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Set and Secure Toilet

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What happens here

Gently lower the toilet bowl straight down over the new gasket and onto the securing bolts, making sure the bolt holes align. Apply firm, even pressure to the toilet bowl to compress the new gasket and create a tight seal. Next, place the plastic washers and then the nuts onto the bolts. Hand-tighten the nuts initially to ensure even pressure. After hand-tightening, use pliers or a wrench to tighten the nuts further, but only a few turns. It is critical not to overtighten, as this can crack the ceramic base of the toilet. The toilet is properly secured when it no longer rocks or wiggles when moved side-to-side. If installing a new toilet with long bolts, you may need to cut off the excess bolt length with a Dremel or hacksaw to allow the bolt caps to fit later.

Goal: Carefully place the toilet back onto the new seal and bolts, then secure it by hand-tightening the nuts and finishing with a wrench, being careful not to overtighten.

Tools and materials

  • Dremel or Hacksaw
  • Pliers

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toilet [Music] position the toilet so the bolts come through sit it's down now before you put your washers on I kept my little caps you need the bottom part because that's the part that locks in place if you don't have it or lost it you probably have a brand new set in with your toilet put that on first then your washer put your nut on the other side now you want to hand tighten the nuts first and then after that do a few turns with your wrench the big thing to consider here is you can over tighten them and that will result in this ceramic part cracking how do I know that ask me how do I know it because it happened to me I had to buy a new toilet for a quick find toilet but I broke the bottom part you'll know that they're in a good place of being tight is when the toilet doesn't Rock anymore when you move a side to side now if you bought a brand new toilet good chances you have very long bolts that come with it and they're meant to be cut down so once they're all screwed on you can take a Dremel and cut it off from the side so that these caps can be attached right over it all that's left is connect our water

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