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Install New Toilet Bowl and Attach Tank

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Let’s replace that old moldy toilet! #diy #plumbing #helpingothers #plumber

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What happens here

Check the bolts on the toilet flange. If they are loose, use channel locks to tighten them, pushing them down into place so they are secure. Place a new wax ring onto the base of the new toilet bowl. The video highlights a specific cap system by American Standard, which includes a plastic nut and a lock, making it easier to install without cutting anything. Place the new toilet bowl directly onto the toilet flange, ensuring the wax ring creates a good seal and the bolts align with the holes in the bowl base. Hand-tighten the nuts onto the bolts evenly.

Goal: Secure the new toilet bowl to the flange and connect the tank

Tools and materials

  • Channel Locks — Tightening toilet flange bolts
  • New Toilet Bowl — The new toilet bowl being installed
  • New Toilet Tank — The new toilet tank being installed
  • Tank-to-Bowl Gasket — Creating a watertight seal between the tank and bowl
  • Wax Ring — Creating a watertight seal between the toilet and the floor flange

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Look, the channel locks we're going to give is a little tighten pushed in place. Let's go straight on both of these. Really enjoy this cap system by American Standard Ray. This plastic nut that screws down on here and then this lock makes it where you don't have to cut anything. Super nice. There's this down on here and it's done. This already comes with bolts in it. Just want to take this gasket. Now you can just set this right in here. I just alternate between sides until this thing is tightened down. Go all the way hand tight.

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