Before starting to install a new toilet or replace your old toilet, you must know how to do it correctly. Start off you must shut off the water valve located next to your toilet and if replacing your old toilet flush your toilet, so all water is gone and no water will fill up the tank again. You will then have to clean out he excess water inside your toilet tank. Now remove the old toilet, take the tank off off the bowl, then bowl of the floor, then plug the hole in floor with rags.
Materials And Tools You Will Need For The Project:
- Two-piece Toilet
- Plumber’s Putty (if needed)
- Supply Tube (If Needed)
- Toilet To Floor Bolts (New Ones)
- Toilet Seat
- Flange (if needed)
- Wax Ring Replacement
- Shut Off Valve
- Screwdriver Set
- Mini Hacksaw
- Tubing Cutter (If Needed)
- Adjustable Wrenches
- DETERMINE WHAT FLANGE YOU NEED:
If you are going to reuse the old flange, it is a good idea to replace the 3/16-inch flange bolts as they are cheap. If you are going to replace the flange, it must be screwed into a wooden floor. If replacing a flange on concrete floor use Self-tapping concrete screws for concrete.
2. PLACE WAX RING ON TOILET:
Place the wax ring on the bottom part of your toilet. The actual wax ring size will vary with the size of the flange you have. You must be sure to purchase the proper size. A 3 inch neck will fit a 3 inch closet elbow, a 4 inch neck will fit a 4 inch closet elbow. If the closet elbow is 4 inches and the neck is 3 inches in diameter, purchase a 4×3 reducer.
3. SET THE TOILET BOWL:
Straddle the toilet bowl and lift up using your legs, not your back. Set the toilet slowly over the anchor bolts, then sit on the toilet, rocking it back and forth to seat the wax ring in place. You may need another person to guide you when setting the toilet over the anchor bolts.
4. TIGHTEN THE NUTS.
Tighten the nuts down on both anchor bolts until they are about hand-tight. Use an adjustable wrench or socket and move from one side of the toilet to the other, alternate the tightening of each nut about a half-turn each time until it is snug. Don’t over-tighten these nuts.
5. CUT FLANGE BOLT TO SIZEINSTALL THE BOLT CAP:
Using a mini hacksaw, cut the flange bolts so only 1/4 to 1/2 inch extends above the bolt. This is done so the cap cover will fit over firmly. Most bolts will have snap-offs about every 1/2 inch or so, you should still cut through the bolt, so you don’t bend the bolt. Some types of caps will snap over the bolt while some have to be filled with plumber’s putty and seated over the anchor bolt so it stays in place.
6. SET THE TANK ANCHOR BOLTS:
Put the tank anchor bolts in the holes of the tank, this will help guide the tank onto the bowl easier. Lift the tank, place it over the bowl, then guide the tank bolts into the corresponding holes on the toilet bowl.
7. TIGHTEN THE TANK BOLTS:
Using an adjustable wrench, hold the wrench over the tank bolt nut while you tighten the top bolt with a screwdriver. Do not over-tighten, you do not want to crack the tank or the toilet bowl.
8. CONNECT SUPPLY PIPE TO THE TANK:
Put the water supply line back on by hand-tighten until snug. Slide the compression nut over the other end, and then place the compression ring over the end of the pipe. Seat the end in the outlet of the shutoff valve. Now you can tighten all up re-open the water valve to fill the toilet tank full, then check for leaks, done!
Some times you may need to replace the supply pipe with another pipe to fit or a flexible universal connection. All of the tools and material including the replacement toilet can be found at stores such as Home Depot, Lowe’s, Home Hardware etc. You now know the basics on how to install or replace a toilet correctly! You can watch a toilet replacement video HERE.
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