No one likes to see a big puddle of water on the floor. Or the sound of water dripping. It seems like things like this always happen when company is coming to stay at our house or when we are leaving out of town. Never when it’s very convenient or when we have too much time to spend on it.
If this happens to you in your bathroom and there is water all around your toilet bowl you need to grab a dry towel and soak up all the water. Wait to see where the water comes out of. It could be caused by loose bolts, so check and tighten all the bolts first before you get too much into it. If this doesn’t work then you will have to remove the toilet bowl. Because chances are it’s from the wax seal that isn’t working anymore.
Next to the toilet should be a shut off valve that you will want to turn off before taking the toilet bowl off. Otherwise you will have an even bigger mess. And it will get you even more frustrated. You will want to get as much water out of the bowl as possible. Flush the toilet, then there might be some water left in the bowl so you will want to get a cup or something to scoop out the rest.
Step 1: Find the water-supply tube and disconnect it, untwisting the compression nut on the shut-off valve.
Step 2: You will want to get the caps off the closet bolts by using something like a screwdriver to pry them off. After the caps are off you will want to grab a wrench and get the bolts off.
Step 3: Reach around the bowl and grab the sides and slowly move it back and forth to loosen the wax seal. Move the toilet and turn it on it’s side.
Step 4: Grab something that would help scrape the wax seal and closet flange in the floor. If the flange is damaged then you will have to replace it. plumbersstock.com is a great place to get the parts if needed. But if it’s not damaged you can use it again.
Step 5: Put you wax gasket in the center of your closet flange.
Step 6: Around the fitting at each end of the supply tube apply a little bit of pipe joint compound. On the fill valve shank tighten one end to it on the bottom of the toilet tank.
Step 7: It’s time to put the toilet back on, so line it up with the bolts on top of the wax gasket. Put some weight on the bowl so it will compress the gasket, before tightening the bolts and nuts.
Step 8: Make sure the toilet is in the right position aligning it with the wall. Tighten the nuts and bolts till tight, making sure not to tighten them too much, as this could crack the bowl.
Step 9: get the water supply tube to the shut off valve and tighten the loose end. Open up the valve and then flush to see if there are any leaks. If it’s still leaking put a little more weight on the bowl and tighten the bolts a little more.
This should take care of your leaky toilet bowl. Hopefully this was easy enough and was some help to you.