Tighten Toilet To Floor

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.

Tighten toilet to floor.

Gently lay the toilet on its side or back and clean. I show you 2 easy ways to you can stop it from shaking and secure it to the floor. Is it solidly planted on the floor or does it rock. 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.

Pry off the two plastic bolt caps located one on each side of your toilet base. Check the mounting bolts. Just make sure the flange is flush tight with the top of the floor otherwise your toilet will wobble. Stop tightening once the toilet sits securely.

17 check to make sure toilet is tight to floor and doesn t rock. 14 tighten nuts on closet bolts. 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. The mounting bolts attach your toilet to a flange a sturdy ring of plastic or metal.

Sit on the toilet and transfer your weight in all directions to help seat the wax ring correctly. If a bolt is loose tighten it slowly just until it is snug. Check the level of the toilet. Your rocking toilet.

16 install bolt caps over the closet bolts. 15 trim bolts with hacksaw. Replace that wax seal and then reattach the toilet to the floor using those new bolts. Check the condition of the flange.

All repairs on floor and walls must be complete and all glues caulks or grouts dry. Test fit the toilet over the flange. As long as you re doing some work you might as well make sure it s nice and tightened up. Check the other bolt to make sure it is equally snug then test the toilet for rocking.

Tighten the nuts onto the new bolts. Tightening the bolts too much can crack the brittle porcelain of the toilet for which there is no repair. If you are going to paint.