Tighten Toilet To Floor

Test fit the toilet over the flange.

Tighten toilet to floor. Check the condition of the flange. Follow the easy instructions that come with your product being sure to tighten each of the four bolts a little at a time so the rubber gasket goes down evenly around the bend pipe. You can go ahead and make sure you turn off the water disassemble those bolts pull the toilet off of the floor replace that wax seal. 15 trim bolts with hacksaw.

17 check to make sure toilet is tight to floor and doesn t rock. 14 tighten nuts on closet bolts. If you are going to paint. Tighten the nuts onto the new bolts.

In this video i show you how to fix a shaking or wobbly toilet. Check the other bolt to make sure it is equally snug then test the toilet for rocking. Pry off the two plastic bolt caps located one on each side of your toilet base. Gently lay the toilet on its side or back and clean.

All repairs on floor and walls must be complete and all glues caulks or grouts dry. Your rocking toilet. Stop tightening once the toilet sits securely. Tightening the bolts too much can crack the brittle porcelain of the toilet for which there is no repair.

The mounting bolts attach your toilet to a flange a sturdy ring of plastic or metal. I show you 2 easy ways to you can stop it from shaking and secure it to the floor. If a bolt is loose tighten it slowly just until it is snug. As long as your loose toilet doesn t have a broken flange you can usually tighten the bolts with a crescent wrench to resolve the problem but don t overdo it or the porcelain may break.

Replace that wax seal and then reattach the toilet to the floor using those new bolts. Check the flange bolt at each side of the toilet using a pair of pliers or a small wrench. As long as you re doing some work you might as well make sure it s nice and tightened up. Just make sure the flange is flush tight with the top of the floor otherwise your toilet will wobble.

Is it solidly planted on the floor or does it rock. Check the mounting bolts. 16 install bolt caps over the closet bolts.