Tighten Toilet To Floor

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

Tighten toilet to floor.

Check the level of the toilet. Just make sure the flange is flush tight with the top of the floor otherwise your toilet will wobble. This is not uncommon. Check the flange bolt at each side of the toilet using a pair of pliers or a small wrench.

17 check to make sure toilet is tight to floor and doesn t rock. Check the other bolt to make sure it is equally snug then test the toilet for rocking. 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. All repairs on floor and walls must be complete and all glues caulks or grouts dry.

Check the mounting bolts. As long as you re doing some work you might as well make sure it s nice and tightened up. Test fit the toilet over the flange. 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.

Is it solidly planted on the floor or does it rock. In this video i show you how to fix a shaking or wobbly toilet. 16 install bolt caps over the closet bolts. Check the condition of the flange.

Tighten the nuts onto the new bolts. The mounting bolts attach your toilet to a flange a sturdy ring of plastic or metal. 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.

Your rocking toilet. Replace that wax seal and then reattach the toilet to the floor using those new bolts. 15 trim bolts with hacksaw. Pry off the two plastic bolt caps located one on each side of your toilet base.

Stop tightening once the toilet sits securely. If a bolt is loose tighten it slowly just until it is snug. Sit on the toilet and transfer your weight in all directions to help seat the wax ring correctly.