I recently replaced a toilet seat in my house.But the new one tends to slip a lot - VERY awkward to be sitting on a slipping and shifting seat, obviously.I'm pretty strong and have hand-tightened the bolts as much as I think is reasonable, and the bottom line is that, subjected to the forces of use, this seat continues to slide.So I'm wondering if they make rubber washers or gaskets that fit between the actual toilet fixture and the plastic parts that hold the bolts - just something to take friction out of the equation.And if not that, short of tightening the bolts more (they're as hand-tight as I can get them) or getting a new toilet seat (seems excessive), what else could be done to prevent the seat from slipping?

Try putting some contact adhesive between the seat hinges and the bowl. Clean both surfaces with alcohol first.Of course you could always pack some Bondo into the holes around the bolts, but that could make future changes a bit more difficult.HTH,Jeff

Just be sure the toilet is at no more than a 20 degree horizontal.

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trader-of-some-jacks 19 years ago

Thanks for the great suggestions, everyone. They seemed pretty obvious in retrospect, but I'd not thought of them before. I couldn't find conical washers that would accommodate the bolt and fit into the holes in the toilet, so I just got some double-stick tape, and that seems to be working fine.

I actually did some checking and I guess the toilet seat I bought probably did come with some adhesive pads or conical washers, but I must have just torn through the box, grabbed the seat and the bolts, and thrown the other stuff out. Oh well.

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abuiltcomputer 19 years ago

This just came across my desk.

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abuiltcomputer 19 years ago

Frankly I am getting sick and tired hearing about your Master painting ability and your skills at taping.

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Mel 12 years ago

Try these...

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Moe DeLoughan 12 years ago

I just use Lock-tite on the bolts.

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Ed Pawlowski 12 years ago

How about a couple of Velcro strips on your ass? They make it with adhesive to apply. You really only have to do one cheek for it to work.

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Stormin Mormon 12 years ago

He'd have to sit on the pot with the lid and seat up, as the seat shifts. Velcro on the toilet bowl. But, it sure would work.

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micky 12 years ago

Just be sure the toilet is at no more than a 20 degree angle.from horizontal.

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yeastbite 8 years ago

replying to trader-of-some-jacks, yeastbite wrote: There is some bad advice below. Adhesive washers don't last. the main reason a seat slips is that the hole in the ceramic is much bigger than the bolt holding the seat down, so eventually loosening occurs. get the spoecial tapered or conical washers mentioned to pack the bolt so it is tight in the hole-or do what i did and get a piece of the right size rubber fuel line from your auto parts shop and use this as the washer. also you can get stabilizers that screw into the underside of the toilet seat and stop sideways movement-google toilet stabilizers or look on ebay

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yeastbite 8 years ago

replying to trader-of-some-jacks, yeastbite wrote: There is some bad advice below. Adhesive washers don't last. the main reason a seat slips is that the hole in the ceramic is much bigger than the bolt holding the seat down, so eventually loosening occurs. get the spoecial tapered or conical washers mentioned to pack the bolt so it is tight in the hole-or do what i did and get a piece of the right size rubber fuel line from your auto parts shop and use this as the washer. also you can get stabilizers that screw into the underside of the toilet seat and stop sideways movement-google toilet stabilizers or look on ebay

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