:On 03/16/2012 04:57 PM, Dan Musicant wrote: :> On Fri, 16 Mar 2012 13:09:07 -0700 (PDT), N8N :> wrote: :>
:> :On Mar 16, 4:04 pm, Dan Musicant wrote: :> :> The seat looks fine except that one of the two hinges that screw into :> :> the seat and back has broken. It's some kind of plastic. Can I possibly :> :> buy a hinge new? The seat is made by Bemis and I bought and installed :> :> that myself, very likely bought from Home Depot maybe 10 years ago. :> :>
:> :> Dan :> :>
:> :> Email: dmusicant at pacbell dot net :> : :> :Take a look at Signature Hardware. Have used their plated-brass :> :hinged seats with good luck (after getting sick of the big box crap :> :that breaks after a couple years) and I believe they sell the hinges :> :separately. :> : :> :nate :>
:> What I see there is a brass affair, one big unit. What I have is two :> separate hinges. I just did some poking around and found this: :>
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:> Says it works with Bemis seats, so I suppose it will work, however it :> appears to be different from what's on there. I may visit my local :> recycling outfit before ordering. :>
: : :It ain't rocket surgery... I'm assuming your seat is wood or rigid :plastic. In almost all cases the hinges just screw to the seat with :little stainless or brass wood screws. Worst case you might have to :fill some old holes with white caulk to hide where the old hinges were. : Or just buy a whole new seat and be done with it. I like the brass :hinge assy. for ease of cleaning, the plastic ones seem to collect mung :in the nooks and crannies. : :nate
I went to my local Ace Hardware and they had only the single unit brass and chromed units. I bought the brass, but have 2nd thoughts. The fixtures in the bathroom are all chromed, so I think I'll bring it back and exchange for the chromed one. I would have gotten it but I thought it might get rusting eventually, as chromed steel often does, but I figure I should give them the benefit of the doubt that it is better made than that.
Dan
Email: dmusicant at pacbell dot net