2007-01-04 13:32:34 · 9 answers · asked by blaine m 2 in Home & Garden ➔ Decorating & Remodeling
I've probably remodeled more bathrooms in the past 5 years than I ever thought I would, and would ask you a question.
What is the distance behind the "tank" to the wall?
I have to assume it isn't strictly butting up to the wall.
This name I'll offer isn't exactly a brand name, it's just one I use over the course of applying thousands of gallons of paint.
Any decent home improvement store, IE: Lowes, Home Depot, Ace, in their paint departments, will sell what I call a 'Weenie Roller",,,Meaning a roller on a handle with a width of approximately 3 inches, and a diameter of an inch or less. Some are sold with the ability to replace the "nap" while others are "throw away." Some are sold with short or long handles.
I'd measure first, checking the space available behind the tank, to the wall, before I'd consider disrupting the base of the bowl.
If all else fails and you have to remove the toilet, you should be able to scrape out the caulk, and BTW, I NEVER caulk a toilet base. Once removed, you'll have to remove the bolts or nuts on bolts that hold the toilet to the floor.
Another thing even easier that removal of the entire toilet which certainly would work, is to remove just the tank,,, IF in fact it's a 2 piece toilet. It would have to be drained, and the hardware removed, holing the tank to the bowl, then should be replaced with new...BUT as I say throughout,,, Why bother?
To replace, you should buy new hardware as well as a new wax ring with a rubber coupling molded into the wax.
If I was doing the painting, I'd try everything else first.
Steven Wolf
(The Rev.)
2007-01-04 13:46:03 · answer #1 · answered by DIY Doc 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
A toilet should not be caulked around the bottom normally.
Go to a store and get a new wax ring (should include a pair of new brass bolts) You turn off the water, drain the back tank. Remove the mounting nuts. Don't worry if they break off, they are easy to replace.
Rock the toilet a little to loosen it. Lift straight up off the bolts. You might still get some water so have a mop ready.
After you remove the toilet, you will see the waste flange in the floor. That might have a lot of wax residue on and around it from the wax ring. That will need to be scraped off with a putty knife. Wear rubber gloves and get it as clean as possible. You should also then be able to check the brass mounting bolts. If they are broken, bent, or corroded, you will want to replace with the new ones that came with your wax ring or that you bought at the store.
Stuff some paper towels into the flange hole to keep dirt out while you finish your painting. When you are don't remove the paper towels and check the underside of your toilet to make sure all the wax is removed from there.
Follow the instructions on how to replace the wax ring and carefully lower the toilet onto the bolts. This is a little tricky but the wax ring is designed to give you some leeway.
Reinstall the nuts on the bolts and tighten carefully. You don't want to break the toilet and the bolts are only designed to keep the toilet from rocking off the wax.
Hook up the water and you are a certified do-it-yourselfer.
2007-01-04 13:44:10 · answer #2 · answered by united9198 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The caulk isn't what keeps the seal, the wax gasket does that. Can you remove the tank but not the bowl and get to the wall that way?
2007-01-04 13:40:50 · answer #3 · answered by Pseudo Obscure 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I only painted my abode approximately 3 months in the past and had the comparable question. have you ever seen the glass cleanser magic wand (can not undergo in ideas the call of it)??? yet is an "as seen on t.v." product. i chanced on mine at Linen & issues. It has an prolonged preserve and a flat like iron formed pad on the top of it. by no potential is it for portray, yet i replaced into in a position to get it down, decrease back and at the back of the tank. So I used that to conceal the section. The swiffer is similiar to that yet i don't think of the pad on the top could artwork. appropriate to the wallpaper?? Hmm unsure, a thank you to get at the back of to peel it off, yet I in lots of situations use a product called "GooGone" and it works on each thing. unsure the form you may get it at the back of the tank. If all else fails. you in all probability might desire to take the bathroom out, yet i did not have the guy potential. stable luck.
2016-12-15 10:24:24 · answer #4 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Why remove the whole toilet when taking just the tank off will do the job. It is much easier to move just the tank than the whole toilet.
2007-01-04 13:40:51 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Take a good knife and cut away the caulking, then remove the two nut/bolt assemblies anchoring the bowl. Nothing to it.
2007-01-04 13:39:08 · answer #6 · answered by cottagstan 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Why move it.. get a long arm roller from home depot to reach behind the toilet. For more repair tips chech out this site for details
2007-01-04 19:41:46 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Do you have to remove it??? They make really skinny long rollers that reach back there now.
2007-01-04 19:33:41 · answer #8 · answered by Jen 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
steven w has the right idea - they also make a dense foam roller that i have had a lot of success with
2007-01-04 14:17:43 · answer #9 · answered by buckeyescarlet1 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