Tighten the seat. If it keeps coming loose... replacing the hardware can help but only if yours is damaged. But let’s stop the problem before it starts! Go get yourself a “tightening kit” or “bushing kit” or make your own. You basically just need 2 semi compliant bushings (like rubber) that fit into the seat bolt holes snugly and have an inner hole that allows the seat bolt to pass through but snugly. Tighten back up and BAM. Much better. Alternately or use together for extra assurances: get seat stoppers or T stops or seat stabilizers or one of the many names they are called.
They’re basically little brackets that you secure to the underside of the toilet seat and are usually roughly “L” shaped. The stick on ones are generally crap unless you’re a pixie that sits like a statue. Spoiler: if you need these things you aren’t that person likely. So get the screw in stops not the tape on ones. You’ll need to drill a hole into but NOT THROUGH the seat and screw these in. Two brackets, one on opposite sides of the seat from each other. One flat of the “L” goes on the seat and screws in, the their side of the “L” hooks down into the bowl on the lip and stops the side to side movement that loosens seats.
If you only have a very mild and occasional problem with this and don’t feel like buying things or installing them (both products are cheap FYI. Usually $5 or less each,) but if that’s too much money or effort... not “flopping” onto the seat helps a lot. As does not wiggling your butt on the seat. You’ll say you don’t flop or wiggle. Yeah. Every person I’ve done brakes for after only a few months since the last new pads has also sworn they “don’t ride the brakes.” Well... someone is, and if they stop- the problem will likely stop too. But- those are the major options that aren’t too extreme like specially designed hardware or new fixtures. $10 or less and you can essentially never have a wiggly seat again! For free you can just tighten it every week or whatever schedule it seems to loosen at and you’ll not sit down and have it be crazy wobbly.
If it was one I used often I might, just because it’s annoying and hey- it would benefit others too! But if it’s a public toilet I’d only use once or a single day- I might tighten the bolts while I was there if it really bothered me. I usually have at least one pair of disposable gloves on me.
Maybe. Lol. Although not sure if you mean fixing toilets or carrying gloves or both. But regardless- I figure that stuff is broke in the world. If it bothers me it likely will bother someone else. We can say it’s someone else’s job- but then again if they were doing their job or able to, things likely wouldn’t be broken. So really t becomes a choice if we want to fix things we see are wrong or leave them wrong. As for the gloves- I got in the habit from a former job but it’s quite handy. Need to change a tire or check oil or whatever? No dirty hands. Need a quick container for small or loose items? Bam. I mean- the world is full of things I’d rather not touch- especially if I don’t have immediate access to a place to wash my hands.
Honestly, with the gloves... that'd save me from washing my hands 50x a day... you know a brand without the powder? Something I can put on and off over the course of 2 hrs without my hands becoming sweaty and smelly but also not having to deal with that powder?
The powder part is important <_<
I hate the powder. Diamond grip are good gloves but a tad over priced. Black though, nice touch. I used to just use whatever was at work, but now I buy from suppliers that service mechanics. I’ll try to remember to check the box on the ones I have now when I get home. Mechanics don’t generally use powdered gloves, and they are usually thick (but made for dexterity) and chemical resistant. For hand sweat... I always get that. But if you remove one glove and flip it inside out, then place it over the other, you end up with 2 semi clean hands when you need them. If you then remove the 2 gloves from that hand, and flip THAT inside out, you can go gloveless and then just put your hand back into the double glove, flip the second glove off and turn it back right side in, and BAM. back in business.
Yeah that makes sense. For most of my uses I'd need about the thinnest possible.
Do you have the finger dexterity to twist a little screw with those diamond tips? I know those would run a fair and hefty price... but.. damn that'd be nice if I could have that dexterity.
There’s reduced dexterity for sure. For me there is little noticeable change down to objects about 6-8mm diameter. But tactile feedback is different and with the extra mils of “give” the gloves impart, it effects the handling or especially small items. Below 6-8mm or so it does become much harder to work with precision. But most objects that small are usually handled with tools where precision is required so I haven’t really noticed much. Two factors also are that most of the time if I’m working with smaller items I can touch with my hands, they’re clean enough that I don’t need gloves. For fine detail work or something like working a large surface to true I’ll eschew the gloves because you can’t feel enough detail in them
It helps. Mileage may vary. One good thing about the expensive diamond grips is that they do sell those in smaller packages, I’ve even seen them in “singles” packs I want to say; so you can try those without committing to a box of 100 or whatever it is.
Just fix it for them and don’t say anything. With no tools and strong hands it can be done in 5-10 minutes. If you have a small screwdriver or any flat object that can work (like a butter knife etc,) you’re in business. If you buy a tightening kit for like $5 it will come with the tool for the nuts so you don’t have to use your hands if they aren’t strong enough. Lefty (counter clockwise) on the nut to loosen, righty (clockwise on the nut) to tighten. Hold the “screw” in place, no need to turn- just turn the nut until it is tight.
Assuming like 99% of toilets the hardware is nylon/plastic, you can’t really do any damage to the toilet unless you really tried. Simple, fast, easy, and they never have to know if you do t want them too. If they find out or figure out it was you- you just BAM! Tell them it was a surprise out of love and play it off.
my wife picks on me for fixing this problem whenever we go places. Apparently people just let this go... you can literally tighten it by hand if necessary... the worst was at a women's pregnancy center we went to & I sure wasn't gonna be the guy who, having the power to fix this, did nothing so some poor preggo lady goes sliding around the place!
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The powder part is important <_<
Do you have the finger dexterity to twist a little screw with those diamond tips? I know those would run a fair and hefty price... but.. damn that'd be nice if I could have that dexterity.