How To Install Toilet Pan To Floor

You can rest the new toilet bowl on its side on a padded surface to protect the floor and the toilet and attach the replacement wax ring to the bottom of the bowl.

How to install toilet pan to floor.

The next step to replace a toilet is to wipe pvc primer on the inside of the closet bend and on the outside of one end of the soil pipe. Install the soil pipe and closet flange photo by david carmack. At the beginning of the our video steve discusses the toilet flange. I can remember when i started my apprenticeship as a plumber every toilet pan was secured to the floor with a sand and cement mix mortar.

Then lift the toilet onto the floor bolts and jiggle it a bit to seal the drainage hole. Measure the depth and width of the gluing edge of the bowl. To install a new toilet first turn off the water supply and remove the old toilet. How to install a new toilet what s the first step.

Includes how to remove a toilet bowl or pan and cistern and install the new ones. Fit a new seal around the drain hole in the floor and make sure it s tight. Remove the toilet and turn it on its side. The first thing that needs to be done when installing a toilet on concrete is to make sure that the place you intend to install the toilet has the necessary pipes.

Dry fit the flange to the soil pipe and the soil pipe to the closet bend to ensure the flange s collar rests on the floor. How to attach them safely to the. This video covers how to install a toilet. There must be a 3 inch diameter drainage pipe rising up from the concrete as well as a water supply pipe coming from an adjacent wall.

Then make an outline of the toilet on the floor with masking tape. Carefully mark the outline of the area to be covered by the toilet pan. If the toilet flange sits below the finished floor the toilet will leak. Remove any dust or loose materials from the tiles.

The benefit to this technique is that you can be sure that the ring is in the proper position when placing the toilet over the flange. We would place the toilet pan on the floor and mark out the foot print with a pencil and the remove it again the next step would be to cut a hole in the floor under the pan for a key this would create a lock between the pan and the floor. This is by far one of the most important parts to the a new toilet installation.