EZ-SHIM JS500BP 4-Count Bath Fixture Shims

Johnny Shims from EZ Shim are easy to use, well made, and an innovation that can save you many hundreds of dollars. After being informed by a rude plumber from our home warranty company that our bathroom floor was sagging and the toilet could flush properly until the bathroom was completely re-floored and a new toilet installed, I went in search of answers. The home warranty would not cover the cost of repairs and the plumber was in cahoots with them to diagnose a repair not covered by insurance. That was clear. The plumber was insulting and had "crook" written all over him. My search for the truth led me to these incredible shimming devices. In a matter of minutes the toilet was level and flushing like new! It was stunning and if the plumber hadn't been such an over sized, beastly lout, I would have called him back in to see what I accomplished on my own. He should be ashamed! However, the credit is not mine but belongs to the inventive people at EZ Shim and their magnificent Johnny Shims. For mere pennies I figured I saved over $11.000 in home repairs. I want to thank EZ Shim for performing what is nothing less than a public service to those who would otherwise become victims of cheats and tricksters in the plumbing trade. With EZ Shim on the side of the hapless consumer and the help of the wondrous "how to" videos available on the miracle that is the Internet, plumbers no longer are the sole keepers of some sort of Sacred Knowledge that has until now been a mystery to the masses. We are no longer held hostage by the dishonest tradesmen who give the profession of plumber a bad name and a reputation for robbing us blind. We all share in the secrets now and we are set free from the choke-hold of pathetic rip-off artists. The honest plumber is a skilled person of integrity, one who takes pride in the work, and who is pleased to help those in desperate need. They deserve our utmost respect and their hard earned money. However, there exists a number of swine within that noble profession who should not be allowed in our bathrooms nor access to our toilets! The existence of such filthy bums makes such inventions as the Johnny Shim invaluable to the potential victim. My heartfelt thanks to EZ Shim can hardly be expressed in mere words for my emotions run far too deeply. I believe the most significant thing I can do in appreciation is to recommend without reservation and in all sincerity the marvel that is indeed the EZ Shim, Inc. JS500BP Johnny Shims for Toilets, Sinks, Tubs, and Bidets!

About five years ago I did some remodeling in a powder room and when I went to install the toilet found the flange height was too high. Base of toilet was about 1/4 inch above floor with lowest possible wax ring. I'm not a plumber, I'm a doctor. I hate paying plumber prices but there are/were limits to my knowledge. So I called a plumber on a recommendation. He came out to the house, explained to me how he was going to shim the bowl and caulk it and reassured me it was a very solid mount. So far it has been. Worked and looked good. Price for a one hour install job $169, which I paid, gladly. One less headache.So this past month I took on a project of remodeling a basement bath, replacing the vanity, toilet with a modern low-flow toilet (one I already installed in our master bath) and wouldn't you know it, even though the tiles I installed brought the floor height up I STILL needed to add shims.Thank God for Amazon. I poked around here for about ten minutes and found these. They work as advertised. EZPZ exactly like the instructions. The nice thing about them is they have a curved surface which matches the bottom edge of the toilet base to hold it in place. Cranked down the bolts (not too tight), seal with silicone, very professional looking.Get some.

These are better than some earlier shims I bought: it is easier to separate them into shorter pieces and not waste extra length coming up to the precise height you need to keep your toilet level. They are curved in two ways: left to right (to match, more or less, the curvature of the base of the toilet) and front to back (to keep them from sliding in and out). This curvature works fine for left to right. It's OK, but not as good, for front to back, because by the nature of a flat toilet on a tilted tile floor, the right-hand edge of the shim is going to be tight while the left-hand edge is loose (or vice versa). Can't blame the shim for that! These were shipped fairly promptly and arrived well within the delivery window estimated by Amazon.

These things are amazing. My toilet wobbled slightly for years. You really had to work at it to get it to wobble. I never wanted to fix it as it was a pain to poorly shim it years ago. Well the wax ring gave out after 10 years. I pulled the toilet and set it back using these shims. It couldn't be easier. Set the toilet, leaving the flange bolts a little loose. Put these things where needed. Then give a little tap to the shim with a mallet. Check for no wobble. Next securely tighten the flange bolts. Then simply snap off the excess. Nice plastic. Doesn't look like it will compress over time. Done deal!!!

These shims range from 1/16" to about 1/4" thick. They broke apart easily and seem to be of suitable resilience-- not too hard nor too soft-- to use under a ceramic toilet without undue risk of a high pressure point causing a spall or chip in the toilet ceramic base.However, the size range doesn't seem realistic. A floor that is 1/4" off level under a toilet is pretty bad, so bad I can't imagine trying to install a toilet then attempting to caulk it to keep creatures from living underneath. Even 1/16" is pretty big, but in the realm of an old wooden base floor.I'd be happier if the shims ran from 1/32" to 1/8", which is more reasonable for a quality floor. As it was, I was not able to use these shims because the floor was too accurate, only about 1/32" was needed. With no shimming the toilet had an annoying rocking motion-- some thin EPDM cut to shape worked very well to suppress the rocking motion.

Just remember to loosen your bolts a little bit first, insert the shims and tighten them back down.