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Can I Sell My Old Toilet Bowl?




When you are think about replacing your toilet bowl you will also want to think about what you are going to do with your old toilet. Many people often wonder if they can sell their old toilet bowl to someone else. The simple answer to this question is sure you can sell your old toilet bowl but you have a few things to consider first before doing so. Some of the things you may want to consider are the age and the condition of the parts inside of the toilet bowl.

If you are replacing your toilet bowl because it does not flush well or your having problems with it, well then you might just want to throw it away Vs selling it to someone. However if the toilet bowl that you want to sell is in decent condition or can be easily cleaned up or rebuilt then you can try sell the toilet bowl to someone. There are plenty of good reasons to replace a perfectly working toilet, but not many reasons you will want to throw away a perfectly good working toilet.

You know you may be asking yourself, Who would want to buy my old toilet?” and the answer to that question could be; many people and for good reasons too. There are many people that rehab old homes and are looking to replace the fixtures with an older style toilet fixture that you may be ready to throw away. Another reason someone may want buy a used toilet is because they are on a fixed budget and have a broken down toilet but cannot afford a brand new one, but could afford a good working used toilet.

You will also want to inspect the toilet fill valve, toilet flapper and toilet flush valve for wear and replace the worn parts before you sell your old toilet. There is no sense in selling your toilet bowl if it is not going to work properly for the new owner. Replacing the inner working toilet parts with a new toilet rebuild tune up kit is fairly inexpensive and will still leave you some room to still make a profit from your old bowl.