Loo seats
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Amanda P
Legendary Member
- Location
- York. Well, York-ish...
That seems like the only cue I'll ever get to tell this story:
I usually get changed after cycling to work in the loo near my locker. It's quite a small space, with a wall-mounted hand dryer directly opposite the toilet (bear with me).
So, I've changed all my clothes and I'm sitting on the toilet lid tying my shoe laces. Having finished, I launch myself forward off the toilet lid to stand up and bash the back of my head on the underside of the hand dryer. Stunned, I collapse back down onto the toilet lid, which can't stand the impact and cracks. A triangular piece the size of a dorito shoots off, ricochets off the wall and hits me in the face, causing a small scratch.
Further, the loo was rather optimistically only fastened to the wall and floor with mastic, and so starts to leak from its joint to the soil pipe.
I thought about explaining all this to the maintenance people, but instead just left a note suggesting they fix it.
e-rider
Banned member
- Location
- South West
cheap plastics ones tend to crack, especially if you like to sit on the lid! I find those wooden shiny white BEMIS ones last years and years
fossyant
Ride It Like You Stole It!
- Location
- South Manchester
There is your answer - get one designed for fattie Americans......
As folk say, you can never tell what's going to last. In the last 15 years we've been through a fair few, usually the hinge failing. I generally have a good gander at the hinge, then change key parts like the wing nuts for ones that will last.
Our down-stairs loo, had a cheap white plastic seat fitted when we bought the house 15 years ago, guess what, it's still there, and the only part we've replaced was a plastic hinge, everything else has been fine. The upstairs loo...oh possibly 6-8 'quality' loo seats in that time...........
Fnaar
Smutmaster General
- Location
- Thumberland
While we're on the subject, do you remember primary school loo 'seats' where the 'seat' consisted of a couple of curved bits of wood stuck to the top of the bog? I do, cos i'm getting old.
Or those seats which were missing the very front bit...
What were those all about then?
Or those seats which were missing the very front bit...
What were those all about then?
Next time, look down, and all will be explained...
OK, I have a 'toilet' story, though not specifically seat-related. Absolute honest truth. A few years ago: there was I, on a business trip, dossed down in some poxy Travelwotsit hotel just off the M1. In the morning, go for a no.2, oops! toilet blocked. No bog-brush in sight. Call the reception desk, they say "don't worry sir, we'll get it fixed etc. etc." Meeting all morning, but at lunchtime it's back to the hotel and I nip up to my room. What ho!? Three be-suited men hanging around in my room, prodding said toilet with coathangers and the like. I say, WTF's going on, they say you made a complaint about the toilet, I said yes, I was expecting a plumber. These three men wearing suits, mark you: one of them looked like he might be the manager. Talk about embarrassment!
I turned tail and fled. There are times when you really don't want people poking around your t**ds...!
Fnaar
Smutmaster General
- Location
- Thumberland
I like this one:
and these:
and these:
We go through at least one a year and we have three toilets. I have two boys (corrosion then, closely followed by unintentional damage on their part) and me (multiple visits daily, acid splashback, etc. ). So yes, you can wear them out. It does pay to buy the best, they do last longer.
Oh and don't bother to buy those fancy self closing lids, they break very easily despite having a 5 year guarantee. What you want is a good quality wood seat with rust resistant fittings. Plastic lasts longer but doesn't have the same comfort factor.
beanzontoast
Guru
- Location
- South of The Peaks
I saw a Santa toilet seat cover last weekend. Why would anyone want him on their loo seat?
Why not go the whole hog and have Santa bog paper too?
Why not go the whole hog and have Santa bog paper too?
Fnaar
Smutmaster General
- Location
- Thumberland
asterix
Comrade Member
- Location
- Limoges or York
Wow! I would never have thought of calling a plumber to fit a lavatory seat!!
How the other 0.5 live, eh?
How the other 0.5 live, eh?
