EASY KOHLER skirted toilet install

The easiest how-to on a simple toilet replacement!

This is for a skirted toilet, but it will help with pretty much any toilet. I shot this in 4K so I had to really edit it due to low disk space on my MacBook. If you have any question PLEASE ASK!!

God bless

[dhaag]

There were some parts of the installation (particularly the tank installation) that just aren't covered in other videos. Thanks for the thorough guide, which you managed without belaboring any specific topic and dragging out the video beyond what's needed.

[THORMYN]

Thank you so much for this upload, it really helped my husband to install the toilet without a lot of cursing going on ! He’s Italian you know what I mean lol!

[earlwoodsson]

Thank you for talking about both bolts particularly the shorter bolt. Every video on this type of install didn't mention those bolts in depth and the connectors associated . It appears I didn't get instructions and I was missing the 2 white connectors with the shorter bolts which was frustrating. To complicate the matter I couldn't find a video that address my issue until I viewed yours! Thanks again!

[captainjennifer]

Thanks for the skirted installation. I wasn't sure how it worked, after watching your video I am going with a skirted for a cleaner look. Reviews that are negative seem to be about their installation. You got that solved!

[Artikgrauis]

Excellent video, I just installed one and it went very smoothly. One thing that could help future viewers is to use a shop vac to get the remaining water out of the bowl and tank, it didn't spill a drop after I moved mine out to the backyard.

[mamagraywolfe]

The gray water color is dye to see if you have any leaks some tanks have blue dye verifying with a color not clear for first few flushes.

[kathrynjohnson]

I think we wore out your video. Excellent. Great help. Only took us 5 hours, don't ask. Your video was very helpful.

[JoJo-vvrs]

You have no idea how helpful this video was to us thank you so so much

[drezboston]

Thought I would add a few notes as I just installed mine and had some small issues that required some thought.

1) the toilet sticks out a bit to the sides as it is skirted. This complicated my install because it sat in such a way I could not touch the water supply valve. I added a 2nd vertical 1/4 turn shut off on top. I couldn't move my shut off because it was already an extension and would have required me to open up my wall. Note that if you do this, you want to get a 9" supply line (10" would be better). The standard 12": was too long.

2) to remove my old toilet I flushed, then put in old towels to get the remaining water. I used liquidlock (let sit sit 4-5 minutes to get the water in the tank. Removing the toilet then was easy

3) Kohler does a lousy job at describing how to install. Watch a couple of videos

4) one thing that worked well to sit the toilet was using some painters tape to indicate where the tube was and then the same on the toilet so I could align and have it easily fit

Good luck all

[augierivoire]

This helped me put a toilet in for my mom. Thank you !

[jacquelinecasas]

So wonderful-thanks for the video-much simpler than the paper instructions 🙄

[williammchale]

Thanks for painting the wall….it was making my teeth itch. 😁

[mikehenry]

You mentioned the weight of the toilet seats the flange on the wax ring, not so in this case. It's the bolts on the adapter itself that park it. The weight of the toilet is born all the way to the floor and sits on it's skirt. The cool thing is the toilet is less likey to break the wax seal if it rocks a bit.

[daniel.j.rauscher]

Awesome video. Thanks so much! You walked me through every step!

[mommachupacabra]

I gotta install a couple of those dual flush jobbies. The instructions actually say "watch the video FIRST." Yours is WAY clearer and easier to understand than Kohler's. And of course the skuzzier bathroom toilet supply line does NOT have a shut-off valve. Why do people do this kind of nonsense? Houses should have a cut-off at EVERY SINGLE water supply line.

[tombartlett]

Looks so easy, doesn't it. But you may need to tear up the wall to move the water valve before the bowl will fit. Once you've got that covered, since you can't see the connection to the floor mounted tube, you need to use "The Force" to figure out where it is. A small piece of painter's tape on the wall aligned with the center of the tube center will make it easier. Once you find it, push down on the toilet and you will feel it slide in.

The big problem, at least with the Transpose model, is installing the tank. There is no plastic clip like the one in this video to hold the bolts. The bolts on the Transpose are integrated with rubber plugs factory installed in the tank. The bolts are much too short, and the plugs holding these bolts are not fully seated, compounding the problem. I needed to use a drift to properly set them, then compress the plugs using the mounting washers and nuts. Even with the tank unmounted there was barely enough exposed thread to get the nut started when I began. After several rounds of compressing, then backing off, I was able to get just barely enough exposed thread through the mounting holes on the bowl to get the tank mounted if I leaned on the tank over the bolt.

Part of the problem is caused by poor factory molding. There is a hump in the porcelain where the tank gasket meets the bowl, preventing the gasket from soft recessing into the bowl. This is not a mistake; we bought 2 of these toilets, and they both have the defect. A look at the Lowes website shows that this is a common defect.

I have removed and replaced many, many toilets over the years and, all in all, this was a total PITA! The pictorial directions that come with the toilet are pretty much just a bad joke. One YouTuber showing an install said they were only good for sliding under the installed toilet to check for leaks! He was right!

[RhondaCobian]

What was the size of the supply line you used. The part the screws to the tank.

[francisleonetti]

Would the pressure of a plunger cause that seal to leak?

[michaelgordon]

Would it be the same install for KOHLER Transpose White Elongated?

[chrisbuildsstuff]

Was your existing flange flush with your finished floor or a bit below? I have an old cast iron flange I have to drill out before installing a PVC insert and want to know if it goes flush with floor or slightly proud of floor