Tighten Toilet To Floor

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.

Tighten toilet to floor.

I show you 2 easy ways to you can stop it from shaking and secure it to the 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. Replace that wax seal and then reattach the toilet to the floor using those new bolts. Check the flange bolt at each side of the toilet using a pair of pliers or a small wrench.

Check the condition of the flange. 15 trim bolts with hacksaw. 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.

Check the other bolt to make sure it is equally snug then test the toilet for rocking. Your rocking toilet. This is not uncommon. 17 check to make sure toilet is tight to floor and doesn t rock.

Sit on the toilet and transfer your weight in all directions to help seat the wax ring correctly. 16 install bolt caps over the closet bolts. In this video i show you how to fix a shaking or wobbly toilet. 14 tighten nuts on closet bolts.

Gently lay the toilet on its side or back and clean. Test fit the toilet over the flange. As long as you re doing some work you might as well make sure it s nice and tightened up. Check the level of the toilet.

If you are going to paint. All repairs on floor and walls must be complete and all glues caulks or grouts dry. Just make sure the flange is flush tight with the top of the floor otherwise your toilet will wobble. Pry off the two plastic bolt caps located one on each side of your toilet base.

If a bolt is loose tighten it slowly just until it is snug. Stop tightening once the toilet sits securely. Check the mounting bolts.