Normally
I try very hard not to jam my face in an area where my nether regions have been.
Which is why I approached my wobbly toilet with some trepidation. The goofy bastards make the screws out of brass, so there’s an inevitable dielectric corrosion that occurs
So last night I confronted the receptacle of Oggian Evil, and ripped it from the floor. What followed wasn’t even remotely pretty. Thankfully I managed to get it done before I needed it again. The wife and daughter did their thing prior, but I figured I was good. Of course, the power of suggestion being what it is, the moment I had it off the floor my innards began to churn. I need another backup crapper in this house, I do. And when I get it, I’mna replace the whole damned assembly with PVC or- shit, stainless.
Be careful which “stainless” you use. Some are as galvanically active as the cheapest brass.
The crap brass bolts are just plated steel anyway. You can’t get the real brass ones anymore. they used to last a few years before they would corrode away like the steel.
Just had to move to another place where the last people…er..animals left the shitters in a mess. Uneven tile floors caused the bowl to rock so they decided to really snork down on the super strong brass bolts, I have no need to explain here what that did. I’ve always done my own plumbing but never had to deal with uneven tile so every time I peed in a public toilet for weeks I’m checking out how they secured them on lumpy tile floors. The winner seemed to be no bolts and a large bead of silicone or latex so I used some small bits of wire in the valleys with a dry fit then stuck a warm wax ring on the bowl and a thick bead of latex and set the bugger down, wiped off the excess and blocked the door for a day. No shitter rocking chair and no funky smells.