Loose toilet seat

[anotheoldgit]

Why do they manufacture two 25m/m diameter approx.hinge holes in toilet basins, when the toilet seat hinges only have 6m/m diameter approx.screwed rods, for securing the lid to the basin?

These screwed rods are also about 75m/m long, with a very fine thread, that take a nylon wing nut.

After one have taken ages screwing this wing nut up the thread to make contact with the underside of the toilet basin, one cannot get enough torque on the small wing nut so as to tighten it enough to stop the toilet seat from sliding around, inside the oversized hole.

One solution I am told is to purchase two rubber door stops. These can then be put into the toilet basin holes, as a kind of reducing bush. The screwed rod then goes through the centre hole of the door stop.

To date not tried it out yet.

[tezestwing]

there is another way just before you fully tighten up the underside wing nut leave enough gap for a thin cut nozzle of white silicon and squeeze some into the large hole until it just starts to come out then tighten up as you move into final position leave overnight to set then trim and solid for ever hth Tez

[Almendros]

Hi door stops would be too much of a problem, Look for some Plastic/rubber hose the diameter of the hole in the pedestal ( I am in Spain and use the butane tube which is just right) cut it just shorter than the depth of the hole so that the nut does not tighten down on it and thats that. A ready to hand method could be to use a wide roll of
drafting tape or similar and bind enough round the centre of the bolt to take up any slack. Good luck

[heathfield]

Or ask at your local plumbing supplier for 4 large rubber washers. They'll stop the fitting from sliding about on the glazed surface.

[chas2008]

one of the tricks i have used is a peice of rubber fuel pipe cut to length and inserted into the hole then insert the rod through it (helps working in the motor trade) works everytime, cant believe someone hasnt come up with something similiar to sell in the DIY shops or include it with the toilet fittings.

[heathfield]

Oh! I forgot to say... the reason the holes are so big is to allow for different makes of seat to be moved about so as to get the best fit on the top of the pan.

[DEN53]

We bought some of these from Ebay - they work a treat.

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk...J?hash=item35a514a5af

[dinkydoo]

They look brilliant, I will buy a set from e bay

[anotheoldgit]

Thank you all for your answers, especially DEN53, they look the correct thing for the job.

I have never used ebay before, so I will get someone to order for me.

[Naomicorlett]

I have just ordered some. They look brilliant . Thank you.

[Ding1e]

I used www.Toilidfix.co.uk and it worked fine. Only took a couple of minutes and I didn't even have to touch those fittings tucked around the back of the toilet bowl!

[Ding1e]

Sorry - I should have used a hyper link to save you the bother of retyping or cut and paste lol. http://www.toilidfix.co.uk

[sgakaz]

also use these to add extra stability Amazon.com User Recommendation