DIY How to Remove Rusted Toilet Bolt/Nut Stuck Together

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Bathroom rust is your enemy, don't let rust build up on your bathroom toilet bolts and cause frozen closet bolts, we'll show you how to overcome rusted toilet bolts and learn how to remove a toilet. Rusty toilet bolts will be gone.
Tools used in this video: RYOBI AG4031G 4-1/2" Angle Grinder: amzn.to/2BNYYjr
RIDGID 50323 Wet/Dry 12-Gallon Shop Vacuum: amzn.to/2Sdn3al
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Do want to know How to Remove a Rusted Stuck Toilet Bolt and Nut? Are your rusty toilet bolts spinning in place because they are rusted and fused to the toilet nuts? Stop driving yourself nuts! If your toilet bolts won't come off, we have the closet bolts removal video for you an it's toilet bolt replacement time.
Try toilet bolts replacement in your DIY bathroom renovation
Rusted toilet bolts are a real pain. It's time to remove the old bathroom toilet, but what happens when your old toilet/water closet bolt assembly becomes rusted and fused to the retaining nut? How are you going to get that toilet nut off so you can remove the toilet and install a new toilet in your DIY bathroom renovation? Let's show you how to cut toilet bolts the old school medieval way.
Toilet bolts won't come off
In this bathroom renovation DIY video, we teach you how to remove a toilet, and while you are removing a toilet, how to cut toilet bolts and nuts that are rusted to them. What do you do if your stuck toilet bolts won't come off? We recommend buying an all new closet bolt kit. We'll show you how to avoid future rusty nuts and rust bolts on your toilet installation, and you won't see any more toilet bolts spinning.
If your toilet bolts (also called closet bolts or water closet bolts) won't come off, then you have to go old school on it for your toilet flange bolt removal task and use an angle grinder to slice through both the toilet nut and flange bolt.
DIY toilet removal tips and advice
Make sure your new toilet comes with a new closet bolt kit before you slice through the old closet bolts. You will not be able reuse any old stuck toilet bolts that you sliced through, because rust is your enemy. Also make sure you have new toilet bolt caps; the new toilet bolts will just become rusted toilet bolts unless you protect the toilet bolt and toilet nut with toilet bolt caps. these are the tips you need to know in your DIY project for how to remove a toilet.
how to cut toilet bolts
Forget WD-40 or any of the alleged rust blaster products use on rusty closet bolts, once the rusted toilet flange bolt and toilet nut are fused, you are toast. Then you have frozen closet bolts that will never come unfrozen. The only way to remove rusted toilet bolts and nuts is slicing through the toilet bolt.
Once you buy your new toilet, then your toilet bolt replacement is a simple task, just use the nut and bolt kits supplied with the toilet, and you'll have no more toilet bolts spinning.
While performing the toilet bolts replacement, after removing the old rusted toilet bolts, remember to make sure you tighten down the toilet bolts onto the drain flange tightly at exactly the 9 o’clock and 3 o'clock position to be sure your toilet will face perfectly straight and forward.
Remove old toilet and add new toilet bolts to the toilet flange.
Lastly, remove toilet, add the new toilet bolts, then replace the toilet. With your toilet bolt replacement nearly complete in your DIY bathroom renovation. Be sure to always use the white plastic toilet bolt caps, so that your nice new toilet flange bolts won't corrode and rust in the first place. You never want a repeat performance of rusted toilet bolts, or rusty toilet nuts, or rusty screws ever again. Unless that is, you enjoy watching your toilet bolts spinning.
Toilet bowl replacement with toilet bolts replacement is complete
Congratulations, you are now ready to clear off the old toilet bolts and install the new toilet. We have the link above but did not show the Sani Seal BL01 Waxless Toilet Gasket that comes with a closet bolt kit.
So now you know how to cut toilet bolts, also known as closet bolts. Say goodbye to bathroom toilet bolts spinning. Now you just need to learn how to install a toilet.
00:00 Introduction Problem with Toilet rusted/stuck bolt
00:55 Remove rusted toilet bolt with angle grinder
02:22 White plastic caps on toilet bolts
02:48 Removing toilet water supply hose

