Toilet Floor Bolts Broken

You mean you don t have to remove the entire toilet to then re.

Toilet floor bolts broken.

Fix a rocky or leaky toilet with a broken closet flange. If it s close to the surface and crosses below where you are drilling you could strike black gold. Most of the time the original bolts remain in place even during wax ring changes. If your toilet is rocking either the flange bolts are broken or the flange is broken.

Now that you have uncovered the bolts now it s time to unscrew it. Clear the wax ring from the base of the flange by scrapping it away with a putty knife or paint scraper. Take the old part to your local home depot for a proper replacement match. If an anchor bolt or the closet flange beneath the toilet breaks however replacing the bolts is necessary.

Turn off the water to the toilet unscrew the water supply hose with adjustable pliers and flush the toilet to empty the tank. Hold the toilet upright over the flange and guide the bolts through the holes in the base as you lower it in place. Once it s on the floor push down on the bowl to compress the wax ring. Unbolt the toilet from the flange with a wrench lift it off and set.

I have had this happen. On my toilet o. This happens when the flange does not have the locking slot on the underside to hold the bolts. Toilet anchor bolts also called closet bolts or flange bolts secure the base of the toilet to the floor.

If you need to drill deeper for any reason determine the direction the pipe runs first. In order to replace toilet bolts without removing toilet you will have to unscrew the bolts with an anticlockwise movement while holding the nut with the other hand.