Geri Sullivan: Girl Homeowner

Apr 20, 2015 20:34

Replaced the upstairs toilet seat last night. The plastic hinges had broken, separating the lid from the seat. Turns out the plastic had grown brittle with age ( Read more... )

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drplokta April 21 2015, 05:54:11 UTC
Four to six actually sounds like quite a lot. I think my total in 27 years of home ownership is one, plus a couple of toilets replaced in their entirety as part of a bathroom replacement.

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iraunink April 21 2015, 10:05:51 UTC
In fifteen years, I have replaced four toilet seats; twice for two bathrooms. I've found that the finish wears off in spots after seven or so years making them more difficult to clean. That's what indicator I use to decide when to replace them.

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ann_totusek April 21 2015, 16:34:55 UTC
I miss the old metal bolts. I understand that they tended to rust to a point of being impossible to remove, but you didn't end up with a toilet seat that made you feel like you were the starring cowboy at a rodeo!

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carbonel April 22 2015, 05:11:34 UTC
I think I've only changed one toilet seat in my life. When I bought this house in 2003, the toilet seat in the main bathroom was one of those soft-seat squishy types. It eventually developed a tear or two and needed to be replaced. My bathroom utilities are in 1950s blue, so I was a little nervous about finding something that matched, but apparently it's common enough that Home Depot had one -- non-squishy this time.

I remember nothing about doing the actual installation, which either means it was painless or that Greg Cotton did it for me.

On the other hand, I lost count of the number of toilet flappers I replaced in the days when I had the toilet from an alternate universe. (It must have been from an alternate universe; that's the only possible explanation for the fact that no flapper in this world fitted properly.)

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