Tighten Toilet To Floor

All repairs on floor and walls must be complete and all glues caulks or grouts dry.

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. I show you 2 easy ways to you can stop it from shaking and secure it to the floor. Check the level of the toilet. Check the condition of the flange.

Sit on the toilet and transfer your weight in all directions to help seat the wax ring correctly. Is it solidly planted on the floor or does it rock. Test fit the toilet over the flange. Tightening the bolts too much can crack the brittle porcelain of the toilet for which there is no repair.

15 trim bolts with hacksaw. Replace that wax seal and then reattach the toilet to the floor using those new bolts. Check the mounting bolts. Tighten the nuts onto the new bolts.

Pry off the two plastic bolt caps located one on each side of your toilet base. This is not uncommon. The mounting bolts attach your toilet to a flange a sturdy ring of plastic or metal. As long as you re doing some work you might as well make sure it s nice and tightened up.

Stop tightening once the toilet sits securely. 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. If a bolt is loose tighten it slowly just until it is snug. Check the flange bolt at each side of the toilet using a pair of pliers or a small wrench.

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. Check the other bolt to make sure it is equally snug then test the toilet for rocking. Gently lay the toilet on its side or back and clean. In this video i show you how to fix a shaking or wobbly toilet.

16 install bolt caps over the closet bolts. 14 tighten nuts on closet bolts. 17 check to make sure toilet is tight to floor and doesn t rock.