Keeping legs crossed...

[ban-all-sheds]

How long would it take a plumber to replace a toilet?

And once done, would it be usable straight away?

AFAICT, no special problems regarding access or fitting, but the cast iron pipe that exits the pan thru the wall to the stack also needs replacing.

 

[taydo]

Is the stack also cast Iron.

To change the Loo should take no more than a few hours. I always screw toilets down so they can be used staight away. But you will have to ask your plumber his intentions as a lot still bed them in cement on the ground floor if its a screeded floor of course.

 

[keyplayer]

Can the pipe not be cut off flush to the wall and a push fit used? If so I would have thought 2 to 3 hours, and yes.

 

[breezer]

perhaps you could "limbo" and aim carefully

 

[ChrisR]

"but the cast iron pipe that exits the pan thru the wall to the stack also needs replacing."

Alarm bells ringing - WHY does it need replacing?
If it really does, you'll probably end up with a completely new, plastic stack. (Use Terrain not Polypipe, which weathers black to grey horribly.)

 

[ban-all-sheds]

Is the stack also cast Iron.

Yup

To change the Loo should take no more than a few hours. I always screw toilets down so they can be used staight away. But you will have to ask your plumber his intentions as a lot still bed them in cement on the ground floor if its a screeded floor of course.

Nope - upstairs, wooden floorboards.

"but the cast iron pipe that exits the pan thru the wall to the stack also needs replacing."

Alarm bells ringing - WHY does it need replacing?

It's been sorely neglected from a maintenance viewpoint (may never have been properly painted on the underside FAIK), and thick layers of rusted iron are flaking off it. I have not poked at it to see how sound it is, as I don't want to find out the hard way that the answer is "Oh dear, not very, it would seem".

Anyway - from what I've read, if I go for a close-coupled unit, wouldn't the pipe need repositioning anyway?

If it really does, you'll probably end up with a completely new, plastic stack. (Use Terrain not Polypipe, which weathers black to grey horribly.)

I thought you could get adapters/couplers to fit plastic into iron?

 

[Plumber Will]

You can get adapters from toilet to cast also flexible pan connectors are available.

 

[TexMex]

So returning to your original question/s

How long would it take a plumber to replace a toilet?

About an hour.

And once done, would it be usable straight away?

Yes.

 

[ban-all-sheds]

Thanks for all the answers, chaps - they've been a great help.

ChrisR - I forgot to ask - why did your alarm bells start ringing?

 

[breezer]

ChrisR - I forgot to ask - why did your alarm bells start ringing?

he didnt shut the door properly