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@jeffostroff 5 лет назад

Tools used in this video: RYOBI AG4031G 4-1/2" Angle Grinder: amzn.to/2BNYYjr Sani Seal BL01 Waxless Toilet Gasket Green: amzn.to/2VvzSiu RIDGID 50323 Wet/Dry 12-Gallon Shop Vacuum: amzn.to/2Sdn3al

@JJ-gw4qx 5 месяцев назад

how to remove rusted nuts from flange?

@jameswittenborg7400 3 года назад

Two things worth mentioning here. First of all, those "white plastic caps" do NOT protect the bolts from rust. I have 4 bathrooms and just replaced a toilet. All toilets showed rust on those bolts and they have all had those plastic caps in place for years. Although I agree with how this video showed grinding the bolt off, this was only possible because of all the room available to maneuver the sawing device. What about the bolt on the other side that is no doubt in close proximity to a wall or tub?

@Timberella3003 2 года назад

LOTS of pre-grinding stretching for the inevitable contortions needed to get at it.

@greengoblin7345 2 года назад

Wrong. Caps do help but you have to seal them with waterproof caulking

@colinjohnson5515 Год назад

Hacksaw will work. Just takes time

@agostinodibella9939 3 года назад

I believe after so many years, all those nuts get stuck on the bolts wether or not they were covered with caps.

@jeffostroff 3 года назад

I have successfully unscrewed many of nuts that were on there for many many years under a cap. I think that if there's been any floods or excessive humidity in the bathroom from lack of use of the ceiling fan then you will see any metal fixture anywhere in the bathroom start to corrode. You will also see the backing on the mirrors around the edges start to develop little blotches where the material disintegrates.

@nailedbymargie7435 3 года назад

Wow! Yes thank you much! Don't know why I didn't think of that...

@jeffostroff 3 года назад

Glad I could help!

@FXMV2012 4 года назад

simple but effective, thanks for sharing the tips!

@jeffostroff 4 года назад

Glad it was helpful! Thanks for watching Frank!

@lobbycontrol603 4 года назад

I dont reccomend using one if you dont know what your doing. I've seen a co worker put too much pressure on one watching the blade snap and flung straight into his shoulder

@SuperDrumbanger 2 года назад

I am assuming with the damage to the pan caused by using an angle grinder that the pan would no longer be of use? You called the previous home owner a "moron" and "stupid!! Why didn't you used a hack saw??

@davidkromer1705 5 лет назад

I was able to stick a flat paint scraper under the plastic washer thus lifting the bolt. This then stopped the spinning and I could unscrew it!

@jeffostroff 5 лет назад

Yeah, that's a good trick. This one here was just corroded together, so nothing would work other than cutting it off.

@matthewtarvin3675 Год назад

A man who spends his time calling others "stupid" isn't far off himself.

@jeffostroff Год назад

Neither is the troll who over dramatized a 2 second outburst into "spends his time calling others "stupid""

@jchaknova4412 2 года назад

The angle grinder is a great idea. However, an angle grinder would not fit in the tight space when I was working. I opened the bathroom window to ventilate the room. Then I used a plumber's torch to heat the bolts and a pair of vice grips to apply friction to the bolts, by turning and twisting them. The combination of the friction and heat broke the bolts. This is an option for a tight space, where an angle grinder will not fit. Be sure to vent the room; because propane is really for outdoor use.

@ByGraceIGo 11 месяцев назад

The whitecaps do not work I moved into this house almost 2 years ago and the bolts on the toiler are completely rusted out and the caps are on them. And the flames will not move at all so I don't know how I'm going to get those new bolts in there and that's why I'm trying to watch this. I would love to hear what you're saying.

