Toilet On The Floor

Water on the floor or a running toilet could signal the need for a minor repair a major one or even a new toilet and a few simple tests can help you decide which it is.

Toilet on the floor.

If the toilet flange sits below the finished floor the toilet will leak. Lift the toilet from the floor with a slight twisting and rocking motion. Steve used an oatey 4 replacement toilet flange for cast iron pipes. Measure the distance from the wall to the floor bolts before removing.

If your toilet is wobbly or loose but not leaking this quick fix might be just what you need. Look at the floor flange area. Put the toilet on the tarp. Then make an outline of the toilet on the floor with masking tape.

Next move your caulk gun to the inset depth you just measured and apply caulk directly to the floor maintaining the inset depth as you follow the tape. Underneath the toilet base is a round toilet flange that connects the toilet to the drain pipe. Carefully lift the tank off the bowl and place out of the immediate area then remove the nuts from the floor bolts. Lay a tarp or newspaper down to protect your floors.

Remove the nuts from the mounting bolts that hold the tank onto the bowl with a wrench. Standard toilets have a measurement of 12 from the wall to the floor bolts. In order for this not to happen the toilet flange must sit above the finished floor by at least 1 4. 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.

The location of the. Twist will break any remaining seal between the toilet and floor hopefully. Remove the toilet and turn it on its side. There should be one on each side.

It s simple the watertight seal between the toilet bowl and wax ring will eventually fail. Toilets usually rock because they are not resting flush against the floor. Measure the depth and width of the gluing edge of the bowl.