How To Level Toilet On Concrete Floor

Place the carpenters level across the toilet bowl side to side and note where the bubble level is.

How to level toilet on concrete floor.

Use your razor knife to cut off the excess parts of the shims that are peeking out from under the toilet. Lay a level lengthwise on the back of the toilet tank then sit backward on the toilet straddling the bowl and shifting your weight to make the toilet level. Set it back into position over the floor drain making sure the holes in the toilet base slide over the flange bolts. Use tapcon anchors or a similar type of masonry concrete screws to fasten the toilet flange to the concrete slab.

Lay a line of waterproof caulk around the toilet base on the floor to seal it. I installed a toilet a few videos ago but it wasn t level and it wobbled a bit. The seal must not be broken once it has been seated so do not rock from side to side. Screw the toilet flange onto the concrete.

If adding washers or shims fixed the problem the only thing left to do is to caulk the toilet the the floor. 3 place a level on the back of the toilet. When you re finished spread some concrete leveler primer over the floor and let it dry until it has a tacky finish. Step 5 tighten down the two bolts.

The object is to seat the wax ring while leveling the commode. If using a plastic flange ring be careful not to crack the ring by screwing the anchors in too far. Hammer a shim gently between the floor and the toilet base to bring a low side up. Then go over any particularly high spots with a concrete grinder so they re level with the rest of the floor.

Before taking steps to level a floor you must find out why it s not level. Use a caulk gun to squeeze a bead of caulk around the base of the toilet where it meets the floor. Caulk the toilet to the floor if the problem is fixed. Smooth out the bead using your finger then wipe your finger on a wet rag.

Leveling a floor can be either a do it yourself project or a job for the pros depending on what s causing the. The problem with this is that the floor in our house is tinted concrete so we have very few options to remedy this. If your toilet is more than 1 4 inch or so out of level you ve got a.