| Installing a toilet can be an easy task. Use these tips | | | | feel it then the flange is too low and you won't get a |
| to do it yourself. | | | | good seal. Also if the wax ring is cold it will probably |
| If you happen to be replacing an old toilet the old | | | | be too hard for the toilet bowl to seat properly. Add |
| wax gasket will have to be scraped off first, but for | | | | shims when necessary if the bowl isn't level and be |
| new installation the first thing that you do is roughen | | | | sure that the toilet is aligned with the wall. |
| in the closet bend and toilet floor flange. For this type | | | | After that, tighten the nuts and washers onto the |
| of work a putty knife would be your best choice. | | | | bolts by hand. If a rubber tank cushion is needed |
| Removing old bolts and scraping the flange clean will | | | | then add it onto the rear of the bowl and fit the |
| work to prevent any leaks at the base of the bowl. | | | | rubber gasket onto the flush valve opening on the |
| Position the floor flange so that its level with the | | | | bottom. Positioning the tank over the bowl, tighten |
| floor at the bottom. If the floor doesn't run beneath | | | | the nuts and washers onto the mounting bolts as |
| the toilet, then a finished flooring material should be | | | | well as the hold down bolts at the base with an |
| used so that the screws that hold the floor flange | | | | adjustable wrench. |
| can be tightened into place. To make sure that all of | | | | Throughout all of this you should be constantly using |
| your floor bolts line up with the center of the | | | | a level to make sure that your toilet bowl is still level |
| drainpipe set them in plumber's putty before inserting | | | | throughout the process. Seal the base of the bowl |
| then through the flange. | | | | with plumber's putty (or silicone caulk) and after filling |
| Next turn your new toilet bowl upside down so that | | | | the decorative caps with plumber's putty and putting |
| you can attach the wax gasket over the horn | | | | them over the head of the bolts, you should be |
| (waste outlet) at the bottom of the bowl. Again | | | | nearly finished. Now you can cut the end out of your |
| plumbers putty comes in handy for sealing up any | | | | supply line stub and attach a shut off valve, a valve |
| loose ends, especially as you lower the bowl in place | | | | which you will be connecting to your flexible tubing. |
| over the flange using the bolts as guidelines. Once on | | | | The tubing should then in turn be connected to the |
| the ground press down and give a twist until you feel | | | | bottom of the tank where a supply stub out should |
| the bowl being pushed into the wax ring. If you don't | | | | be visible. |