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DIY weekend warriors take note: toilet installation should only be handled by experienced professionals. It may seem relatively easy to do. There are plenty of how-to videos available on the internet which make it seem like a small installation job, and with maybe an hour or two of work, you can have a working fixture in your bathroom. But don’t flush your money and your patience down the john! Let a professional plumber handle it for you.
How Hard Can it be?
Yes, it does seem rather easy to do. Shut off the water, just unscrew a few bolts and voila! You can remove the old one and replace it with a new one. Soon you’ll be enjoying quality time with your new commode, right? With toilet installation, no matter how simple it looks, there are about twice as many things that can go wrong, as can go right. When installing a new toilet, you have to consider drain size, toilet height, toilet width, and the like, which can make purchasing a replacement toilet difficult. The last thing you want to do is purchase a new toilet only to find that it is too small, too tall, or too wide for your area.
Then you have to worry about cleaning the area. Not just the area where the toilet rests, but you have to ensure that the drainage area is free of debris. You don’t want to install a new toilet, only to discover that the drainage pipe is clogged. You also have to properly drain the old toilet, of all the water. This includes the water in the tank and in the bowl. Simply cutting off the water will not drain the toilet, and if not done properly, it can flood your bathroom.
Once you are ready to replace the toilet, you have to make sure that the drainage pipe seal isn’t cracked and the new toilet makes a good seal when installed. You also have to properly connect the water hoses to the tank. If either of these is not tight or sealed appropriately, you can flood your bathroom again, causing a lot of headaches.
While more experienced renovators may be able to handle a toilet installation, the best option is to call in the professionals. Plumbing experts can quickly install a new toilet within a short time frame and handle any unknown issues that might arise. You don’t want to find yourself knee deep in yesterday’s waste. Call a plumbing company to install your new toilet, and flush your troubles away.