My mum has arthritis of the knees, so when we bought our house and did it up,
one of the things we did was to raise toilets about 2 inches by building them on
a simple plywood (layered) pedestal.

The wood was bare but after 6 years mopping/cleaning/water it has started to
"suffer", and needs replacing.

What I would like to do is replace the pedestal with a solid white plastic
block. The advantage of this is that it would last longer, is easier to clean,
and isn't troubled by the odd splash of water.

What I want is about 300mm wide, 450m long and 50mm high.

I would undo the toilet base floor screws (these go into the existing wood
pedestal), remove the toilet, remove the pedestal, clean up/repair/level floor
board, fix the plastic pedestal to the floor, and refix the toilet with the base
screws going into and through the pedestal to secure the base. I might fashion a
recess to match the toilet base shape so it sits in the block with a raised side
perimeter so as to avoid any slight lateral movement.

The trouble I am having is finding a suitable plastic block. Most craft plastic
blocks are too small. Where can I source this?

To replace with wood would be easier to source, but then I have to worry about
sealing it. Advice on how best to do this would also be appreciated.

In article ,
S R wrote:

The trouble I am having is finding a suitable plastic block. Most craft plastic
blocks are too small. Where can I source this?

To replace with wood would be easier to source, but then I have to worry about
sealing it. Advice on how best to do this would also be appreciated.

Have you ruled out a toilet plinth? They do seem rediculously expensive
admittedly...

http://www.heatandplumb.com/acatalog...t_Plinths.html

Darren

On Saturday, July 12, 2014 12:05:57 PM UTC+1, S R wrote:
The trouble I am having is finding a suitable plastic block. Most craft
plastic blocks are too small. Where can I source this?

They tend not to be white, but you can get plastic 'wood' extrusions intended for making garden furniture etc from plastic recyclers.

http://ecoplasticwood1-px.rtrk.co.uk/lumber-profiles/
http://www.britishrecycledplastic.co...stic-lumber-2/ (minimum order £300 + VAT but perhaps they'd so a 'sample?)

Owain

On 12/07/14 12:05, S R wrote:
My mum has arthritis of the knees, so when we bought our house and did
it up, one of the things we did was to raise toilets about 2 inches by
building them on a simple plywood (layered) pedestal.

The wood was bare but after 6 years mopping/cleaning/water it has
started to "suffer", and needs replacing.

What I would like to do is replace the pedestal with a solid white
plastic block. The advantage of this is that it would last longer, is
easier to clean, and isn't troubled by the odd splash of water.

What I want is about 300mm wide, 450m long and 50mm high.

I would undo the toilet base floor screws (these go into the existing
wood pedestal), remove the toilet, remove the pedestal, clean
up/repair/level floor board, fix the plastic pedestal to the floor, and
refix the toilet with the base screws going into and through the
pedestal to secure the base. I might fashion a recess to match the
toilet base shape so it sits in the block with a raised side perimeter
so as to avoid any slight lateral movement.

The trouble I am having is finding a suitable plastic block. Most craft
plastic blocks are too small. Where can I source this?

To replace with wood would be easier to source, but then I have to worry
about sealing it. Advice on how best to do this would also be appreciated.


You may find that, in fact, using wood covered in plastic is a better bet.

The sort of thing I hand in mind was a bit of wood glassed up and
finished with car body filler. And a tough epoxy paint

Seriously large blocks of plastic are quite expensive.

http://www.directplasticsonline.co.u.../Natural/50mm/

for example will set you back ~ £150 for a 50mm x 500mm x500mm nylon block..

HDPE a bit less.




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On 12/07/2014 12:05, S R wrote:
My mum has arthritis of the knees, so when we bought our house and did
it up, one of the things we did was to raise toilets about 2 inches by
building them on a simple plywood (layered) pedestal.

The wood was bare but after 6 years mopping/cleaning/water it has
started to "suffer", and needs replacing.

What I would like to do is replace the pedestal with a solid white
plastic block. The advantage of this is that it would last longer, is
easier to clean, and isn't troubled by the odd splash of water.

What I want is about 300mm wide, 450m long and 50mm high.

