How To Install A Toilet On An Uneven Tile Floor

If the tile floor isn t flat the toilet bowl might have to be shimmed.

How to install a toilet on an uneven tile floor.

Also the tiles were just installed and fixing them is not an option. We cover this in a different toilet installation tutorial just in case you re interested. How to install a toilet on an unlevel floor. Diyers often set the toilet and then apply a tiny bead of caulk along the outside edge.

Thanks so much debbie. The most likely cause of rocking is an uneven floor. Toilets should be caulked to the floor to prevent side to side movement that can break the wax seal and to prevent splashes or overflows from puddling under the toilet and rotting the floor. If the gaps are too small to see try sliding a shim under the base to see how far it goes in.

The next step is to get the water hooked up to the toilet. Not as uncommon as you might think installing a toilet on an uneven floor will take a few hardware items and some common household tools. If your toilet shifts when you sit on it you re not doomed for endless days of suffering with a rocking commode. It may help to rock the toilet from side to side.

Even a small space can be the source of the problem. Roll up your sleeves and put your knee pads back on. Examine the base of the toilet and identify any gaps between the toilet and the floor. That doesn t always provide a good enough bond to the floor.

Before you know it you ll be flushing your cares away uneven floor or not. You could repair the floor. However even a.