Toilet fixing help

[Filo]

Hopefully some plumber has come across the same problem

I had to take the Toilet pan out to replace the pan connector that had developed a leak. The first problem was the screws that fasten the pan to the tiled concrete floor would not budge, so much so that I ended up stripping the pozi drive heads of the screws, so my next idea was to cut away the nylon bushes that protect the pan with a stanley knife and a very narrow screw driver, which i successfully did, and then lifted the pan off the screws to expose a good portion of the screws so that I could get some mole grips on them and extract them that way, or so I thought! The screws sheared off at tile level because they were seized and corroded, so I`m now left with screw stubs in a plastic plug in the floor and now cannot secure the pan to the floor until I remove the screw remenents. For now I have a toilet that is not fixed down and can move if you`re not careful, has any one any idea how to remove these screw stubs so that I can put fresh screws in?

[Ten Mile Banker]

I had the same problem, although not fixing Dow my bog. I just drilled them out.

[jucyberry]

Mind you don't wriggle, porcelain cuts to the bottom are supposed to be most painful.. 

Hope you have two loos otherwise you won't have a moments comfort until it's sorted..

[Filo]

Mind you don't wriggle, porcelain cuts to the bottom are supposed to be most painful.. 

Hope you have two loos otherwise you won't have a moments comfort until it's sorted..

Only one bog in our house, I`ve had plenty of grief with the amount of time I had the toilet out today!

[jucyberry]

Just rung my brother in law (a plumber) he says there is a couple of things you can do, rither drill out the screw with a metal bit, or angle the new screws slightly so that it goes in at a slight angle. sometimes this is the only way. Otherwise he says you could glue it down with the right stuff, but its messy and he doesn't recommend it.

see not just a tease I'm helpful too..lol.. hope it works..

[Filo]

Just rung my brother in law (a plumber) he says there is a couple of things you can do, rither drill out the screw with a metal bit, or angle the new screws slightly so that it goes in at a slight angle. sometimes this is the only way. Otherwise he says you could glue it down with the right stuff, but its messy and he doesn't recommend it.

see not just a tease I'm helpful too..lol.. hope it works..

I`m open to all suggestions thanks Jucy

[StocktonRover]

Best way is to try and drill the old screws out.
If the top is still above ground level either grind or file it flat and then centre pop it to give the drill a start.
Use a good sharp drill starting with a small one on a slow speed, then a bigger one and so on until its all out.

Good luck and be patient

[wilts rover]

Another possibility is to bed it down with a strong 3:1 sand:cement mortar. You will need to get plenty to make sure you fill all the voids below the base - and be careful in the first few days after you do it if you are using it to so you dont break the bond. Big downsid6 eis you will never get it out again other than with a hammer and chisel.

[BillyStubbsTears]

Or you could just piss outside up against the wall and convert your shithouse into a shrine to Brian Flynn.

On a serious note, if you don't fancy the effort of drilling out the screw, you could try drilling a 4mm hole down the middle of the screw then hammering a gret big clart nail down the middle of the hole and using mole grips on that.

It's not elegant, but it worked when I sheared off the engine block bleed screw off a Citroen AX in the middle of the night many years ago half way up the Alps after the cylinder head gasket had gone...

f**king French cars...

[RobTheRover]

I wouldnt have thought the bog has any chance of moving with you sat on it, Dave!