Removing a Toilet

Removing a Toilet is not very hard.

Here are the steps I took to remove our toilet

1. Clean it (only because I didn't want to be dealing with a gross toilet) 

#2. 

Shut off the water to the toilet. 

Located behind the toilet. Make sure the valve is running horizontal and not vertical with the pipe

#3. 

Flush toilet to get out most of the water. Scoop out remaining water from tank and bowl. 

You don't need to get all the water out of the bowl. I just get as much as I can so it isn't spilling out when you carry the toilet out.

#4. Detach water supply line

#5.  Remove all screws inside the tank that is holding it onto the base.

Then remove tank.

#6.  Remove the two bolts that are holding the base to the floor.

#7.  Cut any caulking around the base that is holding it to the floor.   

At this point you can lift and remove the base of the toilet

#8.   Remove the wax ring.  This part looks super gross, but just wear some gloves and remember this is just wax!   Clean out as much wax as you can. Throw away the screws that are sitting in the wax, new ones come with a new wax ring when installing the next toilet. 

#9. Make sure to scrape of any caulk that is remaining on the floor and then you are ready to install your new toilet. 

There you have it, how to remove a toilet. 

I told you it wasn't hard!