Toilet Seat Not Staying Up

[KennyPowers]

Hi All,

Got one of those slow close toilet seats (Croydex) to replace a 'bog' standard plastic one.

Even with the seat in the most forward position (away from the cistern), the lid and seat don't always stay up. The old seat never had this issue.

Has anyone else had problems like this? I think the easiest solution is to revert back to a basic one again.

 

[JohnD]

how many hands have you got?

 

[just pumps]

Stand sideways on a you just need a knee.

 

[Charlie George]

problem solved

 

[Bosswhite]

Welcome to the problems of refitting toilet seats , I gave up that side of plumbing years ago

 

[big-all]

what you need to do is throw the center off gravity further away from the cistern
if the hinge is between the holes in the toilet you need to rotate the brackets to bring the hinge a few mm further away from the cistern and parallel

 

[dilalio]

For the short time I get to be at home, I’m either so tired, pi$$ed, or both that I have to sit down... keeps the management happy!

In fact it’s what I’m doing right now

 

[Combicert]

For the short time I get to be at home, I’m either so tired, pi$$ed, or both that I have to sit down... keeps the management happy!

In fact it’s what I’m doing right now

What a coincidence... me too.

 

[KennyPowers]

The hinge is as far away from the cistern as I can get it.

It seems all toilet seats are slightly different, so a bit of a gamble whether the one you buy will fit properly?

I did see something online about trying to level the cistern using the bolts underneath. I'll give that a go, but if that don't work I think I'll have to buy/try another one.

It's a bit of a willy-whacker at the moment!

 

[Hot&Cold]

It seems all toilet seats are slightly different,

Very much so and wc pans vary a lot aswell,plenty of toiletseat finder internet services available.

dont suppose you know the manufacture of the toilet,some have seat fixing holes very close to the pan and universal seats dont fit so well.

Can the soft close tension be altered,have fitted a few wirquin seats and they adjust. good luck

 

[KennyPowers]

Went to Screwfix and bought the Cooke & Lewis slow close one - more adjust-ability in the hinge are - problem solved

Wish I had bought that one in the first place, instead of the 'Croydex Circumciser 9000'!