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Setting a toilet--- assembled or bowl first
The directions for our new Toto toilet calls for setting the bowl and then
mounting the tank. The tile man wants me to assemble the tank to the bowl so he can set it all in one piece. Other than the awkwardness of lifting the whole thing, what is the difference? TIA Ed |
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Setting a toilet--- assembled or bowl first
"jagerEd" wrote in message t... The directions for our new Toto toilet calls for setting the bowl and then mounting the tank. The tile man wants me to assemble the tank to the bowl so he can set it all in one piece. Other than the awkwardness of lifting the whole thing, what is the difference? TIA Ed The weight on the back of the toilet will make it difficult and annoying to set the bolts. I don't see why the tile guy would need the whole thing put together first. |
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Setting a toilet--- assembled or bowl first
"jagerEd" wrote in message: The directions for our new Toto toilet calls for setting the bowl and then mounting the tank. The tile man wants me to assemble the tank to the bowl so he can set it all in one piece. Other than the awkwardness of lifting the whole thing, what is the difference? Personal preference - if you're paying the tile guy - do it YOUR way. Jim |
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Setting a toilet--- assembled or bowl first
jagerEd wrote:
The directions for our new Toto toilet calls for setting the bowl and then mounting the tank. The tile man wants me to assemble the tank to the bowl so he can set it all in one piece. Other than the awkwardness of lifting the whole thing, what is the difference? TIA Ed Most professional flooring installers and plumbers would rather install the complte unit. Anyway what the hell do you care, if he's doing it? |
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Setting a toilet--- assembled or bowl first
"Two Brothers Enterprises" wrote in message ... jagerEd wrote: The directions for our new Toto toilet calls for setting the bowl and then mounting the tank. The tile man wants me to assemble the tank to the bowl so he can set it all in one piece. Other than the awkwardness of lifting the whole thing, what is the difference? TIA Ed Most professional flooring installers and plumbers would rather install the complte unit. Anyway what the hell do you care, if he's doing it? I guess that was the question--- SHOULD I care? With all due respect, I always want to know why when a workman or contractor wants to do something "his way," especially when it's contrary to what the manufacturer says in the installation instructions. |
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Setting a toilet--- assembled or bowl first
jagerEd wrote:
The directions for our new Toto toilet calls for setting the bowl and then mounting the tank. The tile man wants me to assemble the tank to the bowl so he can set it all in one piece. Other than the awkwardness of lifting the whole thing, what is the difference? TIA Ed no manufacturer wants one of their new toilets put togetnhere and then set like that.. the correct way is to do the bowl first and then when you satisfied with the bowl you add the tank on the back.. tell the tile man to stick to the tile business and that either you or your plumber will know what to do with the toilet install... |
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Setting a toilet--- assembled or bowl first
Maybe someone should explain that to the toilet manufacturer. I guess
he wants the entire toilet disassembled if the wax seal goes bad. "Rick Stanley" wrote in message ... "jagerEd" wrote in message t... The directions for our new Toto toilet calls for setting the bowl and then mounting the tank. The tile man wants me to assemble the tank to the bowl so he can set it all in one piece. Other than the awkwardness of lifting the whole thing, what is the difference? TIA Ed Look at it this way. If you weren't replacing the toilet when getting the new tile, there is no way someone would take the tank off, then the bowl, and reverse the procedure when re-setting. It would be pulled off as one piece, and set the same. |
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