Toilet seat fixings?

[Billy Eyelash]

My toilet seat will not stay in place. It has a quick release mechanism and fits on two pins.
The fittings with the pins rotate about the fixings into the bowl, allowing the seat to move laterally.

I have tightened the screws to the point that the plastic rawlplug type fixings have broken.
I then replaced them with these
and then with these
Both hold the fittings securely to the bowl vertically, but the fittings still rotate regardless of how tight the screw.

I can't find replacement fittings anywhere; they came with the seat and I don't want to replace that as well.

This can't be an unusual problem, how do I fix this?

[Belle427]

We have a similar seat, it needs re aligning now and again and is a bit of a pita excuse the pun.
When you align and tighten the mounts then they should not move, they do take quite a lot of tightening to get them secure though which can lead to damage.
Cant see a solution really apart from a different seat, its a nice idea when it works though.

[JoshSm]

Any scope for adding some silicone rubber sheet onto the bottom of the 'pins'? Thats what my ones use to provide a bit of padding & friction against the pan. Beyond that they're just held with screws.

You can get rolls of the sheet with adhesive backing on Amazon. Comes in handy for metal/ceramic mating faces.

[M400 NBL]

I've just purchased a new house and was going to change the toilet seat (like everyone should... but there are guides that sit inside the bowl that centralises the seat which i've decided to clean and keep. I'll try to find an example and post later.

[M400 NBL]

I can only find the type that sits on the outside.

https://bathcenter.co.uk/doc-m--icare-slow-close-r...

[Rough101]

JoshSm said:

Any scope for adding some silicone rubber sheet onto the bottom of the 'pins'? Thats what my ones use to provide a bit of padding & friction against the pan. Beyond that they're just held with screws.

You can get rolls of the sheet with adhesive backing on Amazon. Comes in handy for metal/ceramic mating faces.

That’s my last resort too, silicon under the pads so that there is at least a bit of ‘stiction’ but yeah that and tightening them every two days for month….

[blueg33]

I just fitted a new toilet seat. It came with adhesive pads that pit under the hinge plate that sits on the top of the bowl. A good idea I thought, it also came with a spacer so you could set the spacing, the adhesive pads then help it all stay stable.

[netherfield]

Anything like this

https://www.choicereplacementtoiletseatshop.co.uk/...

We've got this type in the downstairs loo, initially it was a bit loose and sloppy but it's fixed solid now..

Britton toilet.

Gone have the days of universal seats, wide and narrow seemed to fit any make of loo

[Sford]

This is one of those absolutely annoying tasks. I ended up overbuilding the last one I fitted. I purchased some plastic to make inserts to go in the bowl and then offset drilled a hole to allow a more snug fit. I then replaced the plastic fixings for metal (stainless obvs) to allow a proper fit. I also applied some thin rubber to the bracket/pan flat interface to prevent slipping. You could do pilates on it now (which I think my children do) and it wouldn't budge.

Be careful if you do go for metal fixings as if you over tighten it, you may crack the bowl. Then you really will be in the st.

ps I tried my best to not make any references to poo.