Wooden toilet seat keeps slamming down; could it eventually crack the bowl? (Home Depot, tank)
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A few months ago we replaced the plastic toilet seats and lids that came with our apartment with solid wood ones. Among other reasons, we wanted something solid so that when you shut the lid, you can sit on it if, you know, you need to sit down without actually using the commode. I'm <150# but it still seemed to me that the old plastic lid couldn't support my weight when seated.
So the new wooden seat has solved that problem, but introduced a new one. When I lift the seat to pee, I have to be very, very careful to position it in the upright position without imparting the slightest additional force tankwards. Otherwise it will rebound and slam down hard enough on the porcelain to bounce a few times when it lands. Besides the fact that this drives me nuts, I'm concerned that the bowl itself could crack, or some other kind of damage could appear. I know next to nothing about the sturdiness of toilet bowls, but given that it's basically a big piece of china, and china can break, I need to ask about this.
AFAIK there's not much I can do by way of adjustment, other than taking the lid off the tank. Probably the hardware that came with the seats wasn't entirely suited to the commodes we have, and there's not really any give that would allow you to move the seat forward.
It may or it may not break the toilet. Your situation is why they invented soft close toilet seats and lids. Considering that they are now under $40, may want to invest in one.
Is the cover to the tank seated on the tank correctly? If it's too far forward it won't let the cover sit back enough. But the tank cover will look like it's on there right
I installed soft close seats on all of my toilets. Drop the seat or lid and it takes about 15 seconds to hit bottom, you can't even hear them land.
The first two came with the Toto toilets I purchased, and I liked them so much I purchased two more for the standard toilets in the two guest bathrooms. Toto SoftClose Elongated Closed Front Toilet Seat in Cotton-SS11401 - The Home Depot
This ad shows for elongated bowl, but they make them for round bowls also..
If you purchase one, buy it from Toto, not HD http://www.totousa.com/products/seats
We had oak toilet seats at our old house for 10 years...plenty of slamming them down with three boys in the house. None of the bowls cracked. But, do be careful if there are young/not tall boys in the house, we did have a couple of those accidents . No fun.
Just for my curiosity - why would you want to sit on the pot with the lid down?
We moved to pull up for cleaning no slam and they are great. We have chairs to sit on.
If your toilet is close to tub, you might sit on the closed lid while bathing a child. Or while shaving your legs. Lots of reasons.
Anyway, plus one to the soft close toilet seats. They stay up when you want them up and then close with a simple push down while you walk away and never hear it.
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