Changing your average household toilet
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Changing Your Average
Household Toilet
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Equipment & Material•Rubber
Gloves•Adjustable
Wrench• Putty
Knife • Pliers
•Hand Saw • Tape
Measure • Trash
Bags•Rag •Wax Ring
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Old Toilet Removal
Turn off water supply
Remove nut from closet bolt using
adjustable wrench
Scrap off wax ring
using Putty Knife
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Setting Toilet
Even out closet bolts
on each side of flange,
using tape measure.
Set toilet over flange
applying pressure to
wax ring evenly.
You may have to cut closet bolts so cap will
cover appropriatel
y.
Flange
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Securing Tank• Place rubber
gasket over outlet at the bottom of the tank.
• Secure the nuts on both sides of the toilet.
• Tighten evenly to distribute pressure correctly to rubber gasket.
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Water Start Up
Secure water line to base of
tank.
• Make sure everything is tight before water start up.
• After water is turned on check for leaks.
• If no leaks you have successfully installed your toilet.
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Work cited "Replace a Toilet." Lowes. Lowe's 2015, 1 Jan. 2015. Web. 20 Apr. 2015. <http://www.lowes.com/projects/bed-and-bath/replace-a-toilet/project>."How to Replace a Toilet." The Family Handyman. Home Service Publications, 1 Jan. 2015. Web. 20 Apr. 2015. <http://www.familyhandyman.com/plumbing/toilet-repair/how-to-replace-a-toilet/view-all>."How to Remove and Replace a Toilet." DIY. 1 Jan. 2011. Web. 20 Apr. 2015. <http://www.diynetwork.com/how-to/skills-and-know-how/plumbing/how-to-remove-and-replace-a-toilet>.Bailey, Brittany. "Toilet Repairs - Part 3 - Replacing the Overflow Tube and Flapper - Pretty Handy Girl." Pretty Handy Girl. 31 May 2011. Web. 20 Apr. 2015. <http://www.prettyhandygirl.com/toilet-repairs-part-3-replacing-the-overflow-tube-and-flapper/>."Installing a Toilet." ThriftyFun. ThrifyFun. Web. 20 Apr. 2015. <http://www.thriftyfun.com/tf/Home_Improvement/Maintenance_and_Repair/Installing-a-Toilet.html>.