Patent ID: 8336127

Claim:
A method of stabilizing an existing toilet having a width (B 1 ) wherein said toilet is attached to an existing closet ring having an outer diameter (D 1 ) to a sub-floor having a top surface and a bottom surface comprising the steps of: removing the toilet from the sub-floor; removing the existing said closet ring from the sub-floor; obtaining a stabilizing device having a horizontally oriented support panel with a length and a width greater than said width (B 1 ), an opening in said stabilizing device wherein said opening has a inner diameter (D 2 ) greater than diameter (D 1 ) and greater than an outer diameter of an external sewer pipe, an upper neck portion extending upward from said opening and having an inner diameter approximately equal to said diameter (D 2 ), a vertically oriented bottom neck portion extending downward from said opening and having an inner diameter approximately equal to said diameter (D 2 ); attaching said stabilizing device below said sub-floor; and applying an extension to said external sewer pipe and through said opening in said stabilizing device and above said top surface of said sub-floor; trimming said extension to a plane approximately level with said top surface of said sub-floor; attaching a new said closet ring to said top surface of said sub-floor and to said extension; and permanently bonding said sewer pipe extension, said stabilizing device and said closet ring together.