Re-Attaching Water Line to Toilet

Video Transcript

"Last but not least to set the toilet is the supply line. The braided supply lines come in different lengths, and when we're too close to the valve, and I 'm afraid of kinking it, I go with the longer supply line and loop it. Now we just need a pair of channel locks to snug it a little bit. You don't tighten these babies to death. I'll turn on the water, and we'll see how we did. Now, when I open the valve, I open the valve all the way, and I close it back just a quarter of a turn, so it's never in the full position. Occasionally, these valves will leak at the stem, because this valve doesn't get used but every ten years. So, whenever it is leaking, it's got a packing nut on it. So you take the packing nut, and you can tweak it a little bit. When you do, the handle gets a little harder to turn, but it gets rid of that drip that's at the stem. That's called packing, okay? I think we'll let this toilet go. We flush it, and check for leaks, and we have successfully reinstalled the toilet."