Tighten Toilet To Floor

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Tighten toilet to floor.

This is not uncommon. If a bolt is loose tighten it slowly just until it is snug. 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.

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. 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. I show you 2 easy ways to you can stop it from shaking and secure it to the floor.

All repairs on floor and walls must be complete and all glues caulks or grouts dry. In this video i show you how to fix a shaking or wobbly toilet. Check the level of the toilet. 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.

Gently lay the toilet on its side or back and clean. 17 check to make sure toilet is tight to floor and doesn t rock. 16 install bolt caps over the closet bolts. 15 trim bolts with hacksaw.

Check the other bolt to make sure it is equally snug then test the toilet for rocking. Is it solidly planted on the floor or does it rock. 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. Check the mounting bolts.

Sit on the toilet and transfer your weight in all directions to help seat the wax ring correctly. Replace that wax seal and then reattach the toilet to the floor using those new bolts. Pry off the two plastic bolt caps located one on each side of your toilet base. Check the flange bolt at each side of the toilet using a pair of pliers or a small wrench.

Your rocking toilet. Test fit the toilet over the flange. Tighten the nuts onto the new bolts.