How To Install A Toilet On An Uneven Tile Floor

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How to install a toilet on an uneven tile floor.

How to install a toilet on an unlevel floor. Roll up your sleeves and put your knee pads back on. This is a new toilet installation and i would rather not use plaster of paris as it yellows with time. That doesn t always provide a good enough bond to the floor.

Even a small space can be the source of the problem. The most likely cause of rocking is an uneven floor. The floor is off by 3 8 of an inch in the back half of the toilet. If the tile floor isn t flat the toilet bowl might have to be shimmed.

The next step is to get the water hooked up to the toilet. If the gaps are too small to see try sliding a shim under the base to see how far it goes in. Diyers often set the toilet and then apply a tiny bead of caulk along the outside edge. Thanks so much debbie.

You could repair the floor. Also the tiles were just installed and fixing them is not an option. Before you know it you ll be flushing your cares away uneven floor or not. 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.

However even a. Few toilets are installed on a floor so unlevel that you have a good chance of falling off the side before you finish your business. If your toilet shifts when you sit on it you re not doomed for endless days of suffering with a rocking commode.