How to replace a toilet?

[karinas]

I have an old toilet which is a pretty standard close coupled type which the annoying space behind the pan. The toilet has issues (with flushing and filling - annoying to fix every 6 months) and I absolutely HATE cleaning around the back of it (kids, you know). 

I am wanting to replace this toilet with a back to wall type so I don’t need to deal with cleaning behind it, and also because I’m hoping a new toilet will actually work better than the old thing I have. 

what considerations are there for this? 
I will, of course, engage a plumber to carry out the work because I am not a plumber and have no business at all doing this sort of work.

do installations like this typically require moving plumbing? How do I know if the new toilet will be compatible with the existing plumbing? I really don’t think that moving plumbing will be a feasible option (it’s an apartment). 

[Nailbag]

Hi @karinas 

I agree with @Dave-1 in first getting the plumber to looks at the existing scenario. Your waste goes through the floor and not through the back wall. So it's important to obviously purchase and toilet that wastes the same. As @EricL mentioned, regardless of toilet the tap will need to relocate to the right. But most of the opening of the wall to make this happen with be hidden by the new toilet.

Nailbag

[Nailbag]

Hi @karinas 

its doesn't need to move, as I said earlier it just means purchasing the right toilet with a bottom waste outlet. This is a very common scenario for slab toilets run particular so it won't be an issue.

Nailbag