May 8th, 2007 DIY Tips Learned the Hard Way 2
When you set a toilet in place, if it has a bit of a rock to it, no amount of tightening the bolts will stabilize it.
First, make sure it really is in place and you’ve mashed down the wax ring so that the toilet is fully on the floor. If it continues to rock, you probably have tile that is a bit uneven or some other anomaly with your floor. Here’s what you do. Go raid your kid’s piggy bank and get some pennies. Use the pennies as shims around the edge of the toilet to stabilize it, making sure the weight is distributed across several pennies.
When you caulk around the bottom of the toilet at the end of the job, it will both hide the pennies and ensure they stay in place. Assuming you use white caulk instead of clear. Which you should, for this very reason.
May 8th, 2007 at 12:24 pm
Thanks, Jay! This is incredibly timely advice.
May 8th, 2007 at 1:11 pm
Glad to hear my hour and half of utter futility was not in vain. :-)
May 9th, 2007 at 6:09 am
I love two-part blogs!