Installing a Toilet - Toilet Installation Made Easy
Instructions for Installing a Toilet
By: Mark J.
Donovan
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Installing a Toilet is a
relatively easy job for a homeowner. With a couple of wrenches, a screwdriver
and a few shims, and a new toilet a do it yourself homeowner can install a toilet in about one hour.
Toilets can be purchased at any home
improvement store or plumbing supply center. Typically a gravity flush toilet
costs between $150 and $300, however the price can double or triple for more
elaborate units, such as pressure flush systems.
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Today’s toilets are mandated to use no
more than 1.6 gallons per flush, where as older units used as much as 5 gallons.
The initial 1.6 gallon toilets were notorious for frequently clogging, however
over the past several years suppliers have improved the performance of these low
water-use systems.
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Toilet Installation -
Installing Toilet Bowl
A toilet usually consists of two main
parts: a bowl and a tank. It is best to first install the toilet bowl.
Prior to installing the toilet bowl,
check if the toilet closet flange has been temporarily plugged with insulation
or a rag to prevent sewer gases from escaping. Remove this. Next install the toilet bowl
on top of the toilet closet flange to determine if it sits level. If it does
not, prepare some shims to use later.
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Next remove the toilet bowl, and insert the
toilet closet bolts (approximately 2” long bolts) into the slots on the toilet closet flange.
Installing a Toilet Wax Ring
Then turn the bowl over and install a
toilet wax
ring gasket over the outlet of the toilet bowl. This outlet is also know as the “horn”.
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Place the toilet bowl onto the toilet closet flange.
Make sure the bowl is well seated by rocking the bowl down. Once the toilet bowl has
been seated, place a level on it and use the shims as necessary. Next, using
nuts and washers tighten up the bolts. Note: be careful not to over-tighten
these bolts as it could crack the bowl.
Next attach the toilet tank to the toilet bowl using
the tank bolts, nuts and washers. Again, do not over tighten.
Installing the Toilet Float Supply Unit
Install the toilet float supply unit into the
tank and hook up the water line to the tank inlet. Again, do not over tighten
and make sure to use the washers supplied.
Next, turn the toilet supply line on and adjust
the toilet float as necessary.
Finally, caulk around the base of the
toilet bowl and your toilet installation is complete!
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