Question about leveling toilet.....

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Alan Muller

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I'm setting a bowl in an old house.

The floor slopes towards the front of the bowl by about 7/16" over the front-to-back of the bowl footprint. But the top of the bowl--where the seat goes--is close to level. (It's level side to side)

Wondering if the top is supposed to slope back and I need to shim the bowl in front. It would be a little bit of a job to do that neatly.

Can anybody advise if this situation will have any effect on the functioning of the toilet?

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The toilet would likely still function just fine, but I would be concerned about feeling like I was at risk of sliding off at the front. Personally, I would find some way to level that bowl fron to back, and that *might* even include some grinding on the bottom of the bowl.
 
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