Step 6: Remove the toilet bowl
Make sure there is no plaster, caulking, or grout holding the toilet bowl to the floor. If there is, break it free by cutting gently but firmly with a putty knife. Loosen the bowl by gently rocking it back and forth to break the seal between bowl and the toilet flange, then lift the bowl clear of the drain pipe. The bowl is heavy. Use care when lifting and hold the bowl level to avoid spilling. Temporarily stuff a ball of newspaper in the toilet drain opening to keep sewer gases from coming into the room.
 Lift the bowl free of the drain pipe.
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