Mikesr
Jul 09, 2019Explorer
Toilet Shims
Anyone ever use residential toilet shims in an RV to fix a rocking toilet? It’s a porcelain toilet in a 3 year old travel trailer. Flange is new and mounted with additional screws into the floor and f...
myredracer wrote:Is this true???
Toilets have two bolts, one on left and one on right. Is it rocking front to back? First thing I would do is pull the toilet up and check to see that the flange is screwed securely to the floor. Should also check to see if there's something going on with the sub-floor itself.
Toilet bolts tighten the bowl to the flange, not to the floor and if the flange isn't tight against the floor, the toilet could move. If it still rocks, I see no reason why you couldn't use toilet shims if the floor or the toilet bottom aren't flat. Note that any time you pull a toilet up you need to replace the foam gasket. Just don't use any type of caulk between toilet and floor.