@Milosz_Ostrow Год назад

If you don't have an angle grinder or can't work in the available space with an angle grinder, you could use a hacksaw to cut a vertical slit in the bolt, most of the way through the nut, then use a pair of end cutting wire nipper pliers to crack the nut in half and remove the halves from the bolt. Besides, if the bolts and nuts are made of brass, a grinding wheel doesn't work well.

@jeffostroff Год назад

That's a great idea too!

@wcsd9577 4 года назад

Jam-Bar sells a toilet bolt lock wrench that slides underneath the nut and holds it in place, with works well for installation also. You can also try to make your own with a stiff putty knife by cutting a narrow notch into it.

@jeffostroff 4 года назад

funny you bring that up! I bought that jam bar over the summer, and plan to do a review video of it soon.

@wcsd9577 4 года назад

@@jeffostroffI've used mine a couple times and am very happy so far, both for removing and installing toilets which I do quite often.

@Timberella3003 2 года назад

But then I lose the excuse to buy an angle grinder.

@dongantt7824 4 года назад

My first thought would be a saw saw considering you have the available space to use it.

@jeffostroff 4 года назад

Yes, lots of people use hacksaws as well.

@thenewguy4283 4 года назад

So how do you put the new toilet back on there with that screw cut off or broken? Plz lmk. Ty

@jeffostroff 4 года назад

Chee, when you buy a new toilet, they come with new toilet bolts, also known as closet bolts. Plus if you use the green Sani Seal BL01 Waxless Toilet Gasket Green: amzn.to/2VvzSiu , it also comes with net bolts as well.

@brittanywright9646 4 года назад

White caps will protect to some degree, but the bolts can still become rusted. Its best to coat the entire bolt with a thin film of 100% pure silicone oil (the higher the cst the better) or a thin coat of dielectric grease.

@jeffostroff 4 года назад

Yes good idea

@orryally 4 года назад

Yes mine had white caps and just found a rusted bolt under one of them. Don't have an angle grinder so I will try the paint scraper first. Then call my mechanic dad 😊

@jameswittenborg7400 3 года назад

@@orryally Folks, white caps are for aesthetics ONLY. They do not provide an air tight seal and do not keep out moisture and humidity.

@Timberella3003 2 года назад

ADDED BONUS - The satisfaction of telling those bolts to go eff themselves.

@jeffostroff 2 года назад

It's fun to watch that blade slice through them

@Timberella3003 2 года назад

@@jeffostroff Soooo satisfying. But hot, hot, hot.

@robertromo4816 6 лет назад

I guess I would have drained the water first, (most homeowners would not know that or even how to do it). When you take off the supply line "OH BOY" here it comes!!! water all over the place.

@hungton2223 4 года назад

I do know at least one gallon of water still inside the toilet bowl. Today, I worked on a leaking toilet at the bottom of it and I drained water out by using steam vacuum. It was time to quit for the day because those two bolts are rushed badly. I will come back tomorrow to use my power tool to remove those rusty bolts.

@mikehopkins4040 3 года назад

Better to use a hacksaw less chance of damaging the base.

@jeffostroff 3 года назад

We don't care about damage in the base this 50 year old 6 gallon toilet was being removed to be replaced with a modern toilet

@johnathanw7777 4 года назад

Dude you have three HUGE gashes from the grinder wheel hitting the side of the toilet afterwards. What happened?

@jeffostroff 4 года назад

The toilet was going in the trash I didn't care what I did to it

@johnathanw7777 4 года назад

That is cool. I was about to say, Gud Lort bro lol.

@cameroncarter5514 3 года назад

Boy went to town with what looks like a whole concrete blade. 😂

@frontxxrunner 2 года назад

It's a good idea, but I'm not sure I'd use that type of blade for that

@jeffostroff 2 года назад

Took a few seconds, and it's off. 2 minutes later toilet is by dumpster for bulk trash pickup.

