Loo seats

[biggs682]

we as a family go through toilet seats at the rate of on average 3 a year ?

should we be buying a more expensive one or what , the last few have been from good old wilkinsons and the metal rod has come un attached from the metal disc .

anybody else comment

 

[Smokin Joe]

You need to see a doctor. Loo seats should last for life.

 

[Campfire]

I bought a nice one from Lidl a few years ago. It is a sort of see through with shells and bits on it. I don't think it makes a difference how much you pay for it.

 

[Norm]

You need to see a doctor. Loo seats should last for life.

Not necessarily for life but we haven't bought a loo seat in the 21 years we've been married.

 

[slowmotion]

I think that "Lord of the Pies" John Prescott lobbed a couple of WC seats through on expenses in very quick succession.

Those of a delicate disposition had better not dwell on the matter......

 

[slowmotion]

we as a family go through toilet seats at the rate of on average 3 a year ?

Crap.

 

[Night Train]

My loo seats generally last 10 years or so and I change then change it because I am bored of the look.

I am currently (though not actually right this moment) using a B&Q gloss white wooden one.

 

[Fnaar]

My uncle is the only person I've ever known who had a padded loo seat... it was disconcerting to sit on, but you got used to it after a bit. it wasn't for any medical reason, just a comfy loo seat.

 

[661-Pete]

Right then, 'fess up everyone:
Who leaves it up?
Who leaves it down?

 

[dellzeqq]

I bought a nice one from Lidl a few years ago. It is a sort of see through with shells and bits on it. I don't think it makes a difference how much you pay for it.

I've got a very nasty feeling I bought the same one from a funky designer furniture place in Holborn. Bum!

 

[phaedrus]

How in the hell do you break/wear out a loo seat?? No, wait. Probably best not to explain.

 

[Fnaar]

Right then, 'fess up everyone:
Who leaves it up?
Who leaves it down?

I know the usual 'debate' is as to why men (who lift the seat in order to pee) don't put it down again, but there should (imho) be a new debate about the lid (which only posh people had when I were a lad, but now seems ubiquitous).
I'm a stickler for putting this down too... no matter if it was #1s or #2s

But I'm the only one in my house (otherwise populated by females) who does so... ooh, it does annoy me...

 

[Davidc]

1. Improve your aim and keep corrosive liquids off the seat mechanism.

2. If the gas you're releasing rots through the seat mechanism that fast you should wear breathing apparatus!

I got fed up with the complaints about the seat being up and put up a sign once saying "Will female users please lift the seat after use. (Or stop complaining if it's wet when you sit on it)". My son approved but it caused ructions from the wife and daughter!!!!!

 

[Shaun]

The trick is to get them fastened as tight as possible when you first fit them.

Otherwise you can end up with a sideways creep and broken hinges. The rubber rests that stop it clanging down on the bowl don't always align correctly with the edges of the bowl and can jockey for position and force it to one side or the other. This movement breaks the hinges and that's when the trip to the DIY store becomes necessary.

Well, at least that's what my mate the plumber told me ...

 

[661-Pete]

One thing that really infuriates me is the toilet seat that won't stay up when you lift it (usually due to the hinges having been fixed the wrong way around). So I have to hold it with one hand during the 'performance'. Bummer!