Comments on: How To Install A Toilet https://www.younghouselove.com/how-to-replace-a-toilet/ Home Decorating & DIY Tutorials Thu, 16 May 2024 15:05:58 +0000 hourly 1 By: Adrian https://www.younghouselove.com/how-to-replace-a-toilet/#comment-2065459 Mon, 13 Jan 2014 23:08:13 +0000 http://www.thisyounghouse.com/?p=6495#comment-2065459 Wow! As a plumber, this is a bit of a worry – detailed guides like this will put us out of business, haha! Seriously though, it’s very rare to see DIY plumbing guides this detailed. There are a couple of things I would personally do slightly differently, but that’s more personal preference than anything.

So many people are also scared of replacing their own toilets because of a misconception around hygiene. As long as there are germaphobes, us plumbers will be ok!

]]> By: Emily https://www.younghouselove.com/how-to-replace-a-toilet/#comment-1645987 Thu, 24 Oct 2013 08:46:50 +0000 http://www.thisyounghouse.com/?p=6495#comment-1645987 In reply to Emily.

Oh My Goodness, Yes it was a massive headache! Believe me it was only the start for the toilet; what we thought would take a couple of days ended up taking a couple of weeks, but hey, you learn from your mistakes! And hopefully our mistakes will help others learn the way ‘NOT’ to do it! ;)

]]> By: YoungHouseLove https://www.younghouselove.com/how-to-replace-a-toilet/#comment-1645155 Tue, 22 Oct 2013 13:51:20 +0000 http://www.thisyounghouse.com/?p=6495#comment-1645155

In reply to Emily.

Oh man, sounds like a big headache Emily! Thanks for the additional tips!

xo
s

]]> By: Emily https://www.younghouselove.com/how-to-replace-a-toilet/#comment-1645068 Tue, 22 Oct 2013 05:36:13 +0000 http://www.thisyounghouse.com/?p=6495#comment-1645068 I wish I had found this post before we installed our toilet! I have a feeling it would have made life a little more easy. Here is few more words of warning for any newbies going to replace their toilet; make sure you measure the distance between the flange and the wall before buying a new toilet. We didn’t, thinking it would be a standard distance. This unfortunately was not the case, and the toilet cistern stood approximately 8 inches away from the wall with no support. This meant we needed to buy a second toilet… making the fun decision of buying a close coupled toilet suite, which turned out is one of the harder toilets for a first time DIY enthusiast to install, because it is streamlined with concealed pipes, making it really hard to put together when you can’t see what you are doing, and you need to measure perfectly to drill for the bolts. Also, find out if your existing toilet runs on a P (waste pipe through wall) or S (waste pipe through floor) trap, and try to buy a toilet that matches the existing outlet to make life easier on yourself, for less fiddling and connection changes.

]]> By: YoungHouseLove https://www.younghouselove.com/how-to-replace-a-toilet/#comment-1426009 Thu, 14 Mar 2013 13:58:44 +0000 http://www.thisyounghouse.com/?p=6495#comment-1426009

In reply to Michelle.

We have always heard you should caulk all the way around since it will mask a leak and then the floor under the toilet will get all rotten without you even knowing it’s leaking under there. So either caulking just the front (and leaving the back open) or not caulking at all is the recommended approach :)

xo
s

]]> By: Michelle https://www.younghouselove.com/how-to-replace-a-toilet/#comment-1425446 Thu, 14 Mar 2013 03:57:48 +0000 http://www.thisyounghouse.com/?p=6495#comment-1425446 Hey all-

We have a decades old bathroom and the current toilet (cracked and no longer held down with bolts) is caulked around the base. When replacing, have you ever caulked around the toilet? Pros/cons to doing this?

]]> By: YoungHouseLove https://www.younghouselove.com/how-to-replace-a-toilet/#comment-1325769 Sun, 13 Jan 2013 01:29:51 +0000 http://www.thisyounghouse.com/?p=6495#comment-1325769

In reply to Josh.

Good luck Josh!

xo
s

]]> By: Josh https://www.younghouselove.com/how-to-replace-a-toilet/#comment-1325722 Sat, 12 Jan 2013 17:49:20 +0000 http://www.thisyounghouse.com/?p=6495#comment-1325722 About to replace our (decades old?) toilet. Our first adventure. Thanks for the tutorial – helpful and practical, as usual…here goes nothing!

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