@ncimson5318 2 года назад

oscilating saw with steel cutting blade cuts through it like butter

@jeffostroff 2 года назад

Yes some of those newer Milwaukee demo blades would make quick work of it

@carls9684 3 года назад

If the toilet will move, spin the toilet counter clockwise to where the bolts get to the larger extraction point.

@jeffostroff 3 года назад

yes, that will work also

@mississippidreamin1239 4 года назад

Need to up the volume please.

@jeffostroff 4 года назад

We have been using better cameras and microphones now since may

@Brandon_Jackson 3 года назад

I’m gonna try breaking it with my bolt cutters, I’ll let you know if it works.

@jeffostroff 3 года назад

You can get a grinder dirt cheap if the bolt cutters don't work

@Brandon_Jackson 3 года назад

@@jeffostroff I would but it’s an rv plastic toilet and I don’t wanna cut a hole in it an accident lol.

@Brandon_Jackson 3 года назад

@@jeffostroff the bolt cutters worked but it took the life out of me to squeeze the bolt cutters together just to break the nut. I tried a dermal tool and it worked like a dream. Thanks for the video idea!

@DH-cz1mk 4 года назад

Can't hear audio

@jeffostroff 4 года назад

the audio is there, trust me

@JesusPaidItAll 6 лет назад

Also have to remove the water from the bowl or it will go everywhere when you lift it up. I just used a shopvac and sucked all the water out.

@jeffostroff 6 лет назад

Yup, that is exactly what we do. Too bad, though not too many people own shop vacs. You can also use a syringe to suck the little bit of water out. IF you can keep the toilet level when you lift it up and put it on a flat cart or dolly, you won't lose any water.

@JesusPaidItAll 6 лет назад

jeffostroff That's another good idea. I'm taking the toilet off tomorrow. Something is stuck in the bowl. A snake would not get it out. I want to salvage the toilet. Any suggestion on how to go fish the object out?

@jeffostroff 6 лет назад

We have seen in the past that virtually any metal snake you run through it scratches the porcelain. Maybe try 2 foot long piece of rubber tubing that you can stick down the throat of the toilet, and make it do that tight s-turn at the back trap of the toilet, and out the bottom hole.

@JesusPaidItAll 6 лет назад

jeffostroff Thanks. I'll try that tomorrow. 👍

@reidguthrie 5 лет назад

I wouldn't use a wet/dry vac to empty the bowl. It could suck sewer gasses into the house. I pour a bucket of water into the bowl, which will start a flush and when it's done, the water level is greatly reduced. Then I can move the bowl without spilling water everywhere.

@claudesnelling2720 2 года назад

Even white caps, I’m dealing with rusted, spinning wing nuts. Dremel 👍🏽

@jeffostroff 2 года назад

Dremel takes too long for me, I grind them right off there!

@moniquecrutchfield1550 5 лет назад

Well duhhh smhhh most normal homeowners wouldn’t have this tool

@jeffostroff 5 лет назад

It is a last resort tool and if you don't have one, chances are a neighbor does, they are only about $30.

@simssimms6522 4 года назад

Everyone has an angle grinder

@stuffoflardohfortheloveof 4 года назад

MOtiv8 Odu that why plumbers were invented

@chuckg9731 5 лет назад

Moron? Dude, don't be a jerk! Most people don't know anything about fixing toilets! Thats like me calling a customer a moron because they didn't change their brake pads!

@jeffostroff 5 лет назад

Oh Dude, all they have to do is keep a simple plastic cap over their closet bolts. And besides who wants to live their life with exposed toilet bolts in the bathroom? OK, so next time I won't call them moron, I'll call them Einstein, for being so genius.

@chuckg9731 5 лет назад

I guess... I didn’t know exposed toilet bolts could have such an profound emotional impact on ones life. I stand corrected.

@johnkrim8377 5 лет назад

Hey Chuck, he's very proficient at calling people names, especially ( master plumbers) or anyone that knows more than he thinks he knows.

@jessicaburdg4644 4 года назад

We can’t hear you!

