You might think your loose toilet bowl is held down to the floor by a couple bolts.
Toilet moves on tile floor.
When you tile your bathroom floor the combined thicknesses of the tiles and backer board can raise the floor as much as an inch or more above the closet flange.
If your toilet is wobbly or loose but not leaking this quick fix might be just what you need.
1 turn off water to toilet by closing shut off valve.
In this video this old house plumbing and heating expert richard trethewey explains how to fix a wobbly toilet.
3 sop up remaining water from tank and bowl with sponge or turkey baster.
If the flange is a little higher than the surrounding flooring the toilet becomes raised slightly in the center allowing it to rock to either side.
You can t compensate for this much.
While this is true you should know that the bolts don t go directly to the floor.
Your wobbly toilet may be moving because the mounting bolts that hold it down have nothing to grab onto anymore.
Broken toilet flange causes rocking toilet.
Underneath the toilet base is a round toilet flange that connects the toilet to the drain pipe.
Things you ll need small level adjustable wrench three plastic toilet shims razor knife bathroom caulk and caulk gun.
This of course also helps to keep moisture out from under the.