A friend explained they were unable to remove their toilet seat and sent me some poor quality photos of the underside fixings, which I assumed was a butterfly nut, so went along with some long nosed pliers thinking it would be easy to remove.
I was wrong and after 30 mins I gave up!
The seat connection to the pan looks like this:
There doesn't appear to be anything that can be unscrewed/removed from above.
Underneath the toilet, on close inspection, the "butterfly nut" is actually some plastic pushed into the hole and then what looks like a nut is screwed into this:
I have been unable to get anything to grip onto the nut and turn it as the nut is really embedded into the plastic fittings. I thought about trying a socket screwdriver but there's a large bolt immediately below it, which holds the toilet to the wall and that is in the way!
I did wonder if maybe the plastic fitting needs to be turned, rather than the nut itself, which actually looks round, rather than hexagonal, in the photo! However, I suspect the purpose of the plastic fitting is to give the nut a firm grip and protect the pan from being damaged.
As a last resort, I'm considering cutting through the toilet seat above, near the fixings, so that I can then use the metal fixing to unscrew the bolt from the nut i.e. unscrew from above, rather than below. Obviously, if this fails, I've just broken the toilet seat, and still not managed to remove it!!
Any thoughts on the best way to remove it?
Thanks.
I was wrong and after 30 mins I gave up!
The seat connection to the pan looks like this:
There doesn't appear to be anything that can be unscrewed/removed from above.
Underneath the toilet, on close inspection, the "butterfly nut" is actually some plastic pushed into the hole and then what looks like a nut is screwed into this:
I have been unable to get anything to grip onto the nut and turn it as the nut is really embedded into the plastic fittings. I thought about trying a socket screwdriver but there's a large bolt immediately below it, which holds the toilet to the wall and that is in the way!
I did wonder if maybe the plastic fitting needs to be turned, rather than the nut itself, which actually looks round, rather than hexagonal, in the photo! However, I suspect the purpose of the plastic fitting is to give the nut a firm grip and protect the pan from being damaged.
As a last resort, I'm considering cutting through the toilet seat above, near the fixings, so that I can then use the metal fixing to unscrew the bolt from the nut i.e. unscrew from above, rather than below. Obviously, if this fails, I've just broken the toilet seat, and still not managed to remove it!!
Any thoughts on the best way to remove it?
Thanks.