@jeffostroff 4 года назад

Whaaaatt?

@alexroskyar 2 года назад

I used a hacksaw because I was scared of nicking my toilet with my angle grinder

@jeffostroff 2 года назад

This was a throw away toilet, so not worried.

@marksilver2482 2 месяца назад

Smart. Because using an angle grinder near your toilet is dumb. Lol

@hungton2223 4 года назад

wow! This bathroom, toilet area is really bad.

@jeffostroff 4 года назад

Yes we pulled up the entire floor and put an all new tile you should look through some of our previous videos from around that same time and you'll see what a much better job we did on that bathroom

@alexcorrea8103 2 года назад

Thats the only way to remove it or or or break the toilet ceramic

@reysito0912 4 года назад

the volume is too low

@jeffostroff 4 года назад

We use better microphones and camera now compared to when this video was made.

@Michael_Scott_Howard 3 года назад

stainless steel. problem done.

@jeffostroff 3 года назад

Yes I wish they would make all Johnny bolt stainless steal

@jolene0988 25 дней назад

My toilet had white caps....still rusted.

@TheBootyWrangler 2 года назад

Some idiot plumber tried to tell my friend that it would take an extra hour + $150 of work to unstick his toilet bolts. While they were discussing it I blasted them with clp mil spec break free then got the bolts off with a pass thru ratchet lmfao. Took 5 mins.

@jeffostroff 2 года назад

that stuff works good! But a grinder also does it in minutes.

@Rextrent 5 лет назад

This is a fine fix, BUT, big but, this grinder tool can easily go crazy and ruin the toitee, leaving the DIYer proclaiming, I should have just used a sledge hammer to get this off the floor!! Even an expert can make mistakes. This is all just a fair warning to anyone using this kind of tool in proximity to things that matter. What about a reciprocating saw? I'm dealing w/ big nuts under my truck which were lock-tighted and it is nonstop grind. So I am deciding which route: Sawzall or Grinder with cutting wheel. OR start w/ some torching... Sawzall can be a radical thing, and again, one must be steady and in control of the tool. Thanks.

@jeffostroff 5 лет назад

Sawzalls are more dangerous here because they can bounce all over. The type of brass used for these toilet bolts is soft, and so grinds quickly. You can even use a hack saw. But using a grinder, with both hands, and taking your time is safe.

@breadwineandsong4014 4 года назад

A hacksaw will work and you can control it OK. Just takes a little more patience and effort.

@Timberella3003 2 года назад

@@breadwineandsong4014 Two things I am lacking.

@ByGraceIGo 11 месяцев назад

OMG I cannot hear a word you're saying the sound is turned up on my phone you need to have your microphone near your mouth, thank you.

@DavesWheeling 3 года назад

Keeps talking about the stupid previous owner, but made 3 slits into the porclean of the toilet 🤣🤣

@jeffostroff 3 года назад

The toilet was being removed for a new toilet 1.28 gallons per flush. that's why I was able to be more careless, did not care what happened to the toilet.

@snickerdoooodle 5 месяцев назад

I'll be honest, I'm here because i see an even worse rusted mess that happened UNDER the cap

@copycat287 Год назад

Lol, you didn't show the part where the grinder hit the toilet.

@jeffostroff Год назад

It was being trashed anyway don't care about the damage

@lorangreen3706 5 лет назад

You keep saying that the previous owner was a moron. Your grinder is upside down, using a tile cutting blade, and not using two hands in the interest of filming so you scar the toilet. Also, those caps do nothing to protect the bolt and nut. They'll corrode regardless.

