Remove toilet

1. Turn off water
2. Flush toilet. Bail out any water remaining
3. Remove tank (if removeable)
4. Remove decorative caps from 2- hold down bolts in base
5. Remove nuts from hold down bolts.
6. Lift toilet up

Stuff the drain with rags or plastic bags (grocery store style seem to work for me).

Most people use a rag. But don't forget to remove the rag when reinstalling! DAMHIKT...

-Tim

If it's going to be quite a few days, you can easily make a cap from a piece of thin plywood and screw it down to the bolts. Get new bolts, them later use them on the toilet. Discard the old ones. If you still smell sewer gas, put some plumbers putty under the plywood.

Mark

Yea, the guy installing mine used a rag. Whats the point? It does not stop the venting/stink from wafting into your bathroom. duct tape, or a properly sized pail over the hole may work as well.

Sealing the hole is a good idea in any case, as sewer gas is mostly Methane, which is highly flammable, to the point of being explosive. Any spark, from anything, and....

For a few bucks you can by a cap at Lowes. It's essentially a metal plug with a heavy rubber ring around it that expands when you turn a thumb screw on the top.

Sam