Replacing this old beast of a toilet was the right thing to do in this case. One cool trick you can use for these if the customer doesnt have the money for a new toilet is to clear the siphon jet with a zip tie and then further open it with a hacksaw blade. You can clean the jets around the toilet bowl by pouring icemaker cleaner down the refill tube. Awesome video as usual steve!
I bought my condo new in 1986. The toilets used in the building were the Crane Galaxy. Many of them had bad castings. My next door neighbor had the same model with a long crack in the back of the tank (fortunately they replaced it before it leaked). My upstairs toilet flushed exactly like the one you replaced in this video. It also overflowed twice. The builder would not fix the problem, so I replaced the toilet myself. I'll bet your customer likes the new Gerber.
I usually find plunging the water level down a bit and then using a drywall screw to clear the limescale out of the holes under the rim makes a hell of a difference to a bad flusher.
Ah yes the toilet paper test ! Yep she is a slow mover ! However this can be fixed easily by de-scaling the inside of the toilet bowl ring with muriatic acid. I have restored dozens of toilets thus saving customers the expense of a new crapper ! 🙏
I wonder if you caulked the new toilet in. In IPC you have to or won’t pass final inspections the inspectors say for sanitary and cleaning especially for commercial bathrooms.
Pretty simple job! I've seen a toilet flush like that before. It wasn't clogged but the tank and the water ways in the bowl were full of rust! If it were my own toilet I would probably go to the trouble to clean it but I'm sure it doesn't pay for you to spend the time to dink with things like that and I get that. Is that a General Wire auger or a Rigid? Do you have a preference?
I moved into a resale house where young boys used to live. The boys toilet had a sluggish flush. I snaked it and no improvement. Pulled toilet to look for problems in pipe and up the siphon. Found nothing. Felt around inside the siphon from the bowl side and felt something uneven. Used a small mirror to look up bowl side of siphon and saw partial blockage. Apparently, a child had flushed a blue plastic poker chip. Somehow the chip remained in the siphon area for a long time, and eventually was plastered to the siphon wall with what looked like crap. Feature that. Scraped the poker chip off wall and scrubbed crap free. Flushed like a champ after that. (I'm a homeowner, so my time is not as valuable as a plumber's.) In my current home I had a toilet that had debris stuck behind the siphon jet. Toilet flush was weird: one good flush, followed by half-assed, over and over. Stuck my finger in jet and could see and feel a thin milky white plastic disc. I could feel it, but it wouldn't fit thru jet. Removed tank, pulled bowl, and carried to back yard to lay on it's side and flush from jet towards tank. Two small disk that looked like some kind of "knock-out" floated from the tank attachment point. I wonder if a kid had thrown them in the tank, or if they were part of some deoderizer crystal package. The two plastic disc were just smaller than a quarter and had no hole in them like a washer would.
Jet might have been obstructed with calcium from urine. It happens more when people don't flush after having a piss. Sometimes they can be freed up with de-limer but many of the chemicals out there to de-lime don't do a good enough job. By the time you run out to the store and get de-limer, then mess around for an hour trying to get it running right and that might not even work, you might as well get a new one. 2 hours of your time pays for a new toilette anyway.
My old toilet wasn't flushing after trying to plunge and after using a snake and it didn't work. So I just went out and bought a brand new one and my husband installed it but the new toilet still wont flush!! :( Water just swirls around. We poured a bucket of water down it and it goes down fine. What can be going on???
Thanks for the vid. I had a similar job yesterday and a little girl flushed her underwear and a small soap bottle down the toilet. I had to pull the toilet up to remove the blockage. Talk about a shitty job lol.
Right after the "Why do you wear gloves" question, around 5:35 he could have mumbled as Steve huffed and puffed after wrestling that new toilet into position "Why da youse guys charge so much?"
