Luxury White Adjustable Wooden MDF Toilet Seat With Chrome Fittings & Hinge

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The key parts of a toilet seat include the ring, lid, hinge, hinge plate and the seat fixing and are show in the diagram below. It is helpful to understand these parts and how they interact to keep the seat fixed on the toilet pan and stop it wobbling or sliding. Pointed Nose: One of the most common types of toilet seat and used for more traditional toilets, they are comfortable to use but are slightly larger than rounded seats Like most household products, the price of toilet seats can vary by quite a considerable amount. Cheap and cheerful seats are readily available for those of you on slightly more of a budget, while fancy high-tech, high-quality and subsequently high-price-tag seats are also proving popular. It’s important to be aware that your toilet seat gets a lot of use. Opening and closing the lid multiple times a day will take a toll on the hinges, and so investing in something high-quality is the best bet.

A tip you may find useful is that, having got the adjustment correct in step 2, before securing the seat to the pan, note the positions and then unscrew the main adjusting screw and the studs and coat the threads with a proprietary thread seal. With these measurements you can then make sure that you get the right sized toilet seat. Safety Precautions When Working Around Toilets The only solution to fix this is to remove the seat and tighten this properly. Most people forget to do this in the excitement of fitting their new seat! Step 4 – Fit Seat and Fixings Once the nuts holding the seat in place are removed you can simply lift it away and free from the pan.Altering the location of the fixing bolt in the hinge plate can move the position of the hinge forward Once finished you should also clean any and all tools that you have used. Tools Needed to Change a Toilet Seat D-Shape: These seats tend to be modern so suit modern bathrooms and toilets and they are a little larger than more traditional toilets The majority of modern toilets now come with top fixing seat installation as they are easier to fit and remove for cleaning. The toilet seat fixings you need for your toilet will largely depend on the type of toilet seat you want to fit, or the fixings you are replacing on your current seat. The method is to fit the rubber grommet into the pan holes and tighten the screw that engages with the nut and as one tightens, the nut is drawn up by the screwing action that expands the rubber grommet, making it tighten within the hole in the pan.

Toilet seat fixings tend to be slightly different between manufacturers and due to this there are quite a few, however despite this they can all be broken into 2 different types; bottom fixing and top fixing. Bottom Fixing Toilet Seats Typical stainless steel toilet seat fitting kit that includes hinges and bolts How to Remove a Toilet Seat If you are thinking of changing your toilet from a close coupled to a low level toilet, take a look at the project we have on this, the old seat may not fit the new loo. One type of plastic toilet seat that deserves a special mention is the resin seat. This is due to the fact that they differ slightly in that resin is slightly tougher and harder wearing than standard plastic and, apart from a massive range of different colours and styles, they can also have images and objects inset into them.

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For most top fixing toilet seats, the seat and hinges are supplied separately and fitted as described above, however with a few kits, the hinges come fitted to the seat. Typically the toilet seat is fixed to the pan by two long screws, one end runs through the base of the hinge and then through the pan using the holes supplied by the manufacturer. A washer and nut are then added and tightened from underneath that then holds the seat in place.

The fixing itself normally works in the same way as a wall plug. A plastic sleeve pushes down into the hole in the pan and then a screw or bolt screws down in. As it screws in the sleeve expands and grips tightly in the hole holding it firmly in place. Some manufacturers utilise a metal fixing that uses a barrel nut positioned under the pan and the bolt is screwed down from the top. The big advantage that the top fixing method has is that they are much easier to fit and also maintain. The fixing bolt or washer has failed – this sometimes occurs with cheaper seats with plastic fixing bolts. They can be tightened but typically it will fail again. Best solution is to replace itMake sure the fit is good and that the hinge plates are both pointing in the same direction and the seat is sitting evenly around the perimeter of the toilet bowl. Step 5 – Fit Washer and Nuts