Rusted Toilet Floor Bolts

Remove the nuts from the anchor bolts.

Rusted toilet floor bolts. Before you begin working on the bolts shut off the toilet water supply valve and remove any water remaining in the bowl and tank. Replacing bolts of a toilet is actually a much harder job than removing the toilet itself completely. You may have to rock it side to side or front to back to overcome the wax ring s adhesion while lifting. Bolts rusted completly out on toilet i have concrete floor i need to make sure it doesnt rock.

Lift toilet mostly straight up. The bolts protrude through holes on either side of the. This video shows a few ways to remove rusty corroded stuck toilet tank to bowl bolts. Toilet anchor bolts hold your toilet to the floor and keep it connected to the flange which is the opening to the waste line.

Https amzn to 2bnyyjr sani seal green waxless toilet gasket. A typical toilet attaches to the floor with a pair of bolts that stick up from the flange a special fitting at the top of the waste pipe. Moisture around the base of the toilet can corrode the anchor bolts. Sometimes during a quick adjustment you lift the lid of the toilet tank and you see two giant balls of rust.

Tools used in this video. Remove bolt caps to expose washers and nuts. Flange is fixed to copper pipe. Toilet anchor bolts also called closet bolts or flange bolts secure the base of the toilet to the floor most of the time the original bolts remain in place even during wax ring changes.

This is because not only we should be careful not to harm the toilet bowl when removing the bolts we should also be cautious when removing and replacing the bolts if they are rusted. If an anchor bolt or the closet flange beneath the toilet breaks however replacing the bolts is necessary. I went to install a new toilet and the flange was rusted and the slots for toilet bolts broken. Pipe is copper with the flange attached to outside of pipe.

It also covers a few ways to avoid stuck and rusty bolts. Underneath all of that rust are the heads of the tank bolts. Rusting toilet tank bolts can be surprising. Either you didn t realize it or you noticed a drip which caused you to look at them.

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