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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?

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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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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.

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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.

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On Mon, 06 Aug 2007 13:26:34 +0100, NoSpam
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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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On Mon, 06 Aug 2007 13:26:34 +0100, NoSpam
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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.

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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?


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.

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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.


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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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