Broken Toilet Pan Screws

[Shutpa]

Went into the toilet this morning and found that Mr Nobody had managed to break the two large brass screws that secured the pan to the floor. Would I have to remove the whole toilet system to drill out the remains of the screws or is there any fixative that I could use to secure the pan to the concrete floor without removing the toilet?

 

[crockett]

Depends on if you want a neat proper job or not. Shouldn't take too long to remove, take out broken screws, refit and screw back down.

Seen Gripfil used, and it worked, of a fashion. But the mess left up the sides of the pan left alot to be desired

 

[Shutpa]

Cheers for that crocket, I'll have a go at the screw removal and see how I get on.

 

[kirkgas]

totally unhelpful to this thread but the post reminded me of a call out a mate did one night years ago, he went to a leak at a wc pan and the place was absolutely stinking, the guy was a drinker and a right mes, anyway he said sometimes when he took a leak he got an electric shock in a very sensitive place!! obviously given the state of him and the place my mate said "oh yea" and ignored it, but as the place was a mess he reported it to the housing who inspected and told him to get the place sorted and he would get a new wc fitted, turns out he was getting a shock, when he piddled and missed and it ran down the outside of the bowl if he hit the brass screw he got a shock as the brass screw had been screwed down through a cable from an extra socket that had been taken from the bedroom on one side to a cupboard on the other, as i said nothing helpful for the post!!

 

[footballfan]

ha!!! amazing!! nice little story there, made me smile .....

 

[Shutpa]

Thanks for your contribution Kirkgas, I guess this was a real example of a flash in the pan. Anyway, I have got to remove the remains of two broken screws from concrete and I have no idea as to how I should go about it. Advice would be most welcome.

 

[kirkgas]

it might be easier to try to reposition the bowl ever so slightly and redrill rather than trying to get the broken brass out as you will struggle to get a grip of it and even if you do the brass will break as it is soft, if you leave in position and redrill at a different angle you will prob find the screw head won't sit flush, dread to suggest but you could remove pan and bed down on sand/cement mix, but then it will never come out again

 

[Shutpa]

You could remove pan and bed down on sand/cement mix, but then it will never come out again

I'll go for this! What sort of mix would I use? Would a 2 parts sand, 1 part cement do?