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Hooch January 23rd 07 01:09 PM

Cheap toilet seat revisited
 
It turns out that it was made not from plastic but from MDF!
£22.49 (reduced from £29.99) for an MDF toilet seat???


EricP January 23rd 07 01:39 PM

Cheap toilet seat revisited
 
On Tue, 23 Jan 2007 13:09:57 +0000, Hooch wrote:

It turns out that it was made not from plastic but from MDF!
£22.49 (reduced from £29.99) for an MDF toilet seat???


Bog seats seem to have doubled in price over the last year. At least
the shed ones have.


Bob Mannix January 23rd 07 02:32 PM

Cheap toilet seat revisited
 

"Hooch" wrote in message
...
It turns out that it was made not from plastic but from MDF!
£22.49 (reduced from £29.99) for an MDF toilet seat???

I was that man. Bought one Sunday and fitted it. I thought it had the
solidity and feel of the wood ones without the cheap wood look and dodgy
varnish (the MDF ones are "high gloss" finish). I wouldn't have bought one
at £30 but took a deep breath and paid the £22.50

As regards the OP, the range of adjustment vis-a-vis bringing the seat
forward in modern hinges is large as you can put the vertical threaded pin
in off-centre. The MDF one was the same thickness (or more) than the old
wood one (which wouldn't stay up and had gone manky). I was able to fit it
with off centre pins such that this one did stay up.


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Bob Mannix
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Ian Stirling January 23rd 07 06:30 PM

Cheap toilet seat revisited
 
EricP wrote:
On Tue, 23 Jan 2007 13:09:57 +0000, Hooch wrote:

It turns out that it was made not from plastic but from MDF!
?22.49 (reduced from ?29.99) for an MDF toilet seat???


Bog seats seem to have doubled in price over the last year. At least
the shed ones have.


Hooch January 29th 07 05:27 AM

Cheap toilet seat revisited
 
On Tue, 23 Jan 2007 13:39:42 GMT, EricP
wrote:

On Tue, 23 Jan 2007 13:09:57 +0000, Hooch wrote:

It turns out that it was made not from plastic but from MDF!
£22.49 (reduced from £29.99) for an MDF toilet seat???


Bog seats seem to have doubled in price over the last year. At least
the shed ones have.


The first bog seat (which was chipped) went back to H******e.

The second one wouldn't sit right on the bog - it was resting on only
one of the four supports! I think the hinges were off-centre or
something. That went back too.

The third one is much better, although it only rests on the two front
supports - I assume because I had to turn the hinge through 180
degrees to get the right position. Turd time lucky!



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