How to Change a Toilet Seat
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- Опубліковано 20 сер 2024
- In this video I show you how I replaced a cheap, laminated wood effect toilet seat with a decent quality solid wood toilet seat.
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In life you get what you pay for, and the wood effect toilet seat, which came with the toilet, which I fitted a couple of years ago in our bathroom, has not worn well. The rubber washers that cushion the seat brackets from the toilet had split, causing the seat to move around too freely. Also, the seat itself has delaminated - meaning that the wood effect laminate has separated away from the mdf core beneath - which is not particularly hygienic.
So I went on-line, and bought a ROPER RHODES "Malvern" solid wood toilet seat.
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Thank you for this. My toilet seat broke and I got an instant sinking feeling. I've never had to change one before and I've had a string of bad luck with tradesmen. So I turned to the good old UA-cam.
I know you mentioned it not being the most complicated of tasks, but some of us have honestly not known this. I've definitely been conditioned to think any DIY task is too hard for me alone and I need a mans help.
So thank you for taking the time to film and talk through a quick simple task. It was explained and shown very clearly and effectively. Thank you for sharing your knowledge and helping others become more independent 😊
Thanks, what a lovely comment. It was to empower people like your good self that I set up this Channel, so I'm so honoured the message is working. Good luck with your repair. 🙏
Same I'm on my own and mine has just broke 😭😭
flowerpower26: I don't need a man's help. Also flowerpower26: *Thanks a man for his help*
@@MrRhurbarb she still did it herself 🧏🏾♀️
I had no idea it was so easy! Thankyou for explaining it.I will definitely try and replace my wonky toilet seat myself now!
You're very welcome Helena 👍🏻
Never knew it was so easy! Definitely going to change my toilet seat as its very woobly, thank you for making such a clear tutorial!
You're very welcome Caitlin. Go for it 👍💪
This is one thing I need to learn as I'm now training to be a professional plumber, thanks for showing this in the vid, much appreciated.
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Thank you so much...replacing mine today. So easy and I don't need a tradie or a man to replace the toilet within few mins. Very helpful indeed 👌
I never knew a UA-cam channel could make me so happy......after many weeks of enduring a wonky toilet seat .thanks to Charlie I've managed to install a new toilet seat myself ....I don't deserve to be so happy (^?^)
Great work, and thanks for the comment 👍
Thank you so much! I've been trying to fit in my mum's toilet seat for weeks and I did it within 2 mins after watching this video I didn't know how easy it was 🙈
Great work Ayesha, and thanks for letting me know. 👌👏
thank you for this now i can fix the toilet seat in my bathroomwithout my family bitching saying i done it wrong.
You can't
Thank you Charlie.. hubby would have called in a plumber but with your help, I did it!!
My toilet seat actually CAME OFF yesterday... and crashed down onto the toilet brush holder shattering it into bits! One of the metal bolts had rusted through completely allowing the whole kit and kaboodle to slide off. Mind you, the loo was installed in 1967... can't complain, eh!? I was going to replace the bolt, but no... it's Christmas 2020! Feeling inspired to tackle the job... liked the video!!
Aw, that's bad luck! Yes, it's enormously satisfying replacing the seat. Good luck with it 👍
Thank you! Was postponing installing mine for months and got it done in a few minutes. Appreciate the tutorial
Hi Joana, that's great news. Really glad you found it useful - thanks so much for getting in touch.
Thank you so much! That was a clear explanation and demonstration 10/10! On changing a toilet seat, I know what I’ll be doing tomorrow 🙂
You're very welcome. Thanks for the comment and I hope the replacement goes smoothly. 👍
I watched the video and I have to admit that your old toilet seat was better than this new one that you installed.
It's amazing how much better and better quality old things are made than new ones.
You just had to tighten the old toilet seat, that's why today we have fittings for the toilet seat, which is cheaper than buying a new one.
Thankyou! I don’t know how I got to nearly forty without ever doing this job but the problem presented itself this weekend. Now I know what to do!
You're welcome. Good luck with the replacement 👊
Wtf!! So easy was gonna pay a handyman to do this in my new flat but I will do it on Sunday!! THANKS
Defo do that yourself!! Good luck. 👍🏻🤞🏻
Thank-you - clearly demonstrated, with no waffle.
What does one do when the wing-nut of the old seat is rusted and can't be removed?
Made a copy of the video for future use! Life saver the instructions are beyond useless! Missing half the information From the makers!
yours are to the point 👉
Big credit to you and youtube
You LITERALLY SAVED MY ARSE!! 😂
Thanks Jonathan 👊👍
Why am I even here? I was the special kid in design technology. "Oh yeah mum I can sort that, noooo problemooooo"
Thank you so much. I've been waiting to have someone do this for me for ages but with your help I did it myself. You're a star.
