Toilet Floor Bolts Broken

If an anchor bolt or the closet flange beneath the toilet breaks however replacing the bolts is necessary.

Toilet floor bolts broken. On my toilet o. Most of the time the original bolts remain in place even during wax ring changes. Turn off the water to the toilet unscrew the water supply hose with adjustable pliers and flush the toilet to empty the tank. If it s close to the surface and crosses below where you are drilling you could strike black gold.

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. If your toilet is rocking either the flange bolts are broken or the flange is broken. Or for some reason the slot is broken.

If you need to drill deeper for any reason determine the direction the pipe runs first. Hold the toilet upright over the flange and guide the bolts through the holes in the base as you lower it in place. You mean you don t have to remove the entire toilet to then re. Take the old part to your local home depot for a proper replacement match.

Fix a rocky or leaky toilet with a broken closet flange. We will have to use a wrench since these bolts of fixed really tight holding the toilet onto the floor. This happens when the flange does not have the locking slot on the underside to hold the bolts. If it s concrete you may have to pull the anchor out and vacuum the hole out and set a new anchor in with epoxy.

Clear the wax ring from the base of the flange by scrapping it away with a putty knife or paint scraper. Now that you have uncovered the bolts now it s time to unscrew it.