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Fixing a toilet pan to a screed floor
I just took-out the toilet pan from our downstairs loo and was surprised
to find it was bedded on concrete, it looked like they had mixed a pile on the screed and just pushed the pan down onto it so that underneath was completely full. It gave a very secure fixing but I haven't seen it done before, is it a common way of doing it? Dave |
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Fixing a toilet pan to a screed floor
NoSpam wrote:
I just took-out the toilet pan from our downstairs loo and was surprised to find it was bedded on concrete, it looked like they had mixed a pile on the screed and just pushed the pan down onto it so that underneath was completely full. It gave a very secure fixing but I haven't seen it done before, is it a common way of doing it? Dave No, but it works, its cheap, and its very fast. |
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Fixing a toilet pan to a screed floor
"NoSpam" wrote I just took-out the toilet pan from our downstairs loo and was surprised to find it was bedded on concrete, it looked like they had mixed a pile on the screed and just pushed the pan down onto it so that underneath was completely full. It gave a very secure fixing but I haven't seen it done before, is it a common way of doing it? Be careful with this! Some modern pans, mine included, have a very low bowl and the instructions specifically state that the pan should not be bedded on mortar! Presumably there is a real risk of cracking the bowl from below if any settlement or movement occurs. Just check for water pipes and, if clear, drill and fix the pan with rawl plugs and screws - mine came with fixing kit for this. Phil |
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TheScullster wrote:
"NoSpam" wrote I just took-out the toilet pan from our downstairs loo and was surprised to find it was bedded on concrete, it looked like they had mixed a pile on the screed and just pushed the pan down onto it so that underneath was completely full. It gave a very secure fixing but I haven't seen it done before, is it a common way of doing it? Be careful with this! Some modern pans, mine included, have a very low bowl and the instructions specifically state that the pan should not be bedded on mortar! Presumably there is a real risk of cracking the bowl from below if any settlement or movement occurs. Just check for water pipes and, if clear, drill and fix the pan with rawl plugs and screws - mine came with fixing kit for this. Phil That's what I'll be doing, I was just surprised to find a socking great lump of (very hard) concrete underneath. D |
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On Mon, 06 Aug 2007 13:26:34 +0100, NoSpam
wrote: I just took-out the toilet pan from our downstairs loo and was surprised to find it was bedded on concrete, it looked like they had mixed a pile on the screed and just pushed the pan down onto it so that underneath was completely full. It gave a very secure fixing but I haven't seen it done before, is it a common way of doing it? My downstairs loo is the same. |
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Fixing a toilet pan to a screed floor
On Aug 6, 3:52 pm, Steve Pearce * wrote:
On Mon, 06 Aug 2007 13:26:34 +0100, NoSpam wrote: I just took-out the toilet pan from our downstairs loo and was surprised to find it was bedded on concrete, it looked like they had mixed a pile on the screed and just pushed the pan down onto it so that underneath was completely full. It gave a very secure fixing but I haven't seen it done before, is it a common way of doing it? My downstairs loo is the same. Mine was. MBQ |
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Fixing a toilet pan to a screed floor
On Mon, 06 Aug 2007 13:26:34 +0100 NoSpam wrote :
I just took-out the toilet pan from our downstairs loo and was surprised to find it was bedded on concrete, it looked like they had mixed a pile on the screed and just pushed the pan down onto it so that underneath was completely full. It gave a very secure fixing but I haven't seen it done before, is it a common way of doing it? It used to be. Remember that in times past the WC outlet was cemented into the drain socket, so any movement of the pan would have cracked it. -- Tony Bryer SDA UK 'Software to build on' http://www.sda.co.uk |
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Fixing a toilet pan to a screed floor
NoSpam wrote:
I just took-out the toilet pan from our downstairs loo and was surprised to find it was bedded on concrete, it looked like they had mixed a pile on the screed and just pushed the pan down onto it so that underneath was completely full. It gave a very secure fixing but I haven't seen it done before, is it a common way of doing it? Alas yes on concrete floors, can be a right bugger to remove. I've found basin upstands the same. -- Dave The Medway Handyman www.medwayhandyman.co.uk 01634 717930 07850 597257 |
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The Medway Handyman wrote:
NoSpam wrote: I just took-out the toilet pan from our downstairs loo and was surprised to find it was bedded on concrete, it looked like they had mixed a pile on the screed and just pushed the pan down onto it so that underneath was completely full. It gave a very secure fixing but I haven't seen it done before, is it a common way of doing it? Alas yes on concrete floors, can be a right bugger to remove. I've found basin upstands the same. Yup, it withstood a lot of hammer and bolster violence before yielding. Dave |
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