Yey, great work Wilma 👌
Thankyou! Very clearly explained. Planning to do this myself and not wait till my hubby gets round to it. 👍🏻👍🏻
You're welcome. Yes, go for it. Pretty straight forward and it will be very satisfying when you complete it.
Thank you for this video… i now feel confident that i can change my loo seat on my own ! 😊
Glad you found it useful 👊
And I must thank you because I have managed to fix the toilet seat that keeps sliding. 👍👍👍
😊great demo......i intend changing my toilet seat before i fall off mine.... thanks!!
Much appreciated, sometimes its the simplist of DIY thats perfect for reassurance, thank you
You're very welcome. Glad you found it useful.
To think I was about to call a plumber or some one for help. Good-looking lad gets to the point its a yes from me😇❤️🏆💯
Thanks Barbarita. Really glad you found it useful 👍
And it's a big fat yes from me as judges on BGT / AGT say. Hahahaha
Thank you. This was simple, but I didn't know where to start it.
Thank you. I watched others do this, but you were the one who showed clearly in which order the rubber washer thingy / metal washer / wingnut went on underneath. I'm sure seasoned loo fitters will laugh at me for not knowing - but...I did not know. For example, some 'handy' types assume we know which way round that rubber conical type washer you used is meant to go. They want to show us how _quick and easy_ everything is - so they do things _too_ quickly like a magician doing sleight of hand.
All we see is a giant hand over the "minor" bits of equipment. Thwarted again by The Hand. My heart sinks. It is NOT "instinctive" with me. I need to be shown everything. My loo seat is now fitted and I feel like a rock star.
Thanks Reese. I know how you feel - that epic feeling when you've done something you didn't think you could. Great work my friend and thank you for letting me know how you got on.
Thank you very much! This video great help me a lot with changing the two seats in my house. Thank you once again.
Thanks Antonio. Really pleased you found it useful. 👊
Looks straightforward & will hopefully fit the new beach scene seat 2moro.
Good luck Claire 🤞
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The seat I have just bought is a soft close. There is a diagram on the instructions showing a screwdriver to unscrew the screw on the hinge itself. Are we supposed to loosen something off or tighten it up? That's before we fit the seat.
Brilliant video. I must say im surprised in this day and age there isnt an easier way to fit a toilet seat rather than having to always go underneath to tighten it in very narrow spaces. Just have a mechanism whereby the toilet see slots into the hole and then locks itself in place somehow.
Wow i have had my new seat wobbling for a couple of months as i had no clue how to fix it,thank you so much for this i will try and fix it properly
Thanks Katrina. Hope you managed to fix it 🤞
Glad to see which way the nut and washers went in first.
Very good no nonsense video. In Australia such videos come with with this nausiating machoism that leaves one wondering what in gods name they are trying to teach us ! Thanks for the refreshing change. 👍
Thanks Patrick 👍🏻
Thank you!
Just changed my toilet seat that I bought this past December 😂😂😂✨🙏🙏🙏🇿🇦🇿🇦🇿🇦
Yey, great work, and thanks so much for letting me know. 👍
Thank you for sharing this video it was soooo helpful, you saved me so much time to fix my toilet seats 👍 you are the best 👏
You're very welcome. Thanks for the comment 👍
Effortlessly explained.Thank you sir👍
Thanks Charlie for a DIY fix, it's a huge poop though that blocked the toilet.
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This helped me out massively in 2024
"Sit flush".... :) Great pun!! :)
Love it 🤣
Cheers mate, I was about to throw the new one out the window then watched your vid, thanks for saving my new glitter toilet seat, it's now very sturdy, have very saw fingers though lol😀👍
Great work Amiee - glad you sorted it 👍
@@CharlieDIYte many thanks 😀
Great video!
Going to try and fix my broken toilet seat with your helpful video!
Thanks a ton!
Good luck Henri save thanks for the comment 👊
@@CharlieDIYte I managed to change my toilet seat from some 15+ year old one! Thanks Charlie for your help!
I just put up my new toilet seat, unfortunately i hadn't realized that MDF was a bit narky, no matter how tight i tighten the plastic bolts at the bottom, the seat still moves from side to side a bit, thinking now of changing it to this version with the metal bolts.
Having the exact same issue... Everything is perfect except for that side-shift as if the arms themself are loose 🥴
Fit a new toilet seat today. For some reason the seat pads only touch the toilet at the back but they're totally raised at the front and only touch the ceramic when you sit on the seat or apply pressure? You can fit your hand between the seat and the ceramic at the front even though they're pressed against it at the back.
