Toilet installation is a rather simple work if you want to do it yourself. It is always a good idea to do these little jobs around the house that gives you an advantage as the person who can rope in resources when the plumber is not available. A toilet installation is preferred to repairing one since doing up an old toilet with repairs not only leaves ugly marks around the toilet, there is no guarantee when the fixture wont break down once again putting you and the other members of the family in a good amount of inconvenience. It is therefore always advisable to go in for a new toilet when the old one is giving way and has past its prime. A toilet generally lasts a lifetime, sometimes extending beyond 30 to 40 years at a stretch but there may be circumstances when the replacement becomes inevitable.
A toilet installation is relatively simpler than what is propagated. You would need the new toilet along with the flush tank, the flange rings, bolts and nuts, rubber couplings to hold the inlet pipe in place, strong bonding material and good tools and implements to work with. The toilet parts would be invariably supplied to you in a separate packet in the toilet box just ensure that the packing slip you receive along with the installation covers all the items that are mentioned. Now for the installation. Stop the water supply to the flush tank and flush the toilet well. Unscrew the bottom two screws or bolts from the floor flange. Loosen out the clamp holding the inlet pipe to the inlet hole and unscrew the flush tank from the wall and the base. Take off the nut that holds the main water connection to the flush tank so that the pipe is now free. Jerk the toilet a bit but do not use a sharp or heavy instrument to force it to come off the base. It would normally come off with some amount of vigorous jerking. Once the toilet is out of the flange at the base, replace the old flange with the new flange and seat the new toilet firmly on the new flange. Insert the new bolts in the flange through the eyelets in the toilet base. Firmly screw down the bolts until the toilet does not move after some jerking. Coat the outer rims of the flange with the bonding material as additional bonding to hold the fixture in place.
Now for the connection part of the toilet installation. Fix in the flush tank firmly at the base on the brackets supplied and in the wall with long brass screws. Ensure that the tank does not move at all and would not come off. Connect the water inlet pipe and screw it in place. The float would already been installed – tighten the float ball so that it remains in place. Finally wind up the toilet installation with the live water connection. Seal off all drip areas with the bonding material as added precaution. Your toilet installation is ready.
Toilet installation
A toilet installation is relatively simpler than what is propagated. You would need the new toilet along with the flush tank, the flange rings, bolts and nuts, rubber couplings to hold the inlet pipe in place, strong bonding material and good tools and implements to work with. The toilet parts would be invariably supplied to you in a separate packet in the toilet box just ensure that the packing slip you receive along with the installation covers all the items that are mentioned. Now for the installation. Stop the water supply to the flush tank and flush the toilet well. Unscrew the bottom two screws or bolts from the floor flange. Loosen out the clamp holding the inlet pipe to the inlet hole and unscrew the flush tank from the wall and the base. Take off the nut that holds the main water connection to the flush tank so that the pipe is now free. Jerk the toilet a bit but do not use a sharp or heavy instrument to force it to come off the base. It would normally come off with some amount of vigorous jerking. Once the toilet is out of the flange at the base, replace the old flange with the new flange and seat the new toilet firmly on the new flange. Insert the new bolts in the flange through the eyelets in the toilet base. Firmly screw down the bolts until the toilet does not move after some jerking. Coat the outer rims of the flange with the bonding material as additional bonding to hold the fixture in place.
Now for the connection part of the toilet installation. Fix in the flush tank firmly at the base on the brackets supplied and in the wall with long brass screws. Ensure that the tank does not move at all and would not come off. Connect the water inlet pipe and screw it in place. The float would already been installed – tighten the float ball so that it remains in place. Finally wind up the toilet installation with the live water connection. Seal off all drip areas with the bonding material as added precaution. Your toilet installation is ready.