Toilet Seat Doesn T Stay Up How To Fix

Family handyman instructs that you may have to replace the toilet seat bolt using the screw head toilet seat nut and rubber bushing.

Toilet seat doesn t stay up how to fix.

The most common reason toilet seats won t stay up is because the seat was installed too far back towards the tank. Depending on the style of your seat one of two methods can be used to release the lid and seat from the hinges. Install the rubber bushing with the tapered side facing up toward the toilet seat. Then use the tightening tool from the kit to snug up the nut.

This diy video shows how to overcome when the toilet tank is too far forward and the seat lid have foam to thick to allow the seat to stay open. I then attached a rubber band to the inside of the flush handle inside the cistern where a little loop of it hangs out not too noticeable. If you see a release button located on the bottom center of the seat press it. This should give your seat the extra angle it needs to stay upright.

From there when you put up the toilet seat lid you simply loop the rubber band around the screw head on the bottom of the seat and it stays put. Another method is to place toilet seat stabilizers rubber shims stoppers and bumpers on the bottom of the seat to prevent a hard impact between the toilet seat and the porcelain bowl when it falls from the up position. Fix your toilet seat or lid from crashing down when the soft close feature stops working. To begin remove the toilet seat nuts and insert the rubber bushings.