No machinery !! Thanks for video
You're welcome. Thanks for the comment 👊
Good video, really educational. Thank you
Thanks Kirsty. Glad you found it useful 👊
May be an easy job but your clear description and showing the way all the bits fit were invaulable.
Thanks Roy 👍
Im changing mine tomorrow hopefully this video works for plastic ones too! Thanks.
Hope the changeover went according to plan 👍🏻
Oh Charlie, I had high hopes but the main point I needed instruction on was how to remove the old seat, as putting the new one on would be relatively easy ... the old seat does not have any wing nuts, they are fixed to the toilet bowl.
Sorry to hear this. There are some really tricky designs out there. Maybe send me some photos to charliediyte@gmail.com and I'll see if I can help further.
Not complicated but very helpful. Thanks.
Thanks Noel 👍🏻
Thank you for helping!
I give this video 5 stars because you are very handsome....oh, and the video was good too
Thanks Julian - I'll take that every day :)
lol Julian!
Lovely clear explanation. thank you so much
Refit new toilet seat 3 times now and it's STILL got wobble - sitting flush with the bowl but it's still shifting from side to side - I think it's the bracket that's loose because it's solid from the washers down. Having to force it to the side just to line it up but it just keeps shifting again... About to throw it out the window. Oh and the "arms" were rotating as I was screwing in the long screwy go into bowl holes things so I did my best to turn them back round and line them up like you had in the video - I didn't try and tighten the screws holding seat to brackets as they were already flush with it and looked fine...
Sorry to hear that. Sounds like it's not tightening for some reason. Could it be that the bolts aren't right for your toilet bowl - ie the screw threads aren't looking enough?
Hi Charlie & Pott2k8,
I have just watched Charlie’s video, 5yrs after he posted it! No doubt you are well sorted by now I hope 😅, but just in case someone else encounters the same problem, here’s how I found my fix.
I thought it would be so straight forward as the fittings were exactly as Charlie’s but alas, my toilet seat was screwed really tight, but still it wobbled, exactly as you mentioned. I removed it and realised that the screw inside the bracket where you fix the screw onto needed tightening, once you had lined up the holes! Job done! Charlie’s seat obviously had a different mechanism in his brackets, hence he didn’t need to demonstrate this step. Hope this helps someone.
Thanks a lot! very helpful!!
Thanks for sharing. Just bought the same toilet seat.
Very good explanation. Thank you
Thanks Geraldine 👍🏻
Yes got the jest of this
how about a toilet set which is in an enclosed area and do not hv any release clips built in with the lid section
Thanks! That's what I needed
Thank You, I had zero knowledge, UK.xx
You have no idea how much I needed this video. Thank you!
Glad to hear it Jasmine. Thanks for the comment 👍
Wish i had bought a seat like that. Had i done so, i would not have had to bother with a screwdriver and the job would have been over and done with in a few minutes
Thnku so much! subscribed
You're welcome - thanks so much for subscribing 👍
Omg I'm literally going to get a new toilet seat tomorrow 😊mine is wobbling away tbh I've put it off for a year 😩 because the thought if changing it made me queasy but looks so simple. I'm only thinking my toilet is not set up like that underneath are they all pretty much this simple ?
Yes you'll need to make sure you buy one that has the same or similar fixings. 👍
Unbelievably easy
Thanks for sharing. Very helpful. 🙏🏽
Going to change my toilet seat now thanks to your video as i cannot stand waiting for my husband to do it thanks.
I just replaced mine and found the old wing nuts rusted on, so wearing some disposable gloves I sprayed some furniture polish on my hand and then unscrewed them with ease wearing the gloves .
Good thinking - nice work!
Well that looked simple enough. How's that wood seat bearing up now out of interest? I note I'm watching this 6 years later. Im looking to replace a toilet seat from a toilet we had new in 2016 (so 7 years ago) so debating whether to change the soft close seat (stained) or get the same whole new toilet (RAK ceramics). Im on my own so no one to assist as such so thats why watching this. The toilet leaks a bit inside the basin but apart from that is ok. Have got insurance that covers leaking toilets etc. Thank you!
Still in place and going strong. It could probably do with some new rubber gaskets or whatever they're called under the brackets but it's testament to the fact that if you buy quality it pays off long term.
Such good video really helpful thanks
You're welcome. Thanks for the comment. 👊
One thing I wondered about was which way to undo the wing nuts on the old toilet. As the seat is turned to put it on, will that mean you undo them clockwise. As I've needed to spray them to get them off, i don't want to make matters worse by tightening them lol
Exactly same seat set up that I have but the seat just won't stop shifting after a week
Tried tightening even with pliers but same result after a week
Bought new fixings but same result after week
Absolutely do need advice as its been 6 weeks of sliding seat
Sorry to hear that. Get some clear silicone Degrease all surfaces thoroughly and put a thin layer of silicone between the toilet and washer (the parts that are slipping). Leave it to set and that should sort the problem.
