'Toilet seat' advice..which to buy?

kippers

We had a lovely plastic toilet seat for the last 7 years which finally broke last week. We bought a new one for £8 from wilkinsons but it keeps moving and then breaking. Obviously we will be taking it back, but I don't know what to buy in it's place.

I want another white seat. It doesn't matter if it's plastic or wood, but I don't want it to move around when we sit on it.

I've looked at a couple of different ones on the Argos website but they have really mixed reviews, so i thought i would turn to my moneysaving experts on here.

Can anyone recommend a not too expensive good, non-slip toilet seat to buy?

Thank you

wallbash

£8 is cheap , very cheap .... too cheap

But its not the seat thats the problem , its the inability to tighten the wing nut .
Is the design wrong .?? on all seats .

Seen this fix

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/LOOSE-TOILET-SEAT-HINGES-Get-the-professional-fix_W0QQitemZ280421863733QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_HG_Toilets_RL?hash=item414a721135

Would it work ?? logic says yes . Try it out and report back

kippers

Thanks. I have ordered one. Will let you know if it works.

wallbash

Would really appreciate the information.

maybe1

The toilet seat from Aldi I bought was cheap and doesn't move.

buyitall

My most recent one is the white one from ikea and it doesn't move.

jenniewb

Prob too late but I also got mine from Ikea, it wont move unless I chose to take it off the fittings. Is about 5 years old now and was about £5 or £8 or something, wooden and still many years life in it yet!

kippers

wallbash wrote: »

£8 is cheap , very cheap .... too cheap

But its not the seat thats the problem , its the inability to tighten the wing nut .
Is the design wrong .?? on all seats .

Seen this fix

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/LOOSE-TOILET-SEAT-HINGES-Get-the-professional-fix_W0QQitemZ280421863733QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_HG_Toilets_RL?hash=item414a721135

Would it work ?? logic says yes . Try it out and report back

Received it today and fitted it and it has solved the problem. Thank you so much. We were ready to pay alot more for a seat that didn't move so you have saved us money. (The seat we got from wilkinson for £8 was nice and comfy but just kept wobbling, so now that is fixed we are happy).

wallbash

Thats really great news , thanks for the update.
And for those that rightly said Aldi /Ikea / etc did not move . great, but because of the design , will it move in the future??

We all use a thin rod , in a wide hole!!
Then expect a flat washer to keep it all secure .
The logic of a shaped washer :T

rugbymum

As OP said, there is so much expert help on this forum I sincerely hope that someone out there can help!
I desperately need a loo seat that will solve ALL of the following issues:
Wobbly seats
Rotting hinges (YES I do clean my loo obsessively EVERY day!
Slamming seat
Lid Breaking
Snapping hinges
Wooden ones going yucky underneath (Please see Above re Cleaning)
I seem to be getting a new seat every year, and I am having do a lot of maintainence in the meantime, i'm really not sure what my family are doing!
We are a large (ish) family with only one loo. I do clean the loo at least once a day (sometimes more often - 4 blokes!)
PLEASE HELP!!!!!!!!!!!:D

wallbash

Quote .... Wobbly seats
Rotting hinges (YES I do clean my loo obsessively EVERY day!
Slamming seat
Lid Breaking
Snapping hinges
Wooden ones going yucky underneath


Go for a plastic , slow closing model , ' cant' :eek: be slammed down so it will last
And plastic will not rot .

And yes I know a wooden seat is nicer , treat yourself to an expensive one
( I had walnut :rotfl:) when the boys leave home.