Spec me a toilet seat

DXP55

DXP55

DXP55

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When we did bathroom 11 years ago we somehow by accident picked best toilet seat we have ever had. The toilet itself is nothing special -just a RAK Comfort but it has the best seat hinges I have ever come across - No matter which way you sat on seat in wipe mode the lid never moved to the side.
The soft close packed up 6 yrs ago and I managed to get a replacement pair of hinges -Same has happened again but no one has these hinges anymore.
After first fail I did buy a new RAK seat with soft close and quick removable seat but it suffered from lean movement.
So every seat I have looked at in last few days has the same seat fixings which are two round bits with a metal post sticking up -just like one I bought before.
So can anyone reccommend a seat with hinges that stay put - I could probably have glued those round hinges onto pan but you shouldn't have to.

These are the old hinges and the seat and lid fixing holes slide onto those plastic bits which makes it impossible for the fitting to twist -that chrome fitting sits on a metal plate that is fixed to the pan -similar to towel rail fixings then tighten grub screw up.

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Shame you didn't get any replies. Finding a toilet seat where it doesn't work loose/the hinges don't break/the plastic stays white and doesn't yellow is a pita. I've no answer, I came on here looking for recommendations.
 
I recently fitted one like this (same make but not same seat)

Quick release for easy cleaning (just push down and it clicks and you lift off)

Seems decent

www.screwfix.com

Soft-Close with Quick-Release Toilet Seat Duraplast White - Screwfix

Order online at Screwfix.com. Duraplast. Quick-release, soft-close toilet seat. FREE next day delivery available, free collection in 1 minute.
www.screwfix.com www.screwfix.com
 
Thanks lads - The problem was solved within a week of my post -I found another RAK seat and lid and although the hinges were different (two pegs) the fittings were pretty good and fixed seat firmly - So far to date it hasn't moved sideways on wipe stroke yet.
Much bulkier seat than old one but it works and does the job.
 
DXP55 said:
Thanks lads - The problem was solved within a week of my post -I found another RAK seat and lid and although the hinges were different (two pegs) the fittings were pretty good and fixed seat firmly - So far to date it hasn't moved sideways on wipe stroke yet.
Much bulkier seat than old one but it works and does the job.
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Don't you stand up to wipe?
 
You Neanderthals still haven't found the 3 Seashells method then :D

Our soft close recently went pop and 5 years. Might check out the Screwfix as suggested above.
 
aVdub said:
You Neanderthals still haven't found the 3 Seashells method then :D

Our soft close recently went pop and 5 years. Might check out the Screwfix as suggested above.
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I bought it this morning. Recommendation: avoid.

It only came with top down fixings, which pulled out whenever I tried to disconnect the toilet seat (which is required during the installation instructions to get the distance right before you tighten everything up.

In the end I used the bottom fixings from the previous toilet seat to hold it in place. The click-off is already dodgy on one side and the soft close goes boink - boink as each layer hits the toilet rim.

I've seen (and used) better. Unfortunately seat manufacturers don't add their branding, or the next time I was staying somewhere with good ones I'd be jotting down who it is, like I do with other fixtures and fittings.
 
the idea of a quick-release toilet seat is more amusing - it's the hinge mechanism which is difficult to clean
equally if the neighbours are really using wet-wipes for cleaning toilet seats/bathrooms that helps explain the drain blockages we occasionally have;
and the water companies could remonstrate that the stupidity of the consumer is partly the cause for the sewerage 'spills'
 
Harnser said:
I bought it this morning. Recommendation: avoid.

It only came with top down fixings, which pulled out whenever I tried to disconnect the toilet seat (which is required during the installation instructions to get the distance right before you tighten everything up.

In the end I used the bottom fixings from the previous toilet seat to hold it in place. The click-off is already dodgy on one side and the soft close goes boink - boink as each layer hits the toilet rim.

I've seen (and used) better. Unfortunately seat manufacturers don't add their branding, or the next time I was staying somewhere with good ones I'd be jotting down who it is, like I do with other fixtures and fittings.
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Odd I didnt/dont have any of the issues you say you have had
Are you sure you have fitted it correctly, it doesn't sound like it to me

jpaul said:
the idea of a quick-release toilet seat is more amusing - it's the hinge mechanism which is difficult to clean
equally if the neighbours are really using wet-wipes for cleaning toilet seats/bathrooms that helps explain the drain blockages we occasionally have;
and the water companies could remonstrate that the stupidity of the consumer is partly the cause for the sewerage 'spills'
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the hinges come off as well, all your left with is like 2 metal spikes, the whole of the top lid, seat and hinges come off as a unit
 
Mercenary Keyboard Warrior said:
Odd I didnt/dont have any of the issues you say you have had
Are you sure you have fitted it correctly, it doesn't sound like it to me
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There's parts to fix it a single way: a plastic rawl plug thingy in each hole in the toilet; a plastic circle with a slot in it next, and then the bolt through the slot and into the rawl plug.

With the bolt fully in the rawl plug didn't hold without moving as the seat went down and would lift a bit. Toilet holes were 14mm diameter IIRC so in the right range for the rawl plug. Ditto when pulling up on the seat after pushing the quick release button - I lifted out the rawl plugs.

TBH I don't see how they would stay in place, as it's a glossy ceramic in the hole and the plug isn't made of rubber (no sniggering at the back) but ridged plastic(?) so it was never going to have staying power even when expanded to its maximum.
 
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