Maybe the toilet's trapway has air getting into it through a crack from the outside breaking the syphonic action which pulls the water out of the toilet
We replaced our toilets about 6 months ago. The one in our bathroom had not been flushing properly so we replaced it, and it still doesn't flush properly. My husband rented a 50ft snake. It was fine for 2 days and now with every flush it almost over flows. Can someone help me please.
Hey Steve! I wanna ask - What do you think about Kohler Cimarron toilet? I think that Cimarron toilet is the worst of kohler products, because it uses so little water that (I think) the waste just splash into the pipe and there is no water push the waste out of a pipe to a sewer line, so with kohler cimarron toilet you will clog your pipes very quickly, right? Correct me if I'm wrong :)
Vytautas Poška i am not a fan of kohler i do not like them at all .. i never buy them .if someone buy it for me to install i will but its theres not mine .
+steven lavimoniere my kohler does not have that metal bracket, it uses a standard 2 inch flush valve with 3 bolts going from the inside of the tank through the bolt holes in the bowl
When I was a kid I stuck tissue in the tank and broke the toilet somehow and the thing had to be replaced. I got in serious trouble by my mom and dad lol
I wonder if the siphon jet on the old toilet was clogged, since I did not see anything coming out of it. Speaking of that, I wonder what the toilet itself was.
steven lavimoniere I can agree that the toilet may need to be replaced if there is no fix for it that is available. There are a ton of solutions out there to fixing various problems, including this one, when it comes to toilets.
Toilet in my master bath is about like this, its a Seasons with only about 2 years of use and the slightest thing causes this thing to stop up. Are these just a crappy designed toilet?
Chris Troxtell some toilets are just bad flushers .if there is a defect in the trap way ,,,what kind of wax are you using ?? is it the one with the horn ,if so maybe its affecting the flush .i would check the water level .and replace the wax with a regular not fullel type.than try it .before you put the toilet bad run a hose down the drain and see it backs up at all .. you might have a drain problem .. the water should never back up at all in the drain..
steven lavimoniere I'm not honestly sure, I've never pulled it out, I think this toilet is just a poor flusher. I just know I usually have to snake it to get it unclogged more often then I would like. My 2nd bathroom has more room so it has a deeper bowl (elongated I think) as to the one in my master bath, the door barely misses the toilet bowl so they couldn't use the same toilet when they built the house.
When I was at my last year of Primary school my shoo;d toilet wouldn’t flush and as it would be too expensive to get fixed so I brought a new syphon that’s what they are in the uk and I had to put the new one in and it worked fine
Looking at the old stain patterns under the toilet at 5:02 you see one reason the 2012 International Plumbing Code calls for sealant around the junction of the base of the toilet bowl and the floor covering. This helps in day to day sanitation. The crud on the bathroom floor doesn't accumulate and stay trapped under the edge of the toilet bowl base. An unintended consequence is that minor moisture accumulation under the toilet stays under there and can rot the sub-floor OSB (or whatever) and a failure of the wax ring will not be known as soon as the leak starts.
You didn’t even clean the frickin fastener bolts or nuts. How much did you scalp this poor sap for? You’re sucking air like that toilet; like you’re about to have a heart attack any moment. Eat some more pasta. So; how much did she get whacked for?
Replacing this old beast of a toilet was the right thing to do in this case. One cool trick you can use for these if the customer doesnt have the money for a new toilet is to clear the siphon jet with a zip tie and then further open it with a hacksaw blade. You can clean the jets around the toilet bowl by pouring icemaker cleaner down the refill tube. Awesome video as usual steve!
He's a heavy breather momma! Next level!
I bought my condo new in 1986. The toilets used in the building were the Crane Galaxy. Many of them had bad castings. My next door neighbor had the same model with a long crack in the back of the tank (fortunately they replaced it before it leaked). My upstairs toilet flushed exactly like the one you replaced in this video. It also overflowed twice. The builder would not fix the problem, so I replaced the toilet myself. I'll bet your customer likes the new Gerber.
