John Gayewski
In the Trades
I set the toilet with no wax. Wiggle it and sit on it. If there's no wiggle I don't know why you'd add a shim, your making unnecessary work and probably hurting yourself. If there's wiggle I shove shimms to remove the wiggle. With the shimms shoved to depth I mark them with a pencil and pull them out one at a time and cut them with tin snips (mainly because that's what I have with me and it works well) and put them back in on the same place at the same depth, but they are now hidden. Then I carefully pull thy toilet straight up. Place the wax and set. Caulk neatly and wipe most of the caulk away. Done.
There are lots of other conditions that can cause other steps. If this happens I do this, if this is that way I do that, but using shims on a solid steady set toilet shouldn't be a thing.
There are lots of other conditions that can cause other steps. If this happens I do this, if this is that way I do that, but using shims on a solid steady set toilet shouldn't be a thing.
