I'm in the middle of this and feel the need to rant/share some of the issues I'm encountering based on my choice of toilet 7 years ago.
Against the advice of my husband I opted for a curvy, fully enclosed, flush (sic.) fitting toilet when we re built the back of the house.
The seat broke. The fixings are enclosed by the toilet bowl moulding.
"Aha", thinks I, "the nuts the toilet seat screws into will be fixed in place underneath so I can just pop the old seat off and screw in a new one". Oh no they're ****ing not. That would be sensible. Donk goes the nut inside the enclosed cavity.
"Aha, I can detach or move aside the cistern and that should give me enough room to wiggle my hand and a spanner in underneath to be able to attach the new seat. LOL, nope.
I've now turned the water off, unstuck the bowl from the tiles, shuffled it forwards and discovered that I'm going to have to detach the water in pipe to get enough space to work in. The fixings I need to undo are in an incredibly tight space and my spanners are rather large and I can't find my baby set. AAAAAARGH!
My hands are blue from the toilet blocks deposits. I said to husband that I would fix it when it had problems so he is out too lunch with friends and I am at home having to sod about removing and then replumbing a toilet. I got something brown and grey on my hands. *shudder*.
It's a Sunday on a bank holiday weekend so I can't even say sod it and call in someone to do it for me. The temptation to get in the car and buy another toilet that has fixings I can actually get to without having to pull it off the wall is nigh on overwhelming.
I am having tea and then I shall continue.
In summary:
#1. Just buy a normal toilet.
#2. Never assume something has been designed the way you would do it. Turns out the fittings were meant to be loosened then wiggled to one side to allow the fitting of a replacement seat. I realised this thirty seconds after the "donk" noise. Bah.
#3. Try not to buy things with non standard fittings. Turns out that even if I hadn't been dumb enough to undo the bolt all the way I would not have been able to buy a replacement that would mate with the fittings we have in place.
Bugger.
There you go. Learn from my pain. Offer suggestions on how to cope with a loving husband that says "I told you so" then passes you the toolbox.
Trials, tribulations and travails of a toilet.
Against the advice of my husband I opted for a curvy, fully enclosed, flush (sic.) fitting toilet when we re built the back of the house.
The seat broke. The fixings are enclosed by the toilet bowl moulding.
"Aha", thinks I, "the nuts the toilet seat screws into will be fixed in place underneath so I can just pop the old seat off and screw in a new one". Oh no they're ****ing not. That would be sensible. Donk goes the nut inside the enclosed cavity.
"Aha, I can detach or move aside the cistern and that should give me enough room to wiggle my hand and a spanner in underneath to be able to attach the new seat. LOL, nope.
I've now turned the water off, unstuck the bowl from the tiles, shuffled it forwards and discovered that I'm going to have to detach the water in pipe to get enough space to work in. The fixings I need to undo are in an incredibly tight space and my spanners are rather large and I can't find my baby set. AAAAAARGH!
My hands are blue from the toilet blocks deposits. I said to husband that I would fix it when it had problems so he is out too lunch with friends and I am at home having to sod about removing and then replumbing a toilet. I got something brown and grey on my hands. *shudder*.
It's a Sunday on a bank holiday weekend so I can't even say sod it and call in someone to do it for me. The temptation to get in the car and buy another toilet that has fixings I can actually get to without having to pull it off the wall is nigh on overwhelming.
I am having tea and then I shall continue.
In summary:
#1. Just buy a normal toilet.
#2. Never assume something has been designed the way you would do it. Turns out the fittings were meant to be loosened then wiggled to one side to allow the fitting of a replacement seat. I realised this thirty seconds after the "donk" noise. Bah.
#3. Try not to buy things with non standard fittings. Turns out that even if I hadn't been dumb enough to undo the bolt all the way I would not have been able to buy a replacement that would mate with the fittings we have in place.
Bugger.
There you go. Learn from my pain. Offer suggestions on how to cope with a loving husband that says "I told you so" then passes you the toolbox.
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