Removing a toilet

smithyjules

We are moving into a new house and it has a downstairs toilet. We would like to remove the toilet (keeping it to put back when we move again) and plumb our washing machine there. IS it possible to remove a toilet fairly easily?i figured maybe we could use something to seal off any pipes and then put it back at a later date. am i living in cloud cuckoo land or would this be a fairly simple process?

jblack_2

Easy enough to do. If it's a close-coupled (normal) toilet it will have a cold inlet which fills the cistern. This would be used for the washing machine.

It may have an over flow outlet (some newer toilets don't). This is a plastic pipe which again is attached to the cistern underside. Undo this and cap it off.

The toilet will be fixed to the floor with a screw either side of the pan and may have a couple of screws in the cistern too, remove these.

Now the toilet should be slid off the soil stack. You can fit a cap to the soil stack and then fit a trap to it for your w/m to drain to.

You'll probably need to use an extension lead for power as there shouldn't be any sockets in the toilet room.

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smithyjules

great news thanks for that!!!will let my hubby know.do you think we should get someone professional to do it?or could we safely do it ourselves?

planemad

Do it yourself its easy.http://www.doityourself.com/stry/removetoilet

I have come up against some old bogs that are cemented to the floor so just check this our before you start.

Steve_xx

I'm unsure as to whether it is permissable to connect a washing machine to a toilet soil pile.

planemad

Steve_xx wrote: »

I'm unsure as to whether it is permissable to connect a washing machine to a toilet soil pile.

If you have a sink in the loo its best to connect the washing machine drain to the sink waste pipe using a self cutting washing machine drain kit.

Steve_xx

planemad wrote: »

If you have a sink in the loo its best to connect the washing machine drain to the sink waste pipe using a self cutting washing machine drain kit.

Sorry you misunderstood me here. I was referring to the original posters proposal to connect a washing machine outlet to the toilet soil pipe. Basically, I'm saying that it is not acceptable practise to vent a washing machine into a soil pipe. In doing so you would get foul smelling air backflowing through the washing machines' outlet and into the room.

Incisor

jblack wrote: »

... You'll probably need to use an extension lead for power as there shouldn't be any sockets in the toilet room.

Since when? Never used to be the case you couldn't, although there would normally be no reason to put a socket in such a room.

jblack_2

Steve_xx wrote: »

Basically, I'm saying that it is not acceptable practise to vent a washing machine into a soil pipe. In doing so you would get foul smelling air backflowing through the washing machines' outlet and into the room.

Rubbish, it's perfectly acceptable. As long as a trap is used there will be no smell.

Incisor wrote: »

Since when? Never used to be the case you couldn't, although there would normally be no reason to put a socket in such a room.

Apologies, I meant that there probably wouldn't be a socket in the toilet room.