Installation of the toilet with their own hands. How to install a toilet bowl quickly?
Dismantling of the old toilet
As in any repair work, you need to start with the dismantling of old equipment. How to clean the old toilet bowl:
- Pour the water out of the tank;
- Carefully disconnect the water supply, if the connection is flexible, you can unscrew it from the reservoir and the water supply. Metal eyeliner is sawed off, a small part of the pipe is cut off, and then the thread is removed from the side of the water pipe. This is done in order to have a place for a new line;
- Before removing the old toilet, you need to prepare well, the toilet should be cleaned with disinfectants. You can use bleach, but wear rubber gloves to avoid injuring your hands. Wear safety goggles if you plan to break the toilet, since small pieces of glass can get into your eyes;
- Get rid of old toilet bolts if it has been bolted - it will unscrew them, but if it is cemented, you need to break it together with the toilet in the places where it is fastened. When you remove the toilet, tilt it slightly back to pour the remaining water;
- Get rid of the corrugation, you need to detach the socket. If the bell is made of plastic or cast iron, you will have to pull out the toilet and disassemble the bell, but you can cut it to the right size;
- Mount the drain corrugation directly into the sewer pipe, but pre-seal the corrugation from the side where it connects to the sewer. Be sure to clean the bell and apply sealant. It is necessary to insert the corrugation very tightly, and then to close its entrance with a rag or a stub, since if you forget about it, the smell of sewage will enter the apartment daily.
- Much depends on whether the floor is even in the toilet, if it is level - mount it on the bolts. After buying the toilet, you can look at the way of attaching the old one, and then carry out the installation according to the same scheme. Plugs from plastic are pre-drilled, then replaced with new ones. But keep in mind that the holes should not be wider than new dowels, otherwise the new toilet will wobble. Make new holes corresponding to the desired size. Just put the toilet on the place where you install it, and then mark on the floor of the place for fasteners, taking into account the length of the liner and corrugations, as well as the size of the toilet bowl.
- If the toilet was installed and fixed to cement, it will be necessary to clean the remaining cement and grooves, in many cases it is possible to see the mortgage along with the cement. You can make the floor even with a solution of cement, then put the toilet on top of the screed, and fix it through a wet screed to the previous wooden mortgage. When everything is dry, you can tighten the screws. But keep in mind that the old mortgage has been there too long, so it may rot sooner or later, so check its quality before installation.
- Gently drive the dowels into the previously prepared holes in the floor, as a rule they enter the floor without problems. It is from the preliminary procedures before installation that the quality and ease of installation of the new toilet bowl depends.
Installation of WC
Before installation, you need to familiarize yourself with the basic rules of sanitary ware of an ordinary apartment. It is necessary to see the system in full size, as a rule, everything begins with the arrival of water, and ends with the discharge of water from the apartment. For this, pressure water pipes made of strong steel are responsible, but in recent years steel is no longer so relevant and pipes are made of copper. Since copper never rusts, the pipes are much more attractive and quality, but they are much more expensive. Corrosion of steel pipes is due to the fact that they do not pass through galvanizing, such pipes are black. Externally, black pipes without galvanizing are immediately visible, weld seams are visible on them, galvanized seams are concealed because the protective layer has a thickness of about 40 μm. Apply protection to the inner and outer layers to improve reliability.
The pipes have different diameters of the conditional pass, but the internal diameter of the pipes is also taken into account. Much depends on the density of the walls of the pipes, separate reinforced, light and ordinary walls. To connect the pipe, you need to use a tee or a coupling, as well as shaped parts. If the pipes have the same diameter, you can use the same pipes for the connection, but if they differ - use couplings. If there are pipe turns, corner couplings should be used. Tees help in creating branches, and to establish the intersections of pipes on the same plane, you need the crossings.
Any diversion sewer pipes are made of gray cast iron, while the inner and outer side has a protective layer of petroleum bitumen. Thanks to it, corrosion protection is formed and water rubs against the inner layer. If you take into account the need for pipe sealing, you can understand that the junctions should be well-designed. One of the parts of the pipe is cylindrically installed in the socket, and then use the patch to remove the gap, and is further strengthened by a cement-sand mortar. The inlet of the pipe is equipped with a siphon in the places where plumbing equipment is connected to the drainage part of the sewage system. In this situation, the siphons serve as hydraulic closures, which close the flow of gases from the sewer to the apartment. Now that you know about the basic nuances in the sewerage work, you can easily install a toilet bowl very quickly.
You can choose any installation method from all that we give below. Or you fix a new toilet with screws mounted directly in the dowels, or fix the toilet to the wooden board. To install screws you will need a tile or cement floor, otherwise you will not be able to install the toilet bowl. The most reliable and convenient way of installation is the installation to the taffeta, which is a wooden board installed inside the floor recess. It is made of pro-polished wood, for example, oak, and from the bottom are fixed several anchors, which support the stability of the board and prevent it from moving. The most simple anchors are nails, slaughtered in the order of a chessboard, but the heads should protrude at least 30 millimeters. Inside the notches pour a solution of sand and cement, inside they heat the wooden board together with the nails. When the solution dries, it is necessary to fix the toilet bowl with simple screws. In order to later turn off the screws, they are treated with automotive graphite or grease, but whatever you do not process them, you need to put washers of rubber, which reduce the risk of damage to the toilet seat.
Another way to install is to use epoxy glue, but before you start you need to clean the surface of possible dust and dirt, and get rid of fat. Further processing with corundum stone is done, this is done to form roughness. Again degrease the surface and apply resin layer of about 5 millimeters, then press the toilet to the floor with all the force. Since the glue and resin need time to dry, you need to wait at least 12 hours, preferably leave it to dry for the night. Because of the strong smell will have to leave the apartment.
To avoid problems, you need to think about connecting to the branch line. The toilet is connected to the sewage outlet, which is called the release. It can be either angular or straight. At the release there are grooves, they need to be treated with a sura, previously diluted in linseed oil. Next, the release is wrapped with a resin strand, but keep in mind that you need to leave the space before releasing 5 millimeters so that it does not touch it. If the resin gets inside the pipe, it will take a long time to clean. Then it is necessary to install a sewage tap, but the annular gap is sealed with flax fiber yarn, after which a cement-sand mortar is added. Stitches should be wrapped with a bandage, and then apply a part of the solution.
At the end of the installation, it is necessary to connect to the flushing cistern. If you installed it to the toilet seat, you will need to fix the nozzle with a rubber cuff to the neck. A small part of it is worn directly on the nozzle, but the other parts are turned on the opposite side and re-dressed, but opening the end of the branch pipe. Then they are combined together, and part of the cuff is attached directly to the neck. But sometimes there are situations when the tank is mounted on a wall a short distance from the toilet. If such an installation is to be carried out, an additional pipe must be installed and the other end treated with a stick or a surrey. The neck with the pipe is connected to the cuff, which was fixed to the pipe using a very thin wire. At the end of the installation, you should check the operation of the toilet bowl and flushing cistern, does it work correctly? Is there noise or heat of water? If there is - check where you made a mistake and fix it.
Finally I propose to watch a video on the installation of the toilet: