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Install New Flange Hardware and Seal

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What happens here

If necessary, replace the old toilet bolts or install new ones into the slots on the floor flange. Use plastic stoppers or washers to hold the bolts upright and prevent them from wobbling. For the new seal, the video recommends using a Fluidmaster 'Better Than Wax' rubber gasket instead of a traditional wax ring due to its superior compression, reusability, and mess-free installation. This type of gasket usually comes with two parts: a black and a blue ring. Determine if your floor flange is recessed (below floor level) or sits above the floor. If recessed, use both the black and blue gasket pieces together. If the flange sits above the floor, you will likely only need the blue rubberized part. Press the selected gasket(s) firmly onto the floor flange, ensuring a snug fit.

Goal: Insert new bolts into the floor flange, secure them with plastic stoppers, and then install the new rubber gasket, choosing the correct configuration based on the flange's height.

Tools and materials

  • Toilet bolts and plastic stoppers N/A

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looks great now let's install it you will need to go buy yourself the new wax ring or would I recommend more than that is give yourself a rubber gasket seal like that it has far better compression and stuff like this you can actually reuse if you later I need to remove you could do it and there's no mess and the difference is like an extra two or three dollars no-brainer installation super easy it kind of depends the floors that you have for the flash so this is a recessed flange meaning it sits below the floors sometimes the flange sits on top of your floors it just kind of depends what you got if your phalange is recessed like this you use both of these gaskets if it's above then you only use the rubberizer as you can see this kit came with new nuts and bolts slide it into these little slides go right into place use our little plastic stoppage to make sure they don't wiggle out throw the first gasket on top foam side up put the second gasket in place make sure it's nice and snug let's get a toilet

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