Good afternoon.
Today's post is inspired by Rachel who has discovered that fitting a toilet seat is not as easy as you think it is. I made this discovery some time ago, so here is my solution.
I bought this seat because I like the colour. It is strong and robust, not like some of the cheaper flimsy plastic ones you see at a discount store.
I tried to work out how to screw it to the toilet bowl, but alas failed. As you can see, the holes to the lid do not match up, and neither do the holes in the seat. How ridiculous.
Not wanting to take it back to complain I thought of another idea. Why do I need to screw it together anyway. There's only me using it. The seat does not move about, so I am not going to fall off. I don't need the lid to be closed. So this is my new arrangement.
Easier for cleaning. I take both pieces outside and scrub them clean on the garden workbench. No gungy mess to accumulate around the screws. No getting down on hands and knees to look underneath. Just get a damp cloth to wipe around the bowl.
The seat has six rubber feet to hold it steady. Make sure both surface are dry, and the seat will not slide about.
If I don't want to take it outside to wash it, I dunk it in the bath water after a bath. Easy.
Here is Rachels blog if you want to read about her toilet seat dilemma.
Enjoy your Saturday. Catch ya later. Toodle pip. ilona
I took a similar view to you in that there is only me using it and there will be no men in the bathroom raising and lowering the seat so if it doesn't all quite "move" up and down as it should it doesn't matter. In the end I think I got it right although the small plastic tool that came in the kit to tighten the bolts could not be used because there was no space between the toilet and threaded screw and it wouldn't fit. Was I expected to hacksaw off a piece of the thread? I had no idea. In the end I had to do the bolts finger tight only. Thanks for the blog mention. Rachel
ReplyDeleteI seem to remember that the fittings were adjustable and could be adapted to any toilet bowl. Me being lazy with a make do and mend mentality was my excuse. I couldn't be bothered to work it out.
DeleteWhen our toilet seat needed replacing recently we got one from Argos that had adjustable spacing on the fittings. They came in two parts, one easily fitted to the toilet bowl, the other was adjustable on the seat to match, then just clipped together. All less than 30 minutes to fix.
ReplyDeleteHowever, we also needed to replace the inlet valve as that was leaking - that was a whole different ball game, needing to unscrew the cistern to get enough clearance. Eventually completed around 4 hours later and with much spilled water, so the floor got a good clean!
I think if I had shopped around I could have bought one with the correct fixtures and fittings. I liked this colour and the fact that it was strong and solid and well made, that did it for me. Luckily I have two plumber friends in the village so I can call on them if I need any help with water related problems.
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