Where can I find a decent toilet seat?

16 years ago

I know this sounds like a silly question, but I need a toilet seat for the "Man's Bathroom" in our house. I seem to be replacing that seat a lot because it begins to look, well, kind of nasty. The paint ends up chipping or flaking around the inside rim of the seat and some toilet bowl cleaner seems to have stained the bottom the seat. The top of the lid has a mark where it hits the tank lid. It's even broken a couple of times. I usually buy them at Menards or Lowes and I never buy the cheapest they have, but I still have trouble with the seat in this bathroom. Honestly I really don't think DH is any rougher than anyone else, but we sure seem to have problems with this seat. He's a big muscular guy, but not obese by any means. The seat in the "womens" bathroom is a Bemis seat that I special ordered to match the color of the toilet that was original to the room. It seems to be made of plastic and has always looked great. Is that what I'm doing wrong? Buying the wood type instead of plastic?

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kudzu9
16 years ago
Well-
I've generally never had a problem like this with any of my toilet seats, cheap or expensive. It sound like it is getting abused a bit, but you're not going to change that behavior, I bet. So, buy a decent quality plastic one and hope that it doesn't get broken.
calicorows
16 years ago
I have a Bemis brand plastic, contoured, elongated toilet seat, and love it. It has "soft close", so I never hear it slam down. Best of all though, are the quick release hinges that attach it to the toilet. The seat comes completely off by twisting the little hinge latches to the left. I then pull the seat off, lay it upside down in the shower, sanitize it, and spray it off. Also, with the seat off, I can easily get the rim of the toilet good and clean. Easy.
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User
16 years ago
I am laughing here, because I would love to get one particular seat which I saw online in someone's photo albums. Don't know why it showed up because I certainly wasn't looking for john seats.

But it is absolutely PERFECT and PAINFULLY ELECTRIFYING!!
It is an acrylic translucent seat. It has BARB WIRE embedded in the seat area. I looked on Amazon.com and they had a picture of one, but it says out of stock and availability unknown. I'm sure the novelty of this seat in a man's bathroom would give him a chuckle every day.
busybee3
16 years ago
i just replaced all the wood seats on our toilets with plastic ones because i too had lots of trouble with staining and rust from the screws...it was long overdue!the plastic seat that has been in our powder room still looks brand new...MUCH nicer!!!