Back-to-the-wall toilet

[big mal]

Hi everybody!
I have a close-coupled back-to-the-wall 'Mono' brand toilet upstairs.
There's a leak in the cistern feed, which, like all the pipework is concealed behind the pan.
Question 1: When all has been emptied, and the pan unscrewed from the floor, what's the usual strategy for getting the toilet pan and attached cistern away from the wall? Should I tip the toilet forward into the room and then walk it back a bit .... or should I lift it up six inches or a foot and then move it back?

The pan empties into the waste pipe at floor level a foot or so in front of the wall. (Can see through small hole I've made in the ceiling.)
I guess that there's a plastic/rubber pan connector.

Question 2: Once I've fixed the leak...probably just tightened things up .... am I likely to need a new pan connector, or will the old one slot back OK? The toilet was installed about four and a half years ago.

Any tips generally?

Many thanks ....

Big Mal.

 

[migoplumber]

a pan connector can be used a bit before it needs replacing.
i prefer to shuffle the toilet than to lift it.. starting to worry about my back!!

 

[Puddle]

you say leak from cold cistern cold feed,do you mean flush pipe connecting cistern to pan
You say you have made a hole in ceiling to inspect,if you made a bit bigger to get arm through,could you reach leak and remake joint,maybe easier to make small repair to ceiling as hole in it anyway, than pull w/c out as putting pan back in can be a problem if pipework not fixed correctly and inexperianced

 

[big mal]

Many thanks Shaun and Puddle.
Re- the leak, Puddle, it's where the mains supply joins the bottom of the cistern -- and about 3 feet above the downstairs ceiling , and with another pipe in between --- I wouldn't be able to reach even with a bigger hole in the ceiling! It's not a cistern leak. I checked with dye in the cistern.

Regards from Big Mal.

 

[NickH]

Before you pull the pan forward bale some water out of it with a sponge, saves a lot of spillage from the outlet.

 

[big mal]

Thank you Nick. Will do!

Regards, Big Mal