Modern conditions of comfort involve the use of plumbing. Therefore, it is impossible to imagine housing without such an important bathroom equipment as a toilet. Its installation requires a competent approach and installation of supply communications. The work can be done by a qualified specialist with relevant knowledge and experience. How to install a toilet yourself? Installation of plumbing equipment can be done with your own hands with a certain skill of work and the correct observance of the technological stages of installation.
Tile installation
In modern apartments, houses, cottages, the toilet is installed on the tiled floor with the help of screws in the following sequence:
1. Mark the mounting points, “trying” the toilet bowl to the place where it will stand. To do this, drill holes in the floor with a drill through the holes for securing the toilet.
2. Move the toilet bowl temporarily to another location.
3. Insert plastic dowels into the drilled holes.
4. Install equipment.
5. To make gaskets for screw caps from rubber or plastic waste, as well as brass washers.
6. Tighten the toilet bowl after lubricating the holes so that the fasteners are easily screwed in.
How to install a toilet on a concrete floor
When installing on a concrete surface, it is necessary to first clean the floor and bottom of the toilet bowl from contamination. Then they should be treated with a degreasing agent and glued with a chemical adhesive. Glue can be made of the following components: solvent or plasticizer, epoxy resin, hardener and filler.
How to install a toilet with glue? The technology for preparing the adhesive mixture is as follows:
- heat the epoxy resin in a metal container by the method of "water bath";
- add plasticizer and filler to the resin;
- mix the solvent and hardener using a metal container, then add filler.
The prepared adhesive must be used as quickly as possible (no later than two hours after dilution). The solution is applied in four places on the bottom of the toilet bowl with a special metal spatula. The installation technology of the toilet is as follows: position the outlet of the toilet into the expansion of the sewer outlet, pressing it firmly to the floor. After the work process is completed, the toilet is not recommended for use for twelve hours in order to fully attach it to the floor.
How to install a toilet using mastic for plastics, ceramic materials, polystyrene foam? For uniform distribution of glue on the surfaces, plumbing should be rotated together with the drain tank (as far as possible) several times in one and the other direction. Then you need to wait a while until the equipment adheres completely to the floor.
After the toilet is securely fixed, it is necessary to eliminate the gap between the outer surface of the outlet and the inner surface of the outlet of the riser of the sewer outlet. Strong sealing completely prevents water from leaking onto the floor. As cushioning material use tows, tow, oiled rags.
The gap between the toilet pipe and the outlet to the sewer pipe is sealed with tow using a screwdriver. The seal is pushed in such a way that a groove of up to 1 cm in size remains from the edge of the surface of the pipe and the sewer pipe. The remaining gap space must be filled with cement mortar.
Correctly observing the entire technological process of fixing plumbing equipment, you can be sure of the reliability of fixing the toilet. The operation of such an item will not bring disappointment and inconvenience. Recommendations on how to properly install a toilet can be found on special websites on the Internet.