moving a toilet

[bettyday]

Hi
having just moved house we find that the 2 toilets are too close to the wall. they need moving over about 6 inchs. Without stripping the panelling down yet I think I can see a problem in that the 4" waste pipe coming out of the rear of the bowl must go into a soil pipe and this will be fixed position. If we move the toilet sideways is there a flexible coupling that I can get to reconnect the soil pipe ?
Also can anyone point me to good instructions for doing this task as i've never moved/fitted a toilet before ?

 

[JohnD]

There is a flexible soil pipe available, though I would be worried about it encouraging blockages.

Does your soil pipe rise up through the floor, or come in from the back wall or the side wall?

Am I right in thinking you want to move the pan sideways (from the perspective of someone sitting on it) because his knee is against the side wall?

 

[bettyday]

the soil pipe comes in horizontally form a tiled box section to which the toilet is fixed, im assuming that in the box section it joins to a right angled pipe and goes downwards.

yes i dowant to move it sideways a bit away from the wall as you suggest

 

[JohnD]

...Does your soil pipe come in from the back wall or the side wall?

If it's coming in from the side you can easily fit a slightly longer/shorter piece, but if it comes in from the back, could be a bit tricky as i don't suppose you'll have room to change direction.