Fitting toilet

[trojanhawrs]

You'd be better removing them all and retiling that section. You'll be lucky not to break any

 

[Keitai]

Got them off. Gonna try and stick plastic thing on left (fir edges) down with fixal and chip off old adhesive put spacers in

Gonna cut top tiles with angle grinder. Getting right disc today. Safest way with this tool- gloves, goggles snd clamped on ply up high? I've cut metal only before about five tiles with grinder and know how dangerous they are

 

[trojanhawrs]

What's your plan with the tiles, are you refilling the entire area? You don't want to cut the tiles in situ, thatll make a horrendous mess. I'm no tiler but I'd suggest you fit your bottom 2 rows and then offer up the top tile back to front and strike off a mark from the shelf (remember to leave a grout gap). Then take it outside and cut it on a bit of scrap wood or whatever. This way you can flip the tile and have the clean uncut edge along the top, with the potentially ropey cut hidden behind the cistern. Do it individually for each tile because theyll all be different looking at that shelf.

Also if you're going to fix the cistern back through the tiles, get a 6mm tile drill bit, you'll struggle to get through them with normal masonry bits

 

[Keitai]

What's your plan with the tiles, are you refilling the entire area? You don't want to cut the tiles in situ, thatll make a horrendous mess. I'm no tiler but I'd suggest you fit your bottom 2 rows and then offer up the top tile back to front and strike off a mark from the shelf (remember to leave a grout gap). Then take it outside and cut it on a bit of scrap wood or whatever. This way you can flip the tile and have the clean uncut edge along the top, with the potentially ropey cut hidden behind the cistern. Do it individually for each tile because theyll all be different looking at that shelf.

Also if you're going to fix the cistern back through the tiles, get a 6mm tile drill bit, you'll struggle to get through them with normal masonry bits

Did that I think. The gaps are a bit wide in places but so were some of the previous tiles (previous flat owner tiled) I left and followed at bottom. Grout tomorrow. Tiles will be hidden by cistern. Not sure whst you think? New toilet is close coupled so not fixing it through tiles.

Thinking of putting in pan before grouting. how do I sort soil pipe and old bolts then put new one in?

 

[ree]

OP,
Why not cut the soil pipe flush with the wall - doing this will give you a lot more room play with.

 

[Keitai]

OP,
Why not cut the soil pipe flush with the wall - doing this will give you a lot more room play with.

Not cut it two inches off wall? ( connector -Bottom left hand of pix). Whatever I do, do I then push the pan connector into that one-side then other onto toilet.

Cut bolts on pan with reciprocating saw?

 

[denso13]

Not cut it two inches off wall ? Whatever I do, do I then push the pan connector into that one-side then other onto toilet.

Close to the wall will give you more room but it doesn't need to be exact. Then fit it as you say.

Cut bolts on ban with reciprocating saw?

Anyway you can.

 

[ree]

No, cut it flush - why fool around?
But if you find cutting flush difficult then cut where its easy for you.
Bin the off-cut and the old connector arrangement.
Presumably you are ditching the pan? If so just smash the skirts for quickly releasing the pan from the screws.

 

[denso13]

Don't smash the pan if you can avoid it, that should be the absolute last resort.

 

[trojanhawrs]

Looks good mate, much tidier. If you can't get on the screws just drill the heads off and lift the pan, you can then wind the screws out with grips or just cut them flush with the grinder.
As said you can cut the soil pipe flush or at least well back, offer up your new toilet and decide where you want it to sit - measure how far the connection needs to move (up/down/sideways) and ideally buy a rigid pan connector to suit e.g. if it's 15mm too low and 15mm too far left a 20mm offset on a 45 would fit.

 

[Keitai]

No, cut it flush - why fool around?
But if you find cutting flush difficult then cut where its easy for you.
Bin the off-cut and the old connector arrangement.
Presumably you are ditching the pan? If so just smash the skirts for quickly releasing the pan from the screws.

Yeah ditching the old pan. The soil pipe must drop down to ground floor flat in boxing as don't see it outside on external wall so worried if I cut it flush wouldn't be enough space to push connector in

 

[denso13]

Look inside the pipe to check before cutting, but if it is a bend pointing down you'll still have plenty left if cutting it flush.

 

[Keitai]

This might be relevant. Some damp must have got through internal brick wall onto the wall other side to that corner . The box to right of toilet has pipes in it. Is there a leak? I also had a leak from pipe which runs from cistern to pan which I didn't notice for ages (2 months back) so could be just that. Obviously that leak now fixed.

 

[denso13]

This might be relevant. Some damp must have got through internal brick wall onto the wall other side to that corner . The box to right of toilet has pipes in it. Is there a leak? I also had a leak from pipe which runs from cistern to pan which I didn't notice for ages (2 months back) so could be just that. Obviously that leak now fixed.

No way of knowing without checking inside the pipe box.

Keep the bed off the wall a bit and see it it drys up. Is it a brick wall or a stud partition?