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Not your fault Charlie.
Can you do small video of where the silicone goes please .
So helpful thank you so much
You're welcome. Thanks for the comment 👊
Excellent ty
Cheers Charlie! Im ready to fit my new lav seat in the dunnie...and its WOOD!
Thanks and good luck with the replacement 👍🏻
Thanks much👍👍👍
You're welcome 👍
I have plastic wing nuts, the one had lost its one wing and it is in close proximity to the wall, could be a pain to undo/remove
Tell me about it..
Its probably easier to change the clutch on a car lol. Gonna install my toilet today
Thank you for sharing this information about the toilet lids. I wish that you have translation in Arabic .
Sorry about that. Does Google not have a subtitle option you can switch on?
Been searching for ages and can't find a video on it
Nice demo. Thanks !
Thanks for this. Really helpful
You're very welcome Susan. Thanks for the comment 🙏
What if the (plastic) wingnuts holding the old seat on were apparently applied by A.Schwartzenegger and are impossible to loosen?
Thanks so much
You're welcome 👊
This is quality content!
Kenneth FC Thanks - really appreciate that!
Can you tell me why 1 side of the toilet bracket is always loose please? I've just had the whole thing off to screw in the long pin properly but it's still loose so I'm guessing that's not the issue
Having the exact same issue - everything is fine apart from that side-shift as if one of the actual arms are loose 😔
@@Potts2k8 I fixed mine, gotta take the toilet seat off and tighten the little screw with an allen key. Problem solved :)
Hi Charlie. I've tried to find a seat like that in Roper Rhodes' collection but all their wooden seats seam to be soft close now. I'm aiming for a white seat and not sure if white is going to fair well as a paint finish on a wood seat though so might need to stick with plastic. I suppose solid wood has the advantage that if it's durability means lit lasts long enough for the finish to be the weak link you could always strip it and respray it. I was taken by the idea of the Roper Rhodes top fix set up and quick release hinges. Then I wondered if maybe the quick release thing was actually a solution to a problem created by big bulky soft close mechanisms, namely cleaning... I guess I might have to look elsewhere for something like the one you fitted. Are there any similar alternatives you could recommend? Those minimal hinges look great for cleaning access and no waiting for the b****y lid to go down before flushing. 👍
Thank you that is really useful.
Life saver.... thank you
Honeybee Thanks!
Looks like a well made seat.
+Zed Man They're pretty good, mate. I put one in the other toilet a couple of years ago and it looks as good as the day I bought it.
Zed Man k
@@CharlieDIYte have they been discontinued since this videos been uploaded?? I can seem to find it anywhere!!!
Thank you for this information so well presented
Thanks Mary 🙏
i cannot loosen plastic wing nuts because they are in a very awkward position any suggestions please?
Did you ever figure out what to do
You lifted the lid on the replacement technique.
Those cheap hinges on the new one are always a nightmare after a while.
Just wanted to check shouldn't there be like plastic inserts that push into the toilet bowl itself, in which the toilet seat threads go through??.
I think each seat manufacturer does this differently Mark but those inserts would make a lot of sense. You could alternatively improvise with clear silicone before you are the seat down although this would make it more difficult to remove later..
This was good but I can’t move the nut under the seat!!.. I’m really stuck with it … ‘’’’ ok righty tighty…. Lefty lucy’’’’ but abut which way do i turn the nut??? It’s driving me mad… and i have put a lot of WD 40 …. Need your help please 🙏🏼
Thanks for the video. Are the bolt holes always the same distance apart?
Pretty sure they are. It's worth checking though before you buy. The biggest issue is finding a toilet seat to correctly match the shape of your pan.
Thanks for the reply. I've just spent hours and hours on ebay looking for the best one, lol.@@CharlieDIYte
Thanks
How do I know what toilet see to buy that will match the holes in the toilet bowl
Any tips for women who don't have the strength in their hands to tighten it enough? Getting a new one soon as I have the movement you have too, drives me nuts!! 😂
Hi Carolyn, a pair of long nosed pliers might help. 🤔
In the UK, how do you measure for the correct size of seat? How many different sizes of seat are there? My toilet seat has just cracked and I’m trying to fit it myself, but haven’t a clue what size or type to buy. The current seat slides into a panel screwed down, would I need to purchase the same type of toilet seat? Thanks
Hi Clare, yes sounds like you might need a similar design of seat. Can you see what make the toilet is and Google replacements for that?