Removing a WC

I wouldn't bother bailing it out, yeuch - just keep it tilted forward. You can tilt it back to drain it, once clear, if you want.

I just put a plastic carrier bag over the top of the pipe, held in place with gaffer tape.

I changed the connector, rather than re-use the old one with its old rubber seals. It was just a push fit. Not something I would like to have had a drip that needed dealing with.

In a properly designed system there should be little to no risk of anything liquid (or solid, double yeuch) coming out of the pipe - any more than coming up into the bowl of the pan.

Don't smoke.

You may need new screws to hold it down. They are a weird size, IIRC. I used stainless steel ones.

The base may be sealed down to the floor - if so, it may be easier with two people, one lifting and one cutting any sealant. If you have the room to get two people around it.

Don't lean over and drop your glasses down the open pipe...

Enjoy!

Use the loo brush to get the u-trap water oscillating back and forth round the u-trap, and you will get rid of most of it that way before disconnecting the pan.

When you pull the rubber seal out of the soil pipe, beware of the sealing ribs which spring back and flick s*it in your face...

If it's close coupled and/or the cistern rises due to floor thickness, the fill pipe might not reach any more.

Take your phone out of your pocket so that can't fall in. They dont work well under water. Specially water and ****!

Flush it first !!!