How to remove a toilet

[@keithwebb658]

If you want to lower the water level in the pan before removal, gently use the toilet brush in a pump action to push the water through the u bend. The pan is usually heavy and it can be hard to tip excess water into a bucket. I always thoroughly clean the pan with bleach before starting any work as its a messy job.

[@ChrisHow]

Mop is the other classic for that 👍

[@sergiolalopez3598]

Brilliant advice. You know I'm thoroughly cleaning my oo before I do this job.

[@Hometownblues]

Thanks for this - great video which kept it nice a simple. Managed to remove pretty much all my en suite prior to the plumbers coming to sort the new one - saved them time and me money! 😊

[@PlumbingGy]

Glad it helped 👍🏻

[@lanagregoryy]

Thanks! Do I need to get a ‘cap’ then for the water supply for when it’s disconnected?

[@ashleygumbo381]

Hi Dan, thank you for an informative vlog on how to remove a the toilet. I am doing my own bathroom refurb, there was a lot of dread with this part of the process, but your tutorial was so useful making the job easy as pie….

[@PlumbingGy]

Hi, I’m glad it helped 😁👍🏻

[@malicant123]

Thanks for this video! Is the waste pipe not glued or otherwise secured to the back of the toilet? This one seemed to just slide out as if it were just sitting inside it.

[@yvettelovis2971]

I love that you remove the clean water first and go onto the dirty bit second . Really fab video as planning to do this myself !

[@sergiolalopez3598]

You're a good man! Thank you! I'm kind of dreading this, cause I have to make a frame, plus add Mr Plasterboard and tile and fit for my wall hung loo. It's going to take me ages. I'll have to use public loos 🤮 which I hate. Unless I miraculously get it done in one day.

[@JBTV]

Great easy to follow video. Thanks man 👍 You have a bit of Ricky Gervais going on at the end there 😂😂

[@PlumbingGy]

😂😂😂👍🏻💪🏻

[@jmamericanos]

Mate... I thought I was going to have to beg friends to help me do this but you like some kind of super hero lol 😆 shared your super knowledge.. THANKS 👌 👍

[@PlumbingGy]

Haha thanks brother glad it helped i appreciate the support ✌🏻💚

[@playeroflife]

Hi. Nice video to follow Ty. Quick question about that cap for the pipe. Does it just screw into the pipe or is it a pressure fit? Ty

[@PlumbingGy]

Hi you can use compression cap ends or push fit cap ends 👍🏻

[@LyricGrace]

Fab thanks for this, I'm planning on doing my whole bathroom myself so this really helped

[@garethjones3684]

Great vid, I want to remove and cap off an en suite.have you any vids or advice?

[@PlumbingGy]

Just replace stack with new piece and cap off pipework with caps 👍🏻

[@handleisGG]

I have a soil stack that comes out of the wall, I want to turn the toilet 90° but im unsure of the bending to the soil pipe, it would have to be on a platform I reckon but 🤷‍♀️ tight space

[@gardenrose264]

Thanks for your video. What did you call off the water with and did you use a new seal or wax around the soil pipe? Also, can you do a video how to remove an old sink. It's all hard pipes, not flexible ones. Hope I am making sense. Lol. 🤗

[@PlumbingGy]

Yeah perfect sense Cleo, yeah use grease around the waste fittings to make it easier to fit and normally you can isolate the water one isolations on the pipework. If there isn’t any, turning off the cold mains at the stop tap (normally under kitchen sink) or turning off outside of property at end of drive or on walkway 👍🏻

[@gardenrose264]

@@PlumbingGy thank you for info. Much appreciated.👍

[@susanperry3523]

How do you then stop the smell then? Just cap it? My bathroom is smelling 😫 capped sink pipes and removed sink so thinking toliet is smelling 🤷‍♀️

[@PlumbingGy]

If it's temporary just wrap a sealed bag around it and tape it up, if not then cap it off depending on where it connects.

[@barbaraczyrwik1163]

any tips on how you go about putting the toilet back in after installation a new floor ? the toilet will sit higher

[@PlumbingGy]

That will depend on the outlet, if it’s a normal 90degree waste then you’re fine, if it’s going out the wall you can get straight pan connectors offset.

[@simpelwitch8656]

I’m trying to get parts, how do you recommend I do that ??

[@PlumbingGy]

Head to your local merchants and ask for assistance 👍🏻

[@danskiiiz]

how do i cap off a toilet? But i want to use the toilet maybe in the future?

[@davidjones503]

Thanks for the vid really helped me out this morning 👌

[@oggsboggs]

Hi, thanks for the video. How do you block the cold mains outlet as you do at around 3:12 please?

