Need a plumer!

[Guest walkingdeadman]

I have a toilet that needs some work. Only stipulation is that I need to be able to make monthly payments. Any help?

[56FordGuy]

What problem are you having? Odds are you can fix it yourself, toilet parts aren't expensive.

[Guest walkingdeadman]

Plumber not plumer.

[Guest walkingdeadman]

well it seems that the bolts have been either ripped out of the floor or i was also told that the collar that comes out of the ground is to tall. basically, when i set on the thing and it is like a freakn rocking chair. the wife and i have dealt with this for three years and it is time to get something done.

[56FordGuy]

Could you remove the toilet and shorten the pipe yourself, or make a spacer to go between the bottom of the toilet and the floor?

[TNTitan]

dude.. get a pair of jeans that show your butt crack and do it yourself. HERES HOW

Edited October 29, 2009 by TNTitan

[Guest jackdm3]

Start with that video. There shouldn't be any special tools. Don't be skurred! You'll strut when you finish.

[Guest 1817ak47]

this is what the flange looks like, is your plumbing metal or pvc???

now the wax ring could be detoriated, the bolts could be shot, the flange could also be toast, now sometimes those bolts have a "plastic waster below the bolts, and that could have crack and broken up and be in a landfill causing this. see the clip to the right in the lower borrowed pic, you might be able to use that to shim it if it is just a missing washer

[Guest jth_3s]

Somebody Call Joe:D

[TripleDigitRide]

Somebody Call Joe:D

Well played!

[gregintenn]

It's likely that the wax seal has deteriorated. They are little trouble to replace and cost around two dollars. DO NOT OVERTIGHTEN THE NUTS THAT SECURE THE TOILET TO THE FLOOR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Trust me...I know.

[mhm2a]

If it is not leaking just shove some washers under the side that wobbles. Its not the right way, but I have done it with success. Just loosen the bolts a little, insert washers and push them far enough back where they are flush with the edge of the toilet. Tighten the flange bolts down gingerly then caulk around the gap to hide the washers and no one will know the difference.

[Guest 1817ak47]

often those bolts are seized up with rust, that is why I suggested those clips, had a similiar incident that wasn't plumbing related that something needed to be shimmed but a bolt couldn't be removed