I too am curious why the old toilet would not flush properly after finding no plug. Another great video, thanks for bringing us along.
DC Rickerson just junk,,,, not all toilet flush good
It is too much problem use the new washers or clean a little bit?
Toilets are like opinions, everybody’s got one.
Homeless people don't
I found myself saying "why do you always wear gloves?" while working on a customer's toilet yesterday...LOL.
+Jim Rr best to protect your self
Jim Rr neck level!! lol!
Great Video Steve.
im out of breath just watching this LOL
Hey, Steve
Great videos and tips. Keep them coming. I enjoy watching and appreciate the humor you add, along with babe dawg, of course. lol
Gary Dee
at 1:10 justin bieber was playing if anyone was looking for the song
I usually find plunging the water level down a bit and then using a drywall screw to clear the limescale out of the holes under the rim makes a hell of a difference to a bad flusher.
Ah yes the toilet paper test ! Yep she is a slow mover ! However this can be fixed easily by de-scaling the inside of the toilet bowl ring with muriatic acid. I have restored dozens of toilets thus saving customers the expense of a new crapper ! 🙏
fancy homemade suction gun you have there
Looks like you reused the old closet bolts. Surprised to see you do that.
I wonder if you caulked the new toilet in. In IPC you have to or won’t pass final inspections the inspectors say for sanitary and cleaning especially for commercial bathrooms.
I think it was your siphon jet
It was. But plumbers would rather sell a new toilet than clear the jet. Not sure I could rationalize this. Plumbers can with lots of practice.
@@snorman1951 I probably would likely get a Gerber Ultra Flush
I love your new toilet
did you make that water pump thing?
Where did you get the hand pump from?
Pretty simple job! I've seen a toilet flush like that before. It wasn't clogged but the tank and the water ways in the bowl were full of rust! If it were my own toilet I would probably go to the trouble to clean it but I'm sure it doesn't pay for you to spend the time to dink with things like that and I get that. Is that a General Wire auger or a Rigid? Do you have a preference?
Josiah Hanna i believe its a general had it for many years
steven lavimoniere Thanks Steve!
Wish we always had specific videos like this.
Where can I get a Hand suction pump like yours?
I moved into a resale house where young boys used to live. The boys toilet had a sluggish flush. I snaked it and no improvement. Pulled toilet to look for problems in pipe and up the siphon. Found nothing. Felt around inside the siphon from the bowl side and felt something uneven. Used a small mirror to look up bowl side of siphon and saw partial blockage. Apparently, a child had flushed a blue plastic poker chip. Somehow the chip remained in the siphon area for a long time, and eventually was plastered to the siphon wall with what looked like crap. Feature that. Scraped the poker chip off wall and scrubbed crap free. Flushed like a champ after that. (I'm a homeowner, so my time is not as valuable as a plumber's.) In my current home I had a toilet that had debris stuck behind the siphon jet. Toilet flush was weird: one good flush, followed by half-assed, over and over. Stuck my finger in jet and could see and feel a thin milky white plastic disc. I could feel it, but it wouldn't fit thru jet. Removed tank, pulled bowl, and carried to back yard to lay on it's side and flush from jet towards tank. Two small disk that looked like some kind of "knock-out" floated from the tank attachment point. I wonder if a kid had thrown them in the tank, or if they were part of some deoderizer crystal package. The two plastic disc were just smaller than a quarter and had no hole in them like a washer would.
Jet might have been obstructed with calcium from urine. It happens more when people don't flush after having a piss. Sometimes they can be freed up with de-limer but many of the chemicals out there to de-lime don't do a good enough job. By the time you run out to the store and get de-limer, then mess around for an hour trying to get it running right and that might not even work, you might as well get a new one. 2 hours of your time pays for a new toilette anyway.
Do you have the new 1.28gpf law over there for toilets? Just finishing out your stock? Maybe just here in CA. Thanks for the videos and great tips.