[@PlumbingGy]

The incoming mains is isolated on the valve with a slotted screwdriver, turn the valve from vertical to horizontal to isolate.

[@willclarke8604]

great video, I need to remove my toilet to get access to the pipe coming out of the wall, the toilet has been blocked on and off for a few years, I've tried all the chemicals and unblocking technique, and so this is the last resort, if there is nothing blocking in the 4inch pipe and the toilet bend is clear , then I'll just have to accept that my toilet doesn't flush very well , any ideas >?

[@PlumbingGy]

Potentially an issue with the drainage, I would also rod the drains to make sure you cover all areas 👍🏻

[@willclarke8604]

@@PlumbingGy thanks is this something I could do , while the pipe is exposed ?

[@willclarke8604]

@@PlumbingGy re:drain rodding, I saw this vid, but I then found out I haven't got a drain like this, so I would have to rod the actual pipe from the toilet ?

[@PlumbingGy]

You would be better rodding from a manhole in the garden if one has a rodding eye even better 👍🏻

[@willclarke8604]

@@PlumbingGy no manhole visible unfortunatley, just found this comment on a forum - Victorian properties did not have manholes. In fact many properties built well into the 20th century did not have manholes. You will probably have what is called an interceptor pipe somewhere. This will be a vertical ceramic pipe probably hidden somewhere underground with the passage of time. Quite often they are covered with a slab of concrete or an old tile and then the grass or whatever has grown over it. Tend to agree that it would be best to find this and if possible have a manhole dug. Stick your hand down one of your grids and see which way the outflow is running. You can usually work out the direction and try to trace where your interceptor is.

[@nomad.1865]

Thanks mate this video was superb for me, short and clear good instructions. I easily removed my toilet with your tips. Found that neither the back of my toilet was fixed to the wall and the toilet itself wasn't even bolted to the floor, just held in place by silicone 😂

[@PlumbingGy]

Glad it helped

[@jjmmjj9999]

Nice to see a British video, cheers Toying with removing the toilet after kid flushed something down there, not sure what but believe a toy.. Very slow drain now and paper not even flushing Anything else you'd recommend before removing the toilet? I've tried hot soapy water, a big bucket, a plunger and nothings shifting so possibly in the U bend before the waste pipe..? Cheers!

[@PlumbingGy]

Try some toilet rods, or something small enough and flexible enough to get round the u bend. In all honesty if it’s a standard toilet it’s probably easier just to remove it and look 👍🏻

[@jjmmjj9999]

@@PlumbingGy I've had a look at some 'auger rods' but they say not for use with a toilet :( The waste pipe is 'tiled' in essentially a 'box' against the wall lol..... From bad to worse hahaha Don't really want to be breaking tiles I'll have a play around with possibly stick my hand up the back

[@PlumbingGy]

Head to the merchants and they do a flexible length for toilets it's only thin maybe 10-15mm I have one on the van, if no good just buy a length of 10 or 15mm plastic pipe and use that (done many times) especially on tiled boxed in toilets 😂👍🏻

[@barneyw9529]

Great stuff, this has been useful. Thanks

[@MrM669]

Great video thank you

[@hab1236]

I've got an extra pipe attach to it. What do I do

[@PlumbingGy]

Locate where that pipe goes, what it does.

[@cosmicorder2]

Could you add subtitles please?

[@sunshinecompany1]

That is so different than Canadian plumbing.

[@danhudson4614]

I'm trying this but everything is so rusted even the floor bolts are literally rusted into bits gaskets are all gone I'm gonna have to replace the whole thing I think. I swear the only thing holding it all together is the pipe work and adhesive behing the tank!.

[@PlumbingGy]

Drill/cut the heads off the rusted screws and put new ones in don't mess around trying to get them out just takes too long 👍🏻

[@thegifyguy]

right time to take the toilet off....great vid...cheers

[@emmasmith4416]

I normally get a mop and ram it down the toilet and it should be clear when you pull it off the wall 😅

[@ermi4973]

Thanks bud

[@bamb1000]

Cheers great vid

[@chrisbelfast6662]

I thought you needed to drain the tank in the loft, turn mains off and allnthat jazz ?? Its this simple 😮

[@PlumbingGy]

No. It’s very simple

[@MSaad-mk7jh]

Love the expression of "stinks of poo"

[@ronaldleigh1933]

Top !!! - thanks so much

[@purplemonkeydishwasher5269]

How do you put it back!!! How do you out it back!!!!! Ha ha

[@PlumbingGy]

The opposite way of taking it out 😂😂🤷🏻‍♂️

[@gardenrose264]

​@@PlumbingGyvery good. Lol. 😂

[@tigerseyesec]

Cheers mate. Going to do now. Piece of piss 👍👍

[@JLP321]

😆😂 thank you