Toilet Install Gone Wrong | What Failed | THE HANDYMAN |

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I literally laughed out loud when you said you weren't wearing gloves because it would ruin the flavor of your sandwich.

Nothing more embarrassing than when you have the soft close toilet seats at home and you visit someone who still has wood seats.😝🍺

Like my grandpa used to tell me, "Those with shorter bats have to stand closer to the plate." He didn't want us pissing on his floor either.

Great work and thanks for taking us along take care

Nicely done! I could here your L4/L5 shifting when you removed that toilet. Must have a few young lads in that home doing all the missing!

For scrubbing/cleaning grout I do warm water add baking soda to give grit and some dish soap. Pour straight vinegar over the grout and then the other mix and scrub with a grout brush. Pretty saw it on This Old House before worked like a charm on nasty grimy grout at my last house.

You just reminded me of a toilet I installed for someone a year ago, they called me, I kid you not a week later and told me the toilet was leaking. It was exactly like this one and I had to tell the lady that her husband needs to turn the light on in the middle of the night. As for cleaning... RUBBER gloves, a deep breath before starting to clean up, and I used baking soda, vinegar and water, followed up with a very quick wipe of bleach and then rinse with water. I was just there today and I think he actually took my advice, have to say I was amazed. Timing of this video was amazing. Handy Andy.

I'll typically caulk around the base and leave the back end open for warning water. I love these not wax rings they have now. Never tried the gel! that seemed fun! Always nice to put some good vibes out into the world, they have a way of coming back to ya!

Soft close toilet seats are nice. Sometimes I forget when people don't have them and I forget. What a noise especially with the old wooden ones.

That tile floor is beautiful!

Great video! had the same problem basically misalignment of the placement doing it with tank on in tight space.

Great grout cleaner : Hydrogen peroxide and a little bit of baking soda. Let it sit for about 20 minutes then use an old toothbrush, a rag and some clean water -wipe it up. Ps if you save a sprayer from any cleaning product , that’ll fit the top of a standard hydrogen peroxide bottle. I always keep one in the laundry room and one under the sink for cleaning. It’s a great to get stains out of the carpet too.

Nice to see the blue plastic is fine, most of my installs were good old wax.

I have some reuben flavored latex gloves for ya: also, if its in the truck: -Shop vac the h20 from bowl - distilled white vinegar/ bak8ng soda on grout (cheap) - sometimes ill lay clear caulk around bottom rim depending on type of flooring.. (leaving rear open).. keeps the spray n pray types from marking their turf so badly. You did great man.. love this channel long time🇺🇸🙏✝️🧡

Thanx for making me laugh throughout the vid. Just what I needed. 😊

Great video. Yeah like you said removing the tank is the way to go, makes the job much easier and it only takes a few minutes.

The flash light trick.....pretty slick. Wish I had known that over the years.

OMG! "Ruin the flavor of the sandwich I'm going to have later." 🤣 Classic!

i like your flashlight trick and the gel also!! i'm fixing to check my toilet also due to a little water/leak at front of the toilet. It makes no sense though to me either since its at the front only. Thanks for the video.