Check carefully for water around the.
Toilet not secured to floor.
Another thing it could be is the toilet flange not being secured to the floor.
Start the repair by confirming that your toilet is not leaking.
The wax seal is placed over the toilet horn when the toilet is being installed.
You might think your loose toilet bowl is held down to the floor by a couple bolts.
We would place the toilet pan on the floor and mark out the foot print with a pencil and the remove it again the next step would be to cut a hole in the floor under the pan for a key this would create a lock between the pan and the floor.
This is so the wax ring seals properly to the flange and the hub on the toilet.
Examine the base of the.
There s an easier way to secure the toilet and provide a cleaner caulk line.
Any play in the piping will be evidenced at the toilet itself.
Press down to compress gasket.
Closet toilet flanges must be 1 4 above a finished floor.
Sometimes a rocking toilet can be fixed by tightening the two bolts at the base of the toilet.
If this is the case it wont matter if the toilet bolts are tight or not.
Diyers often set the toilet and then apply a tiny bead of caulk along the outside edge.
13 set toilet back into place.
If a proper seal is not achieved it will result in leaking.
The wax ring is the weakest component of the elements involved to mount the toilet to the drain and floor.
Instructions check the bolts first.
If the flange is lower than or flush with the floor they make foam rings that cover the distance for a proper seal.
Your wobbly toilet may be moving because the mounting bolts that hold it down have nothing to grab onto anymore.
That doesn t always provide a good enough bond to the floor and it leaves a prominent caulk line.
16 install bolt caps over the closet bolts.
14 tighten nuts on closet bolts.
17 check to make sure toilet is tight to floor and doesn t rock.
15 trim bolts with hacksaw.
Rotted closet bolts why its important to use good brass closet bolts they will not rot out like this.
The final step would be to mix up a stiff mix of mortar and place a large amount of this inside the under neath of the toilet pan and also a mound on the floor.
