Tighten Toilet To Floor

Clean the floor surface thoroughly so that glue will stick.

Tighten toilet to floor.

17 check to make sure toilet is tight to floor and doesn t rock. But the solution was simple. Check the other bolt to make sure it is equally snug then test the toilet for rocking. If a bolt is loose tighten it slowly just until it is snug.

16 install bolt caps over the closet bolts. Stop tightening once the toilet sits securely. 15 trim bolts with hacksaw. 14 tighten nuts on closet bolts.

Sit on the toilet and transfer your weight in all directions to help seat the wax ring correctly. Just make sure the flange is flush tight with the top of the floor otherwise your toilet will wobble. Tightening the bolts too much can crack the brittle porcelain of the toilet for which there is no repair. The toilet just needed to be tightened to the floor.

Tighten the nuts onto the new bolts. A gap nearly 1 4 in height existed between potty and floor. As long as the floor is not rotten you can use this technique. You can check by trying to rock the toilet.

Put the plastic base for the decorative cap on first then the flat washer and then the nut. Now wax the bottom of the toilet even a bit up the inside and outside of the part that will be in contact with the floor. Start by marking the outline of the toilet flange on the floor with a pencil then remove the toilet. Let the potty hit the floor let the potty hit 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. Do both sides hand tight. 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.