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Getting off a toilet seat

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Ashtonian said:
Random diy question here.

Toilet seat been broken since we moved in on the upstairs one. It broke away not too long ago and trying to change it now.

Problem I have is its not coming off. It's a big bolt with a plastic nut with wings if that makes sense. I have for it so far down but it won't turn any more. Well it's turning but not going down anymore and have been turning it for at least 25 minutes.

Any advice here or do I have to just cut the thing off?
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Sounds like the Winged Bolt is jammed Ash. Apply copious amounts of sawdust to the Winged Bolt and it'll unjam.
 

Gladystweet said:
Of, to save even more money. Get a sharp craft knife and cut the nylon nut off. The the thread on the nut is stripped and you can by nylon nut or nylon wingnut from any hardware store.
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relying on nylon plastic bar to hold your toilet seat on you could easily slide on to the floor if any one heavy uses your bog seat, sat the having a good dunk reading your newspaper then in a heap of crap on the floor no thanks!lol
stainless steel thread with WD 40 with good wing nuts ;)
 

roydo said:
Some seats are sort of anchored to stop them slipping. If the nut is just turning like you said it is, chances are the Long Weight is jammed, so you will need to ask for one of them as well.

B & Q will have Long Weights in stock, but dont usually display them cos they are pretty specialised, so make sure you ask.
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As a science teacher doing a demo once, i sent a kid down to a neighbouring lab once for a long stand. Took me a while to figure out why he didn't come back for 20 minutes ffs.
 
Joey66 said:
relying on nylon plastic bar to hold your toilet seat on you could easily slide on to the floor if any one heavy uses your bog seat, sat the having a good dunk reading your newspaper then in a heap of crap on the floor no thanks!lol
stainless steel thread with WD 40 with good wing nuts ;)
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Joey, that's nothing. I was playing five a side once and got caught short during the game. I had to run off to the bogs. Ran in to the trap, dropped me shorts and sat on the seat. That's when me problems started. I didn't realise there was a crack in the seat and as I put weight on it, it opened up and clamped me arse cheek. I proper screamed but couldn't release the cheek. I went for the "pulling a plaster off fast" method. Bad idea, left some of my arse on the battlefield that day.
 
Gladystweet said:
Joey, that's nothing. I was playing five a side once and got caught short during the game. I had to run off to the bogs. Ran in to the trap, dropped me shorts and sat on the seat. That's when me problems started. I didn't realise there was a crack in the seat and as I put weight on it, it opened up and clamped me arse cheek. I proper screamed but couldn't release the cheek. I went for the "pulling a plaster off fast" method. Bad idea, left some of my arse on the battlefield that day.
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lollollol
 
While we're on the subject of DIY I've got a problem with my front door when I go to close it it doesn't feel like it actually closes properly do I have to lift the handle up then turn the key or do I turn the key then turn the handle up some bloke in work said you have to turn the handle up first but I'm not sure can anybody help lads?
 

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