Toilet Seat Doesn T Stay Up Help

It s just too old.

Toilet seat doesn t stay up help.

Is my only recourse to buy a new seat and or toilet. This problem really only has one solution you need to get the right sized toilet seat. Coupled with unfortunate timing a toilet seat that won t stay up often causes a mess as well and that in turn can cause friction between members of the household. Just like you can t fit a square peg in a round hole a round toilet seat doesn t work on an elongated toilet.

Toilets have two shapes round and elongated. Loosen the nuts that hold the seat to the bowl and slide the seat all the way towards the front of the bowl. The main reason this happens is that someone bought the wrong type of toilet seat. A couple things can cause this.

Check the tank from front to back with a level. Many toilets come with rubber shims to place between the tank and bowl that will solve this problem. When you sit down you feel the seat move back and forth. Reasons why toilet seat will not stay up.

If it is tipped forward the seat will not stay up. When i lift the toilet seat and lid up the seat will sometimes gradually fall back down as it doesn t seem to lift to a 90 degree angle. When you check the toilet seat and see loose screws broken hinge or wobbly hinges.