Toilet Floor Bolts Broken

We will have to use a wrench since these bolts of fixed really tight holding the toilet onto the floor.

Toilet floor bolts broken.

Unbolt the toilet from the flange with a wrench lift it off and set. This happens when the flange does not have the locking slot on the underside to hold the bolts. Most of the time the original bolts remain in place even during wax ring changes. I have had this happen.

On my toilet o. Turn off the water to the toilet unscrew the water supply hose with adjustable pliers and flush the toilet to empty the tank. Now that you have uncovered the bolts now it s time to unscrew it. If it s close to the surface and crosses below where you are drilling you could strike black gold.

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. If you need to drill deeper for any reason determine the direction the pipe runs first. Toilet anchor bolts also called closet bolts or flange bolts secure the base of the toilet to the floor. Or for some reason the slot is broken.

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. Fix a rocky or leaky toilet with a broken closet flange. You mean you don t have to remove the entire toilet to then re. Once it s on the floor push down on the bowl to compress the wax ring.

If an anchor bolt or the closet flange beneath the toilet breaks however replacing the bolts is necessary. Clear the wax ring from the base of the flange by scrapping it away with a putty knife or paint scraper.