Installation of plumbing equipment during repair in the bathroom is one of the most difficult tasks that requires certain knowledge and skills. DIY toilet installation — the procedure is quite complicated, but, as a practice shows, not impossible.
How to install a toilet with your own hands: the choice of a new
There are three types of design of the toilet bowls:
The most common type of bowl for today is a funnel -shaped. Toilets of this type “suffer” by one significant drawback — they create a large amount of spray. Manufacturers strive to get rid of this problem, but it is unlikely to be completely solved due to the design features of the bowl. The water in such toilets is consumed economically, the smells are not stagnated.
Tarelic bowl, or the so -called cup with a shelf is a morally obsolete design, less often found on the market. When washing off, such a design does not create spray (which is important for human hygiene), but it consumes water in non -amono and helps to delay the smells. Stagnation of water in such a bowl over time causes the appearance of rusty coat on ceramics.
A visor bowl or a bowl with a slope that can be directed from the back and from the front wall. The amount of spray in this design is small, but the “brush” will have to use more often than in the case of a toilet with a funnel -shaped bowl. The disappearance of the smell in the case of such a toilet occurs faster than in the case of a toilet of a plate structure.
Also, when choosing a toilet, it should be taken into account which pipes are installed in the bathroom and toilet at the moment. If plastic (or it is planned to replace them with such), then the output of the toilet can be any; In the event that the replacement of metal pipes is not planned, then this hole should coincide with the hole of the old toilet.
DIY toilet installation: Dismantle the old
Before dismantling the toilet, you need to make sure that the supply of water in the bathroom and kitchen is disconnected and drain the remaining water from the tank, and then proceed to the dismantling of the barrel itself. To do this, unscrew the flexible hoses of water supply and bolts connecting the tank with the base of the toilet. If the bolts are rustled, it is easiest to remove them with a divorce key, having previously treated the WV-40 anti-corrosion spray with an anti-corrosion spray. Next, the rubber gasket is removed between the tank and the base, as well as the seat of the toilet.
Important! Before starting the final dismantling of the toilet, it is recommended to prepare a special plug from an old rag with a diameter of about 10 cm. Immediately after removing the toilet, it needs to plug the sewer pipe in order to avoid the penetration of dangerous gases into the apartment that arise during the decomposition of waste.
Often the place of connection of the toilet and the sewage pipe is covered with a cement mortar, which before performing further actions must be knocked down by a chisel. To dismantle the base of the toilet, it is necessary to remove the mounting elements that fix it to the floor, for which they use a wrench of a suitable size. After removing the fasteners, the base of the toilet can be removed from the floor, having previously removed the corrugation connecting the bell of the tank with the sewer.
If the base is attached to the cement, then it must be thoroughly beaten off by removing the smallest pieces of cement and ceramics. Also, the old toilet can be fixed on Taft — a wooden base that needs to be dismantled and poured in its place flush with the floor of a rapidly hard -hardened screed. After the screed dries, the holes should be drilled in it in accordance with the future toilet fasteners. Before the installation of the base of the toilet, it should be made sure that the floor surface in the place where it will stand is perfectly flat.
Installation of the toilet independently: installation
If the holes for the bolts of the new toilet coincide with the holes of the old, then it can be attached to them in them. For this, old dowels need to drill and drive new plastic in their place. After that, the new toilet can be put in place and screwed to the floor. The bolts must be tightened evenly on each side of the toilet, twisting alternately into two turns, otherwise cracks may appear on ceramics. The place of connection of the toilet leg with the floor must be coated with silicone plumbing sealant.
Further, the toilet bell is thoroughly smeared with the same sealant and the corrugation is put on it, which will connect it to the sewer pipe. It is necessary to smear the hole of the pipe itself with a sealant (not forgetting to pull a rag gag from it), into which the corrugation is inserted into the toilet. The junction of the corrugation with a pipe is coated with a cement mortar.
The next stage is the installation of a drain tank. First, a rubber gasket should be put on the exhaust hole, and then install the tank in place, carefully monitoring the correct finding of the drain. Fasten bolts are installed in the corresponding holes and alternately delayed until completely fixed. Next, check the tightness of the tank by pouring water into it, after which the water descent mechanism is mounted in the tank in accordance with the manufacturer’s instructions.
Then a flexible eyeliner of metal-plastic or metal corrugation, the length of which should be greater than the distance between the wall and the toilet by 30-40 cm, join the toilet. Places of the connection of the hose with the toilet are additionally compacted by FUM-tone or plumbing linen.
Next, water is connected, after which the level of filling the tank is determined, which, if necessary, is regulated. Then the water descent is carried out and the presence and absence of subcases is checked. In the case of their detection, this place is smeared with silicone sealant.
Independent installation of the toilet is almost completed on this — it remains only to mount the seat. In general, the installation of the toilet with your own hands, the video of which can also be watched on the site, does not cause special difficulties — the main thing is to follow the instructions and recommendations.