Hi, I have already installed the toilet and took a level and see that it is not exactlyl level..does this matter? please advise as to what should be done, thanks
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13 years ago
Hi, I have already installed the toilet and took a level and see that it is not exactlyl level..does this matter? please advise as to what should be done, thanks
Do you slide off when you sit on it? If not, I wouldn't worry about it.
So long as you have a good seal at the base where the wax ring is.
While I am supposed to say it needs to be "perfectly level", I think I will be honest and say if it flushes fine go have a cold drink and forget it.
Colbyt
Hmmm, Perfectlt level thing atround house is rare. If it flushes fine and there no leak, I wouldn't worry. Maybe your level is not perfect either, LOL!
Might interfere with operation of the overflow drain, or fill valve? Tipped one way, the over flow drain is up in the sky, so the tank over flows over the top. Tipped the other way, the tank doesn't get a good fill, so you have a 1.4 GPF toilet, that doesn't move solids down the drain.
I wouldn't worry if it flushes properly. My house is nearly 200 years old - I worry when something actually IS level, since nothing ever has been!
"dadiOH" wrote in news:NwFFn.18799$IA1.11248 @newsfe06.ams2:
Don't wax the seat, and you won't slide off.
Does not matter if the fixture is off level. The water in your tank and bowl will always be level.
Sometimes I use my eyeball level.
If it is off front to back, noone will ever know. If it is off left to right, can you see it, or does it only show when you use the level?
If you can't live with it, remove the toilet, get a NEW wax ring and use a couple of shims under the toilet to level it as needed.
I've done what 'bob' says. I understand that you can buy shims for this purpose, however, I have usually used cut pieced of vinyl tile. Works great.
What is the possibility that it wouild be _so far_ off level that any of that would happen? Right at zero I would say.
Harry K
I have removed, reinstalled, and installed new ones. I must have done them all wrong. Never layed a level on any of them.
Harry K
I wouldn't be that sure.... I've seen some buildings that were that far off.
Pee on the low side and it will level out the water.
Yeah, if the floor and the top of the flange are level, the toilet pretty much will be, too.
I'd only bother to reach for the level if I had to replace bathroom floor and/or install a repair flange or something. But if the place is THAT bad off, it is probably gonna get a whole new waste line run anyway, back to decent looking pipe somewhere.
You must have incredibly thick pee.
It might be that way during an earthquake.
Or afterwards.
It would have to be _something_ on that order of magnitude.
Harry K
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