Tighten Toilet To Floor

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

Tighten toilet to floor.

I show you 2 easy ways to you can stop it from shaking and secure it to the floor. If a bolt is loose tighten it slowly just until it is snug. 17 check to make sure toilet is tight to floor and doesn t rock. Pry off the two plastic bolt caps located one on each side of your toilet base.

Just make sure the flange is flush tight with the top of the floor otherwise your toilet will wobble. Check the other bolt to make sure it is equally snug then test the toilet for rocking. 14 tighten nuts on closet bolts. 15 trim bolts with hacksaw.

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. 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. In this video i show you how to fix a shaking or wobbly toilet.

Your rocking toilet. Is it solidly planted on the floor or does it rock. Stop tightening once the toilet sits securely. Check the flange bolt at each side of the toilet using a pair of pliers or a small wrench.

This is not uncommon. Check the condition of the flange. If you are going to paint. Check the level of the toilet.

16 install bolt caps over the closet bolts. 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. Check the mounting bolts.

Tighten the nuts onto the new bolts. Replace that wax seal and then reattach the toilet to the floor using those new bolts. Gently lay the toilet on its side or back and clean.