Is it possible to grind away a small part of the back of a normal (porcelain?) toilet?. Without a diagram it is difficult to explain why I want to do this.
I have had a new modern toilet installed using the existing hole in the floor of my bungalow bathroom as the waste exit. This has meant siting the toilet so far from the back wall that there is a 40mm gap behind the cistern. A piece of wood has been screwed to the wall there so that the cistern could be screwed to it.
I have already used an outlet pipe in the shape of a question mark to try to bring the toilet backwards as far as possible. The only way to get it closer to the wall is to grind away a groove at the back of the base of the toilet itself. Because the back slopes forward this would not need to be very tall or deep.
Can this be done? I assume that a diamong grinding disc will be needed. Is there much danger of cracking the whole toilet? (By the way, getting it out and put back should be no problem.)
Thank you for any help you can give.
I have had a new modern toilet installed using the existing hole in the floor of my bungalow bathroom as the waste exit. This has meant siting the toilet so far from the back wall that there is a 40mm gap behind the cistern. A piece of wood has been screwed to the wall there so that the cistern could be screwed to it.
I have already used an outlet pipe in the shape of a question mark to try to bring the toilet backwards as far as possible. The only way to get it closer to the wall is to grind away a groove at the back of the base of the toilet itself. Because the back slopes forward this would not need to be very tall or deep.
Can this be done? I assume that a diamong grinding disc will be needed. Is there much danger of cracking the whole toilet? (By the way, getting it out and put back should be no problem.)
Thank you for any help you can give.