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Toilet leaking into basement

Asked Feb 2, 2008, 03:32 PM — 1 Answer
I am having a problem with my toilet leaking from my toilet into my basement. I replaced the wax ring, and noticed that the 2 mounting bolts were very loose. The floor is very wet. What is the direction I should go in? Any help would be very helpful

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Feb 2, 2008, 04:01 PM


The two mounting bolts are supposted to be loose and wobbly when they are just inserted into the flange. They stop moving when you snug them down to the toilet. Inspect the flange to make sure its not broken and buy a thicker ring with a neopreme collat and reinstal. Set the toilet with your body weight, tighten the two nuts finger tight and then snug with a wrench, about 4 full turns but be careful.
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