Replacing toilet seat

DXP55 · 21 Jun 2022 at 13:56

I have booked myself in for a full day to change my toilet seat - I have all the tools laid out on garage work bench - I have 20 rolls of PTFE tape - two tubes of Fenox sealer - I have tubes of mastic ready. I have tested stop valves to toilet and main stop cook in road along with one under the sink.
I have already cut off the mastic around base of the pan -the two screws at bottom of pan have been out and well vaselined - The two holding tank in place should come out.
I have set up the Porta Potty ready and filled.
I am ready to go.
Do you think this will be a walkover or will I have problems ?

Mercenary Keyboard Warrior · 21 Jun 2022 at 14:04

Worst parts will be alignment, waste and incoming water.
Rest should be a doddle

BUDFORCE · 21 Jun 2022 at 14:30

I managed to fix the throttle position sensor on a motorcycle once.

Involved taking the airbox and some of the throttle body, assembly, a load of electrical cables, air hoses etc off.

Then I had to use a trick to get the fault codes from the ECU, find the right connections for this sensor, get the correct resistance values from the workshop manual I managed to get hold of, then using a meter slowly adjust until the resistance was within tolerance, test the bike etc

I'm no mechanic, and didn't really know what I was doing but the managed to fix it, and it's been working fine since.

I was pretty proud of myself.

Doing a toilet seat? **** that lol. Those things literally never go on properly.

Participant · 21 Jun 2022 at 14:40

DXP55 said:
I have set up the Porta Potty ready and filled.

Why didn't you just do it in the current toilet?

the-evaluator · 21 Jun 2022 at 14:46

Am I missing something or are you replacing more than just the bog seat? It reads like you're replacing the entire crapper.

Thekwango · 21 Jun 2022 at 14:49

you're replacing the toilet seat. not the whole damn toilet. what you turning water off for, madman!!

200sols · 21 Jun 2022 at 14:50

It'll be easy. I'd probably chop the existing copper back to the wall and stick a speed fit valve and flexi tail on there to make the job super easy. Mcalpine flexi pan connector as well and job done, 30 minutes work.

the-evaluator · 21 Jun 2022 at 14:52

Thekwango said:
you're replacing the toilet seat. not the whole damn toilet. what you turning water off for, madman!!

I'm glad I'm not the only one that's confused.

Mercenary Keyboard Warrior · 21 Jun 2022 at 14:55

Hes put seat but I am 99% sure he means the whole thing.

200sols said:
It'll be easy. I'd probably chop the existing copper back to the wall and stick a speed fit valve and flexi tail on there to make the job super easy. Mcalpine flexi pan connector as well and job done, 30 minutes work.

Good point on the flexi, I did that on my bathroom, flexi with an isolator to the loo

I have no idea how the original plumber managed to connect the water to the loo with the 10mm pipe, it seemed to be under pressure, i suspect he fitted that before finally positioned it.
He was a bit of a cowbow though, lots of things obviously snag fixed (such as hot and cold water pipes under bath having to cross etc)

200sols · 21 Jun 2022 at 15:00

Mercenary Keyboard Warrior said:
Hes put seat but I am 99% sure he means the whole thing.

Good point on the flexi, I did that on my bathroom, flexi with an isolator to the loo

I have no idea how the original plumber managed to connect the water to the loo with the 10mm pipe, it seemed to be under pressure, i suspect he fitted that before finally positioned it.
He was a bit of a cowbow though, lots of things obviously snag fixed (such as hot and cold water pipes under bath having to cross etc)

Plumbers fitting things under pressure like that is the cause of so many leaks down the line, really no excuse for it.

happy_2008 · 21 Jun 2022 at 15:12

Whole day to replace a toilet seat? Literally a 5 min job

DXP55 · 21 Jun 2022 at 15:21

Old age is going to be the Death of Me.

That toilet I fitted 12 yrs ago when we came here and I stripped out old one and refitted it so I thought the seat fittings were held on with a long bolt and wing nut underneath like it used to be. -There is no way I could have got my hand under there to remove wingnuts so my only option was take it all out and renew the seat.
Sitting here I opened new packet of fitting and found I did it from the top - I just forgot how it was done - So I have already bought all new water inlet and flusher for the tank so everything was going to be renewed while it was out.

Now it looks like a 10 min job taking old seat and fittings off and putting new ones on - It's just a plastic expanding plug and a big screw.
Who is a stupid boy.

No matter I am happy as a lark now. I just didn't fancy the job at all.

ps - we need a icon of someone bending over and a boot kicking it.

happy_2008 · 21 Jun 2022 at 15:31

DXP55 said:
Old age is going to be the Death of Me.

That toilet I fitted 12 yrs ago when we came here and I stripped out old one and refitted it so I thought the seat fittings were held on with a long bolt and wing nut underneath like it used to be. -There is no way I could have got my hand under there to remove wingnuts so my only option was take it all out and renew the seat.
Sitting here I opened new packet of fitting and found I did it from the top - I just forgot how it was done - So I have already bought all new water inlet and flusher for the tank so everything was going to be renewed while it was out.

Now it looks like a 10 min job taking old seat and fittings off and putting new ones on - It's just a plastic expanding plug and a big screw.
Who is a stupid boy.

No matter I am happy as a lark now. I just didn't fancy the job at all.

ps - we need a icon of someone bending over and a boot kicking it.

Dont blame you, recently my toilet seat was wobbling and i sent good 20 mins trying to tighten up the screw at the bottom. Only realised after a while that caps were covering the screw from the top

was a proper blonde moment. No idea why i forgot, fitted a few toilet seats before haha.

Participant · 21 Jun 2022 at 16:19

L M A O O O o o o

Mercenary Keyboard Warrior · 21 Jun 2022 at 16:46

200sols said:
Plumbers fitting things under pressure like that is the cause of so many leaks down the line, really no excuse for it.

Honestly I just think its boiled down to greed and laziness now, no pride in their work and think because market rate is hundreds of pounds a day for a plumber that they are doing something difficult

Blackjack Davy · 21 Jun 2022 at 16:51

Mercenary Keyboard Warrior said:
Honestly I just think its boiled down to greed and laziness now, no pride in their work and think because market rate is hundreds of pounds a day for a plumber that they are doing something difficult

Had a wobbly toilet and called a plumber and he put two screws into the base and charged me forty quid for two minutes work in and out the front door... didn't solve the problem either as the floor which is only chipboard? Laminate? Needed replacing.

happy_2008 · 21 Jun 2022 at 16:53

Blackjack Davy said:
Had a wobbly toilet and called a plumber and he put two screws into the base and charged me forty quid for two minutes work in and out the front door... didn't solve the problem either as the floor which is only chipboard? Laminate? Needed replacing.

Sounds half the price of a call out charge. Seems fair if you take into account the travelling and money lost on another jobs. However, the fact that it didnt fix the problem is taking the.......

Deleted member 77746 · 21 Jun 2022 at 16:53