@jeffostroff 5 лет назад

You just showed your ignorance I realize you're just a janitor's apprentice, but everyone knows this. Brass toilet bolts are a very soft metal, any blade will cut through it. The toilet was being replaced with a new toilet, I did not care whether the toilet was scarred or damaged in any way, we just need to get those bolts off now, and I was alone, no one to hold the camera, I usually use 2 hands when he films me, I had to get that toilet downstairs for bulk trash pickup the next day. Also you don't pay attention, as I mentioned to the previous person who pointed out the tile cutting blade, I could not find the cutoff blade for the grinder, and my friend who used it last did not know where it was so I went with what I had. And you have no knowledge on this subject of toilet caps. Every bathroom I ever worked on that had exposed toilet bolt nuts were rusted, and every toilet I ever had to remove that had the caps on, the nuts came off perfectly. I realize marginally informed trollers like you just foam at the mouth to come to troll hard working people's videos to make us all look bad show everyone what you think you know, but you fell flat on your face here. In less than 5 minutes, I got the job done with what I had. Stuff happens on the job site and real effective people are the ones who deal with it. Guys like you who are programmed into thinking only one way don't know how to roll with the changes on a job site. So you go ahead and stop for an hour when you realize your metal cutoff wheel is gone, and go waste an hour at Home Depot buying one. Who cares if it's a tile blade, any blade that spins can be used, and it was used, and it was a success.

@jameswittenborg7400 3 года назад

@@jeffostroff Wrong, wrong, WRONG! Those plastic caps are for aesthetics only. They are not air-tight and they do NOT keep out humidity that hot showers create. I have 4 bathrooms and EVERY one has rusted bolts holding down the toilet, yet they have been capped forever. So please don't lie and say "every bathroom you ever worked on that had caps over the bolts came off cleanly implying no rust. That is just pure BS.

@marcodeluca4068 4 года назад

Why you insult people and call everyone stupid listen say your sorry and don't do it again!

@jeffostroff 4 года назад

I'm sorry, I won't do it again, until I see the next stupid thing that someone did.

@stevestanton3083 3 года назад

The white caps didn't help, so I ground it into nothingness

@jeffostroff 3 года назад

I have had to do this on many toilet botls

@cameroncarter5514 3 года назад

Lol. Yall dont do this. Saw through the nut and bolt (with a small hacksaw) from the top until you can split the nut with a wedge or screwdriver. This dude gonna get someone hurt.

@jeffostroff 3 года назад

How is someone going to get hurt? It sliced cleanly through the nut in seconds.

@cameroncarter5514 3 года назад

@@jeffostroff looks like an ol masonry blade, I'm just saying.

@rickhenry1833 3 года назад

Sorry. Not everyone can afford an angle grinder M8.

@jeffostroff 3 года назад

That ryobi angle grinder was $40, and there cheaper brands at walmart and harbor freight

@817fw Год назад

volume level extremely poor

@jeffostroff Год назад

We have better equipment now, this was 4 years ago filmed on cell phone

@jaimyyelvingtonmusic 3 года назад

Trash talking others is never a good look 👀

@jeffostroff 3 года назад

Your error so let me understand this correctly if you paid thousands of dollars for a place and you come in and you're trying to change show pieces out these bolts that won't come out simply because they forgot to put caps on there you're gonna tell me you're gonna be singing praises of this guy? Give me a break

@paulpuckett7946 11 месяцев назад

How do you fix it? Duh grind it off. What then? That's what I want to know. What did you do to attach it to the floor? Just high five got the old toilet out. Let party and go to bed. Then wake up with know where to sh&*. Can't find the next video telling how you attached that sheared screw off?

@ernestwalden3894 3 года назад

Better leave this to an experienced plumber. So many things can go wrong here it ain't funny. Don't try this at home kids call and saport your local plumber

@jeffostroff 3 года назад

You are just ta liar troll, so many things wrong? Nice try. Everything here was done right, this is how you remove and old toilet for a remodel. Let's have your list of so many things wrong.

@keithwilkey3215 3 года назад

Bro look at the huge Mark's on the side of the toilet.... bad video

@jeffostroff 3 года назад

Bad troll. we threw out the toilet who cares about the marks on it, we were remolding the house and installed a new one. Why don't you pay attention to videos before you trash people