Toilet Installation & Replacement in Toronto & the GTA

When you need to replace a toilet, it sounds simple until you're kneeling on the bathroom floor with a rusted closet bolt that won't budge and an old wax seal spreading further than you thought possible. It's heavy, awkward work in a small room, and a small mistake — a cracked flange, a seal that doesn't seat, a toilet that rocks — leaks slowly into the floor for months before anyone notices. That's why a toilet swap is one of the jobs people most often decide not to do twice.

A proper new toilet installation runs in a fixed order: water off, tank drained, old unit unbolted and hauled out, then the part most DIY installs skip — a real inspection of the closet flange. Cracked or corroded flanges get repaired before anything new goes on. We set a fresh wax ring or modern waxless seal, drop the bowl straight down without rocking it into place, shim it dead level, torque the bolts evenly so the porcelain doesn't crack, connect a new supply line, and run repeated flush tests before caulking the base with a gap left at the back so any future leak shows itself instead of hiding.

For a free quote, tell us whether you've bought the new toilet already or want us to supply one, and send a photo of the existing toilet plus one measurement: the distance from the wall to the hold-down bolts (the rough-in, usually 12 inches but not always in older Toronto homes). Mention the floor type and which floor of the house it's on — stairs and carrying access matter with 45 kilograms of porcelain.

• Removal and disposal of the old toilet
• Closet flange inspection and minor flange repair
• New wax ring or waxless seal installation
• Comfort height toilet installation for easier sitting and standing
• Dual-flush and standard toilet swaps
• New supply line with every install
• Levelling and shimming on uneven floors
• Repeated flush and leak testing before we leave
• Caulking at the base, done the right way
• Bidet seat and washlet installation on new or existing toilets

• Flange condition — a broken or corroded closet flange must be repaired first, and it's invisible until the old toilet comes off
• Rough-in distance — older GTA homes sometimes have 10-inch rough-ins that limit which toilets fit
• Shut-off valve condition — a valve that won't close or weeps gets replaced as part of the job
• Floor levelness — older bathroom floors are rarely flat, and proper shimming takes time
• Carrying access — narrow stairs, tight hallways and third-floor bathrooms slow the haul in and out
• Old toilet disposal — we take it away, but some transfer stations charge by item, which folds into the quote
• Supplied versus sourced — if we supply the toilet, model choice and pickup are part of the scope

Every home is different, so we don’t publish flat prices — the quote is free and based on your actual job. See how handyman pricing works in the GTA.