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Any tricks for One-Man Toilet Replacing? pennsylady2002 07-25-2006
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Posted by on July 25, 2006, 6:45 am
So I changed the wax ring on a toilet that overflowed. Did a real nice
clean-up job. Trying to position a toilet over the bolts by yourself
is like trying to (pardon the vulgarism) pop a zit on your back. I
tried using duct tape to position the bolts straight, so I could plop
the toilet over them. Didn't work. I ended up bending one of the
bolts, and now I can't get the nut/washer combo to secure the terlet to
the floor tightly.

Does anyone have any trick on how to replace toilets if you're working
alone?

Thanks, always.


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Posted by RayV on July 25, 2006, 8:16 am

pennsylady2002@yahoo.com wrote:
> So I changed the wax ring on a toilet that overflowed. Did a real nice
> clean-up job. Trying to position a toilet over the bolts by yourself
> is like trying to (pardon the vulgarism) pop a zit on your back. I
> tried using duct tape to position the bolts straight, so I could plop
> the toilet over them. Didn't work. I ended up bending one of the
> bolts, and now I can't get the nut/washer combo to secure the terlet to
> the floor tightly.
>
> Does anyone have any trick on how to replace toilets if you're working
> alone?
>
> Thanks, always.

You could try removing the tank from the base to lighten the toilet,
all it takes is removing the two bolts holding it on. It they appear
rusted I wouldn't try it.


Posted by on July 25, 2006, 8:21 am
I use some of the old wax to position the bolts EXACTLY straight up.
Then set the toilet just a bit tilted sideways to get the first bolt
on, then tilt it sideways slowly and straight to grab the second one. I
usually use a wax ring and a wax ring extention. This allow the toilet
to sit higher and you can slowly ease it into place. The extra wax
isn't a big deal, and alot of toilets need it anyways. If all else
fails, take off the tank (on two piece toilets and only two bolts)
because handling just the bottom half is alot easier....


pennsylady2002@yahoo.com wrote:
> So I changed the wax ring on a toilet that overflowed. Did a real nice
> clean-up job. Trying to position a toilet over the bolts by yourself
> is like trying to (pardon the vulgarism) pop a zit on your back. I
> tried using duct tape to position the bolts straight, so I could plop
> the toilet over them. Didn't work. I ended up bending one of the
> bolts, and now I can't get the nut/washer combo to secure the terlet to
> the floor tightly.
>
> Does anyone have any trick on how to replace toilets if you're working
> alone?
>
> Thanks, always.


Posted by The Reverend Natural Light on July 25, 2006, 9:10 am
Just make sure you don't replace that one-man toilet with a two-man
toilet. Ick.


-rev


Posted by peter on July 25, 2006, 9:39 am
> So I changed the wax ring on a toilet that overflowed. Did a real nice
> clean-up job. Trying to position a toilet over the bolts by yourself
> is like trying to (pardon the vulgarism) pop a zit on your back. I
> tried using duct tape to position the bolts straight, so I could plop
> the toilet over them. Didn't work. I ended up bending one of the
> bolts, and now I can't get the nut/washer combo to secure the terlet to
> the floor tightly.
>
> Does anyone have any trick on how to replace toilets if you're working
> alone?

put two pieces of 2x4 down around the bolts and put the toilet on the 2x4
then line up the bolt and the toilet and pull out the 2x4 one at a time
if this is still difficult, tie a string on the tip of the bolt and thread
it through the toilet so you can pull on the string to straighten the bolt



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