In case your toilet is damaged or has incurred some problem then it is advised to replace it with a new one. Installing a new toilet is not a cumbersome job and can be done in an afternoon. Along with many toilets you will get gaskets, washers and hardware for fitting the tank to the bowl.

For the installation of new toilet, you may require toilet bowl, toilet tank, toilet seat, two 1/4″ bolts for bowl to flange, wax ring, 20″ water supply with fitting at valve or floor connection, pair of channel pliers, bucket and screw driver.

The first step for installing a new toilet is to turn off the main water supply and remove all the water from the tank and bowl left after flushing of toilet. Now with the help of channel pliers or a small pipe wrench (8″), take out all the nuts that connects the water line to ballcock valve.

Now with the help of crescent wrench, take out two 1/4″ nuts that hold the bowl to the floor flange. After this, you can take out old toilet fitting and start installing the new toilet fitting.

Place these two 1/4″ bolts at the side holes of the flange and bolt head in the flange. Apply old wax around these bolts and spot to keep the bolts straight. After this, place the new wax ring on flange.

The new bowl should be set straight so that it fix over the wax ring and both the bolts are at right location to hold the bowl well. Properly tight the nuts but take care that you do not over tight it as the bowl may crack in doing so. After the complete installation of toilet, you need to tight the nuts once again.

Now place 2″ rubber gasket on tank at a place where it rest on the bowl. Take the tank and fix the bowl over holes in bowl where bolts could be tightened. Fix the bolts from inner side of the tank and tighten all the nuts.

Using a large screw driver and a crescent wrench or end wrench you can tight all the nuts below the bowl. After this, set back the water connection and check the toilet against any leaks. Like this your installation of new toilet is done.

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