mookaloid
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| posted on 2/11/14 at 10:46 AM |
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more toilet talk
Why does nobody seem to design toilet seat fittings that stay put?
I have fitted 2 new different toilets in my house recently and the seats on both of them just slide around on their fittings. It doesn't matter
how tight I make them. 
Any plumbers have any tips for me?
Cheers
Mook
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Slimy38
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| posted on 2/11/14 at 11:49 AM |
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Ours stay still, I think it's because of the extra rubber bits though. From top to bottom there is;
Toilet seat hinge
Plastic cap
Rubber washer
toilet
Cone shaped rubber bung
Metal washer
wing nut
I think it's the cone shapes that do the best job, there's an example in this Ebay item;
TOILET SEAT TOP FIX GROMMET NON SLIP FIX REPLACEMENT HINGES BAR DUCK CHROME GOLD
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coozer
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| posted on 2/11/14 at 12:00 PM |
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Make sure your cheeks are well spread before you sit down, that way there's not as much squirming about to do...
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1980 Z750
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cliftyhanger
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| posted on 2/11/14 at 12:30 PM |
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^ fair point.
but I think the issue is that most seats are supplied with hard plastic washers, which have no friction/grip. You want some thin rubber washers in
there....
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britishtrident
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| posted on 2/11/14 at 03:03 PM |
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We had this problem, in the first 5 years or so after moving into a new build we must have been changing ourbloo seats every 6 months, it was so bad I
was keeping a couple as spares.
In the end the solution was simple and cheap we bought basic loo seats from IKEA. The design of the mounting has a solid mounting block which bolts
across both holes in the porcelain and the hinge is separately mounted on this.
Other manufacturers do similar mountings.
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