job.

I was told you should not caulk the back incase there is a leak, but you caulked the back.

Never caulk around the back of a toilet! If there’s a leak, you need to know! The tape is a HUGE waste of time (and tape); and who the heck caulks THAT wide of a caulk line??? 😳. Holy crap that has got to be the worst toilet caulk job I have ever seen in my life.

So helpful! Thank you for posting

I’m noticing my toilet kinda of settles when I sit on it and the caulk looks to be pulling off the floor. Can I just do what you did?

Why no shims in the front? That gap is huge.. you get a heavy person drop a decent size load and that toilets going to split.

I feel like you over complicated it. I use grout not caulking but I have before. I squeeze the caulking than fallow behind with a wet sponge.

I’m sorry but this looks like shit LOL

never never never chaulk a toilet if you have a seal leak you;ll never know til 6 months later when your in the basement and look up.

Bad news is that this is a terrible and overly time consuming caulk job. Good news is you'll get a chance to redo it when you develop a leak because the wax seal has been compromised by shimming after installing the toilet. You should shim before snugging the flange bolts.

Very creative - well done

Question: Silicon vs poly urethane caulk? Any advantages to one or the other?

This was very helpful as I was thinking that I needed to lift the toilet an inch or two in order to put some kind of leveling compound. Shims are much better. And caulk. Caulk covers many sins😈

When using a utility knife, count your fingers before and after just to make sure 😈

Thanks for coin trick I shared with my Habitat co-workers....

Too much caulk. Looks bad. Better to use a shim and strike caulk flush to base of toilet since there is such a big gap.

Appreciated the physical warm up tips! :-D Nice video.

Thanks for the video I liked the coin trick . Turn the shims over and score the solid side, they are supposed to snap away from the corrugations. Also, a foam backer rod would save you a lot of caulk.

WAY too much caulk, geez

Excellent video! One of the most articulately explaned videos i've seen!🙂

You got to much time in your hand buddy .

This is wonderful! I taught my girls how to put in a new shower, a new faucet, light the hot water heater, tile a floor etc. They have used those skills numerous times and are not afraid to try and take care of maintenance themselves. Keep up the great work of spreading your knowledge.

I had the same problem with some of my peat pots, so I started watering every other day from the top and then misting in between and then everything took off. Bottom watering, no matter what the package says, just didn't seem to work with them. The tomatoes (San Marzano) are already in pots out back and doing great. Are you going to do anything on canning or other ways of storing over winter? Doing a lot of reading but just haven't seem to find what will work here.

Painting it black, it's like you guys know me or something ;)

That's good video.