Often, in an apartment bathroom is small in size, based on this, the landlord is trying to the maximum use of all available space. And in this case, it is often necessary to move the toilet to another location, or expand it, and how to do it without any problems and the consequences?
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This process has pitfalls that you need to know. Of course, the seemingly all seems pretty simple, just what it takes to move a little farther from the toilet riser? But when installing some face all sorts of problems. Increasing the length of the tubes may entail some difficulties. For example, there is a risk when flushing excessive dilution that could provoke failure of hydraulic lock in neighboring sanitary equipment. Of course, all this will be accompanied by far not the most pleasant smell.
Another detail that you should pay attention - this is the probability of occurrence of clogging increasingly. This is due to the fact that the number of the pipeline is increased, and the path is lengthened impurities. The set of rules, there are data that should not be removed from the toilet seat riser for more than half a meter.
Slope - this is another factor that should be considered. If it is a pipe with a diameter of 10 centimeters, the slope should be less than 2 centimeters to 1 meter lengths. If the diameter is 5 centimeters, the slope should be 3 centimeters.
How to move the toilet?
The equipment can be moved to different distances, there is a huge role played by the size of the room.
When it comes to the transfer of a short distance, up to 20 centimeters, the sequence of actions is as follows:
- You need to get rid of the putty from the space between the outlet and the sewer socket.
- Carefully need to shatter the toilet. To do this in different places to score a wide chisel, but you need to be extremely careful.
- Raise the toilet. To begin to apply the instrument on and removed from the socket release. But here it is necessary to be extremely careful.
When all done, you can prepare a new place for installation. It is important to visually inspect the old flexible wiring and perform replacement if necessary. In the future, we need to corrugation and silicone sealant. Additionally, you need to buy special fasteners and plastic washers to the metal is not in contact with the sanitary ware.
When it comes to migrating to a longer distance, you need bellows and can not do without alteration of sewage.
