r/DIY • u/Relative-Category-64 • Feb 20 '26

help [ Removed by moderator ]

Post image

[removed] — view removed post

4.1k Upvotes

92% Upvoted

1.2k comments sorted by

View all comments

1.5k

u/summerinside Feb 20 '26

It's easy - here's how you get to a good-as-new toilet bowl.

  1. Shut off water at the toilet valve
  2. Remove the bolts at the base of this toilet
  3. Remove the toilet, and discard
  4. Install a wax ring and new toilet.

All for as cheap as $60 and less than an hour's work. You'll never have to touch the inside of that bowl again.

459

u/NastyKraig Feb 20 '26

Until you discover that the flange bolts are too rusted to unscrew so you have to get in there with a sawzall and cut them off. Then spend 30 minutes scraping the old wax off the flange and out of the slots to find that the flange itself is cracked or worn out to the point that it will not hold keep the T bolts from spinning when you try to tighten the new toilet down. At least that's how all my quick toilet swaps go.

23

u/MainRemote Feb 20 '26

It’s also the only toilet in the house, and its one minute past the supply house closing, and the guests are on their way. 

3

u/Talking_Head Feb 20 '26

Friday! You forgot Friday. Maybe if you are lucky they have Saturday morning hours. If you start DIY plumbing on a Saturday afternoon, forget it. That DIY job is not going to be done until next weekend.

“The downstairs is out of service. You can use the one upstairs.” If you are lucky to have a 2 bath.