Toilet Rocks Uneven Floor

You could repair the floor.

Toilet rocks uneven floor. Seals on uneven floors or over tile floors with recessed flanges. If a toilet rocks tightening the bolts is not the way to fix it they should just be a hair more than finger tight. But once you ve got it unstuck the bowl comes up pretty easily. The floor may be uneven but that is not the issue.

If it is level enough to your liking the toilet is now fixed. My toilet rocks and is raised off the floor by inch or more. If the flange is a little higher than the surrounding flooring the toilet becomes raised slightly in the center allowing it to rock to either side. Underneath the toilet base is a round toilet flange that connects the toilet to the drain pipe.

Replacing a toilet requires no plumbing skills or special tools and can be done in under two hours. Toilets usually rock because they are not resting flush against the floor. With both bolts unscrewed i used a gentle rocking motion to detach the toilet from the floor. What should i do.

First and this is for all who read not just the asker never ask a previous owner to make the repairs. To prevent rocking you need to shim the toilet at any low spots in the floor and to get the toilet reasonably level besides. And here s that beautiful picture i teased. Reconnect the water supply line and open the shut off valve again to turn it back on.

If your toilet shifts when you sit on it you re not doomed for endless days of suffering with a rocking commode. A rocking toilet is not caused by an uneven floor. We suggest using a toilet base plate to build up the floor around the flange. However even a small tilt of the toilet on an uneven floor can cause problems.

It s stuck to the floor in place by a wax ring just wait for that beautiful picture it s coming up. Sit on the toilet again and rock back and forth or use a carpenter s level to precisely measure how even the floor is.