Tim Short yes its a federal law 1.28 gallon flush
1.6gpf is the law
That was an interesting looking old toilet. Had to have been from the 70s right? And do you remember the manufacturer?
OCC Plumbing & Restorations could also be a Norris.
Another excellent ,informative video
Good job brother enjoy all them videos
My old toilet wasn't flushing after trying to plunge and after using a snake and it didn't work. So I just went out and bought a brand new one and my husband installed it but the new toilet still wont flush!! :( Water just swirls around. We poured a bucket of water down it and it goes down fine. What can be going on???
You probably had a bigger clog in your main sewer line.
What do you think was preventing the old toilet from flushing? It wasn't clogged and it couldn't have been the vent since the new toilet flushed fine.
Jim D sometimes the toilet is just junk ,,,that was the case here
Thanks for the vid. I had a similar job yesterday and a little girl flushed her underwear and a small soap bottle down the toilet. I had to pull the toilet up to remove the blockage. Talk about a shitty job lol.
Sawashi32 i have some stories of stuff i have pulled from toilets
where you buy your hand pomp steven ?
Right after the "Why do you wear gloves" question, around 5:35 he could have mumbled as Steve huffed and puffed after wrestling that new toilet into position "Why da youse guys charge so much?"
Now they need a new bathtub to match the white toilet.
Looks like a blocked siphon jet. More than likely mineral build up or deposits.
The
Jet is blocked but u replaced it you should put vingear in the tank in the tube
Maybe the toilet's trapway has air getting into it through a crack from the outside breaking the syphonic action which pulls the water out of the toilet
Siphon jet needs to be cleaned out
We replaced our toilets about 6 months ago. The one in our bathroom had not been flushing properly so we replaced it, and it still doesn't flush properly. My husband rented a 50ft snake. It was fine for 2 days and now with every flush it almost over flows. Can someone help me please.
thanks for not showing if the bowl is working right lol lift the seat
Hey Steve! I wanna ask - What do you think about Kohler Cimarron toilet? I think that Cimarron toilet is the worst of kohler products, because it uses so little water that (I think) the waste just splash into the pipe and there is no water push the waste out of a pipe to a sewer line, so with kohler cimarron toilet you will clog your pipes very quickly, right? Correct me if I'm wrong :)
Vytautas Poška i am not a fan of kohler i do not like them at all .. i never buy them .if someone buy it for me to install i will but its theres not mine .
+steven lavimoniere my kohler does not have that metal bracket, it uses a standard 2 inch flush valve with 3 bolts going from the inside of the tank through the bolt holes in the bowl
STLbluesfan1 them older toilets are fine . and parts are avalable for them
You are so right about kohler that toilet sucks and it has terrible bowl wash and it is ugly😈
Your so right I only like the 1984 wellworth
I think it needed more water in the tank
When I was a kid I stuck tissue in the tank and broke the toilet somehow and the thing had to be replaced. I got in serious trouble by my mom and dad lol
SkyLimitTV yes that will happen never put paper in the tank ..it will kill the toilet block it up and it will never flush again
@@stevenlavimoniere having a hand spray is better.. and cleans better.
I stuck a bobby pin in a wall socket when I was a kid. My dad was swearing every time he tried moving it to take it out it would spark
I wonder if the siphon jet on the old toilet was clogged, since I did not see anything coming out of it. Speaking of that, I wonder what the toilet itself was.
The Channel of Random Plumbing Fixtures the toilet never flushed right from day one she said.i replaced it working fine now
steven lavimoniere I can agree that the toilet may need to be replaced if there is no fix for it that is available. There are a ton of solutions out there to fixing various problems, including this one, when it comes to toilets.
Why are u always replacing toilets with that cheap Gerber junk?
Toilet in my master bath is about like this, its a Seasons with only about 2 years of use and the slightest thing causes this thing to stop up. Are these just a crappy designed toilet?
