[Music] do you have an old toilet that needs to be replaced today I'm going to show you how to install a new one that not only works better it can help save you money on your water bills we're gonna start by taking some measurements of our old toilet we're gonna take a measurement off our back wall to our closet bolts and then off our sidewall to the side of our bowl these measurements are important to getting a toilet that's gonna fit your space usually toilet bowls are elongated for comfort but if you have a smaller space you might want to go with the round Bowl once we have our new toilet we can start removing our old one first we're going to turn off our water and flush our water from the tank the rest of the water in the tank can be removed with a sponge next you're gonna disconnect the supply lines from the tank unscrew the nuts on the tank and lift it off the bowl wear gloves in case it cracks I'm gonna use a water solidify er to keep the water from sloshing out of the bowl you can also use a sponge to get the water out now loosen and remove the nuts holding the toilet bowl to the floor lift the bowl and set it out of the way on a garbage bag [Music] now with our old toilet removed we're going to take out the old wax ring then I'm going to stuff this rag in the hole this is going to keep any sewer gases from coming up or anything falling down and then I take this putty knife and remove any excess wax I'm also going to remove the old closet bolts now our flange is still in good shape but if yours is broken you can pick up a repair kit to fix it so I've built this model to show you a problem you might run into with the renovation now ideally we want our flange a little higher than our finished floor however if you're adding new flooring you might find that your flange is gonna be too low now they make a number of products to bring your flange up to the proper height so you can be properly sealed with our new toilet ready to be set the first thing I'm going to do is install some new closet bolts we're gonna simply slide them in twisting them so they don't come out and we're gonna tighten down these washers so it's easier to align our toilet above them next we're gonna bring our new toilet in and set it upside down on this towel so we can install our wax ring first we're gonna take our wax ring and run it underneath some warm water to soften it up and then we can install it over the hole with our wax ring set next we're gonna remove our rag from our drain and we're gonna flip our toilet over and carefully lower it over our new closet bolts now toilets are heavy so you might need help setting it in place firmly press it down and make sure it's square with the wall to secure the toilet add the cat bases washers and the nuts to the closet bolts you're gonna alternate tightening them to keep the pressure even use a hacksaw to cut off the excess then pop on the cats next it's time to install our tank now you're typically going to have your valve assembly already installed right out of the box but we're gonna need to flip over our tank and install these bolts which are just going to slip into place and then we're gonna have to install this rubber gasket to the base set the tank in place and tighten the nuts by hand alternating as you go check it with a level then tighten the nuts for a watertight seal but don't over tighten you don't want to crack the tank hook up the water supply and slowly turn on the water then you're gonna want to check for leaks around the supply line and the gasket base if it is leaking this can usually be fixed by tightening the bolts next you're gonna want to flush the toilet a couple times and then check around the base if it is leaking make sure the nuts are tight otherwise you'll need to replace and reset the wax ring then you can install the seat typically all you're gonna need for this is a screw driver now you can caulk around your face if you want to we're not gonna do that because if we do have a leak down the road we want to be able to see it now the last thing we do is to take our top and set it on our tank and our toil installation is complete want more great ideas and how-tos go to lowes.com/howto you [Music]