| How to Install a New Toilet in 5 Easy Steps. | | | | side of bowl. Sit on bowlfacing wall until your weight |
| If your toilet is old and in need of repairs, it is | | | | puts bowl flush with the floor. Putmetal washers and |
| cheaper toreplace it by installing a new one. This is | | | | nuts on bolts and tighten until snug. Do not |
| quite easy to do and canbe completed in an | | | | over-tighten as you can crack the bowl. Tighten |
| afternoon. However, if you plan to install atoilet in a | | | | these again after toiletis completely installed and filled |
| new location, you will have to extend supply pipes | | | | with water. |
| anddrainpipes to the desired spot, a job you may | | | | 5. Next put 2" rubber gasket on tank where it sets |
| want to leave to aplumbing contractor. | | | | on the bowl, putrubber washers on bolts provided |
| Most toilets are sold with the necessary gaskets, | | | | under the bolt head so they will beon the inside of |
| washers, andhardware for fitting the tank to the | | | | the tank. Pick up tank and set on bowl over holesin |
| bowl. However you might need tobuy a few parts. | | | | bowl where bolts go through. Sit on bowl facing wall. |
| Here is a list of what you need to complete thistask: | | | | Put boltson from the inside of the tank into holes in |
| - Toilet bowl | | | | bowl, put on metalwashers and nuts and tighten. Hold |
| - Toilet tank | | | | tank level and tighten so itbrings tank down level. Use |
| - Toilet seat | | | | a large screw driver inside tank and acrescent |
| - Two 1/4" bolts for bowl to flange | | | | wrench or end wrench to back up nut under bowl. |
| - Wax ring | | | | Tightenwith screw driver. Hook water supply to tank, |
| - 20" water supply with fitting at valve or floor | | | | turn on water, checkfor leaks, and snug up the bolts |
| connection Tools: | | | | holding bowl to floor. If there isa space between the |
| Pair of channel pliers, bucket, screw driver. | | | | back of the tank and the wall, put a spacer ofsort |
| (Many of these can be ordered online at any DIY | | | | there to brace tank. A piece of wood or hard rubber |
| website such as DIY | | | | works fine. |
| Tips UK: | | | | Maintenance: |
| 1. Shut off the water to the toilet, use a bucket and | | | | At least twice a year clean out the inside of your |
| a cloth or asponge to remove the water left in tank | | | | toilet tank. Whencleaning the toilet tank, turn off the |
| and bowl after you flush thetoilet. | | | | water, flush toilet once, addsmall amount of cleaning |
| 2. Using a pair of channel pliers, or a small pipe | | | | detergent inside tank to water remainingand use a |
| wrench (8"),remove the nut where the water line | | | | cloth or brush to clean. Also clean out holes under |
| fastens to the ballcock valveunder the left side of | | | | toiletseat and rim of the bowl as well as the 3/4" |
| the bottom of the tank. Next use a smallcrescent | | | | hole in the bottom oftoilet bowl. Replace rubber tank |
| wrench, remove the two 1/4" nuts holding the bowl | | | | ball at this time if needed. |
| to thefloor flange. Remove old toilet. Remove the | | | | Maintaining your new toilet will keep the plumber |
| water line from thevalve or fitting at floor or wall. | | | | away and reduceyour plumbing bill. |
| 3. Now you are ready to install your new toilet. Put | | | | Copyright © 2005. Bridget Mwape writes for |
| the two 1/4"bolts in the side holes of the flange with | | | | DIY Tips UK: which features how-to articles |
| the bolt head in theflange. Put some of the old wax | | | | andproducts to help you with your DIY and home |
| at this spot to hold the boltsstraight up and across | | | | improvement projects. |
| from each other. Put new wax ring on flange,flat side | | | | This article may be reprinted as long as all the above |
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| 4. Set new bowl only straight down so it centers on | | | | (byline) is not edited. |
| wax ring andboth bolts come through holds on each | | | | |