Tighten Toilet To Floor

Check the mounting bolts.

Tighten toilet to floor.

If a bolt is loose tighten it slowly just until it is snug. The mounting bolts attach your toilet to a flange a sturdy ring of plastic or metal. Check the flange bolt at each side of the toilet using a pair of pliers or a small wrench. Test fit the toilet over the flange.

Sit on the toilet and transfer your weight in all directions to help seat the wax ring correctly. 14 tighten nuts on closet bolts. 17 check to make sure toilet is tight to floor and doesn t rock. Is it solidly planted on the floor or does it rock.

As long as you re doing some work you might as well make sure it s nice and tightened up. Pry off the two plastic bolt caps located one on each side of your toilet base. 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. 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 you are going to paint. 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. Stop tightening once the toilet sits securely.

Your rocking toilet. In this video i show you how to fix a shaking or wobbly toilet. Check the other bolt to make sure it is equally snug then test the toilet for rocking. This is not uncommon.

16 install bolt caps over the closet bolts. Just make sure the flange is flush tight with the top of the floor otherwise your toilet will wobble. All repairs on floor and walls must be complete and all glues caulks or grouts dry. Replace that wax seal and then reattach the toilet to the floor using those new bolts.

Tighten the nuts onto the new bolts. 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. 15 trim bolts with hacksaw.