What`s the quickest way to remove old rusty screws?

[rpm]

When faced with having to remove a toilet pan where the screws heads are damaged or rusty do you guy`s a) Drill the screw heads out, b) Use a blade to cut the screw under the pan if you can find a gap or c) Another way?

 

[WHPES]

Try Dremel to grind cut the tops off so when you lift up the loo you are left with something sticking up which you can try to unscrew with a mole grip or pry out with a prybar. Otherwise hacksaw blade or multitool blade between the pan and the floor but if you do that, you're not going to be able to put the loo back in the same screwholes.

If the screws are seized in concrete, once the loo is off any if you have the shanks sticking up, get them red hot with a blowtorch to melt the nylon plugs holding them and you can often just pry them out then.

 

[plumber0808]

A good hoof with my size ten boots normally loosen's them off, if that fails then either my foot ends up going threw the pan or the pan splits at the screw area.

........ You need a new toilet.........

 

[rpm]

A good hoof with my size ten boots normally loosen's them off, if that fails then either my foot ends up going threw the pan or the pan splits at the screw area.

........ You need a new toilet.........

lol, thanks for your input but not exactly what I`m looking for as too many customes have the "you broke it, you replace it" attitude.

 

[Ermintrude]

Hacksaw blade one end warped in a rag and your elbow grease

 

[kris]

Theres no magical way of removing them im afraid but sheer determination and quite a few count to 10 moments,, theres whats already been mentioned dremmels oscillators if play on wc , drilling screw or get a good set of the screw removal heads for damaged screws although better for pozis

 

[kris]

Been a while since ive had to use the old hacksaw on ermi oh i hate that ones, 5 minute job takes 1 week

 

[rpm]

Hacksaw blade one end warped in a rag and your elbow grease

Been doing same but with a proper handle on the end like a plasterboard saw so was thinking of a multi-tool but then too often the pan is recessed in the floor tiles sometimes up to 10mm deep so can only think of drilling or grinding the screw heads .

 

[SimonG]

Wiggle the pan. Cust gets told before hand ill do my best but if it breaks then its to be replaced at their expense. If they dont agree then it stays put.

 

[Ermintrude]

Drill the heads with a dewalt extreme 7mm bit. Off in seconds . Watch it doesn't bounce and get stuck between pan and shrew as then your fecked...... Cracked pan. Bought Irwin handles got used twice then thrown in alu scrap skip

 

[rpm]

Wiggle the pan. Cust gets told before hand ill do my best but if it breaks then its to be replaced at their expense. If they dont agree then it stays put.

I`ve even got them to sign a disclaimer before I start and invited them to watch but they still complain to the office. And when I walk away I still get rollocked by the office just stuck in a no win situ hence asking what others do.

 

[IDCHAPPY]

Wiggle the pan. Cust gets told before hand ill do my best but if it breaks then its to be replaced at their expense. If they dont agree then it stays put.

Having had a couple of nightmares in the first couple of years of going on our own this is always the way I proceed now.

 

[plumber0808]

I`ve even got them to sign a disclaimer before I start and invited them to watch but they still complain to the office. And when I walk away I still get rollocked by the office just stuck in a no win situ hence asking what others do.

You can only do your best, You can't polish a turd. If it don't work what do they expect from a crusty old toilet with fecked screws.

 

[Ermintrude]

Love the use of " polishing a turd" unusual to hear someone else using it

 

[JCplumb]

Last one I came across that was rusted up I ended up drilling through the screw heads, was wary of cracking the pan so started with a very small drill bit, probably 2 or 3 mm to get a pilot then went for it with a larger one probably 7/8mm.

 

[rpm]

You can only do your best, You can't polish a turd. If it don't work what do they expect from a crusty old toilet with fecked screws.

They expect ruddy miracles mate! They rant n rave as I`m packing up to leave and polishing a turd is so very apt in my game.

 

[SimonG]

Have a look on you tube for polishing turds and mythbusters. Apparently if the turd is of a high enough density it can be polished 🙂

 

[rpm]

It`s ok, I`ll take your on it.

 

[SimonG]

[video]http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=yiJ9fy1qSFI[/video]?....

 

[rpm]

No offence meant, just can`t be bothered to look at you tube right now.

 

[Ermintrude]

Too busy trying to polish his vindaloo stew!

 

[SimonG]

None taken. 🙂

I had time cos swmbo has got bgt on the telly.