Chris Troxtell some toilets are just bad flushers .if there is a defect in the trap way ,,,what kind of wax are you using ?? is it the one with the horn ,if so maybe its affecting the flush .i would check the water level .and replace the wax with a regular not fullel type.than try it .before you put the toilet bad run a hose down the drain and see it backs up at all .. you might have a drain problem .. the water should never back up at all in the drain..
steven lavimoniere
I'm not honestly sure, I've never pulled it out, I think this toilet is just a poor flusher. I just know I usually have to snake it to get it unclogged more often then I would like. My 2nd bathroom has more room so it has a deeper bowl (elongated I think) as to the one in my master bath, the door barely misses the toilet bowl so they couldn't use the same toilet when they built the house.
Chris Troxtell just change out the toilet .. but use a regular wax .. some toilets just do not flush good .. its what it is .. you got a lemon
When I was at my last year of Primary school my shoo;d toilet wouldn’t flush and as it would be too expensive to get fixed so I brought a new syphon that’s what they are in the uk and I had to put the new one in and it worked fine
Where do you get a johni bar
Tony Robbins i get them at the plumbing supply house they all have them up my way
2:33 now it went down
Universal Rundle New Castle
Cean install. Great work
jess brown thanks for watching
Just need a flush repair kits if you ask me. Cost about 12 bucks
what is that tool you used to back the toilet flange bolt so you could take off the nut
james sabourin Steve referred to it at 9:38 as a "Johnny Bar" as labeled on the handle when he showed us the tool.
Looking at the old stain patterns under the toilet at 5:02 you see one reason the 2012 International Plumbing Code calls for sealant around the junction of the base of the toilet bowl and the floor covering. This helps in day to day sanitation. The crud on the bathroom floor doesn't accumulate and stay trapped under the edge of the toilet bowl base. An unintended consequence is that minor moisture accumulation under the toilet stays under there and can rot the sub-floor OSB (or whatever) and a failure of the wax ring will not be known as soon as the leak starts.
WHY THE SIPHON JET WAS PLUGGED
The flapper on the old one was closing too early
maroonloo lol there was more then a flapper issue with this toilet .lol
steven lavimoniere loads of fun!
not so bad .just wear gloves and do not lick your fingers after lunch
C'mon! It tastes SO good! Lol
ask ralph how the corn taste
Lmao
that's a different kinda wax why is it different from the normal ones you use
+Reese Young i use old style wax,,,, no funnel
I don't like the funnel either it just looked white not like yellow like the normal wax ones.
yellow, orange, red, white. nobody is going to see the colour of the wax. it works the same
Why did you just assume the vent pipe was ok, and pipes all open????? You might have done all that and still had a bad flush.
+jim sanker the new toilet flushed just fine .yes all the pipes were open
Its ready for a big blast now.
I’d be proud to call that my throne
Why do you wear Lmao great job steve
Harry Dickson why do yo wear gloves ????
Lol too keep hands clean?
Steve why do you wear gloves lol lol ;)
michael white thanks for commenting
why did you get a Gerber toilet?
+John Hand gerber is a good toilet
yeah their Ultra Flush models are
cool
I own a Gerber Toilet. An Ultra Flush model
that's what my toilet does but getting new one outs is ove10 yrs old
+Kaitlyn Petro you might have a blocked pipe or vent .
You're out breath Sir
what is the old toilet called
Universal Rundle
Junk!
I subscribed
nallely martinez smart lady...
You dont use plaster before you set the toilet
nobody uses plaster before setting the toilet. plaster for what?
pauliemak1 plaster? Nobody does that. That’s like putting mayonnaise on a peanut butter and jelly sandwich. It’s stupidly not needed.
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You didn’t even clean the frickin fastener bolts or nuts. How much did you scalp this poor sap for?
You’re sucking air like that toilet; like you’re about to have a heart attack any moment. Eat some more pasta.
So; how much did she get whacked for?
DALE thebelldiver dude, you’re a f’n tool !!