I would undo the toilet base floor screws (these go into the existing
wood pedestal), remove the toilet, remove the pedestal, clean
up/repair/level floor board, fix the plastic pedestal to the floor, and
refix the toilet with the base screws going into and through the
pedestal to secure the base. I might fashion a recess to match the
toilet base shape so it sits in the block with a raised side perimeter
so as to avoid any slight lateral movement.

The trouble I am having is finding a suitable plastic block. Most craft
plastic blocks are too small. Where can I source this?

To replace with wood would be easier to source, but then I have to worry
about sealing it. Advice on how best to do this would also be appreciated.




I had to do something similar when our 90+ year-old father-in-law came
to live with us.

I made a frame out of 4 x 3 timber (or somesuch) rather than a solid
plinth, and chamfered the corners so that it was almost the same size
and shape as the pedestal. I painted it white all over (primer,
undercoat and topcoat). It got a bit splashed, but it lasted ok for the
4 years for which f-i-l survived.

You can also get raised seats such as
http://www.completecareshop.co.uk/to...FVMRtAoddlsAGg
but you'd then have to mount the pedestal on the floor, and the plumbing
may not be at the right height. [Water to the cistern is easy, but turds
don't flow uphill very well if the soil pipe is too high!]
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What about some kind of slab of decorative finish? Plastic blocks that big
and solid are hard to get and quite expensive, though one might find one at
a wholesaler who cuts stuff to size and has bits left over.
Brian

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"S R" wrote in message
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My mum has arthritis of the knees, so when we bought our house and did it
up, one of the things we did was to raise toilets about 2 inches by
building them on a simple plywood (layered) pedestal.

The wood was bare but after 6 years mopping/cleaning/water it has started
to "suffer", and needs replacing.

What I would like to do is replace the pedestal with a solid white plastic
block. The advantage of this is that it would last longer, is easier to
clean, and isn't troubled by the odd splash of water.

What I want is about 300mm wide, 450m long and 50mm high.

I would undo the toilet base floor screws (these go into the existing wood
pedestal), remove the toilet, remove the pedestal, clean up/repair/level
floor board, fix the plastic pedestal to the floor, and refix the toilet
with the base screws going into and through the pedestal to secure the
base. I might fashion a recess to match the toilet base shape so it sits
in the block with a raised side perimeter so as to avoid any slight
lateral movement.

The trouble I am having is finding a suitable plastic block. Most craft
plastic blocks are too small. Where can I source this?

To replace with wood would be easier to source, but then I have to worry
about sealing it. Advice on how best to do this would also be appreciated.

You only need to give support around the edges as the toilet basin only has
a narrow rim that takes the weight. Perhaps you could fabricate something
rather than search for a block.

On 12/07/14 13:10, Brian Gaff wrote:
What about some kind of slab of decorative finish? Plastic blocks that big
and solid are hard to get and quite expensive, though one might find one at
a wholesaler who cuts stuff to size and has bits left over.
Brian


Offcut of stone worktop? Thinking corian style synthetic which means the
OP might find a suitable colour.

On 12/07/2014 12:05, S R wrote:
My mum has arthritis of the knees, so when we bought our house and did
it up, one of the things we did was to raise toilets about 2 inches by
building them on a simple plywood (layered) pedestal.

The wood was bare but after 6 years mopping/cleaning/water it has
started to "suffer", and needs replacing.

What I would like to do is replace the pedestal with a solid white
plastic block. The advantage of this is that it would last longer, is
easier to clean, and isn't troubled by the odd splash of water.

What I want is about 300mm wide, 450m long and 50mm high.

I would undo the toilet base floor screws (these go into the existing
wood pedestal), remove the toilet, remove the pedestal, clean
up/repair/level floor board, fix the plastic pedestal to the floor, and
refix the toilet with the base screws going into and through the
pedestal to secure the base. I might fashion a recess to match the
toilet base shape so it sits in the block with a raised side perimeter
so as to avoid any slight lateral movement.

The trouble I am having is finding a suitable plastic block. Most craft
plastic blocks are too small. Where can I source this?

To replace with wood would be easier to source, but then I have to worry
about sealing it. Advice on how best to do this would also be appreciated.

What's wrong with a stack of flooring tiles?

Possibly separated / bonded with silicone mastic?

"Fredxxx" wrote in message
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On 12/07/2014 12:05, S R wrote:
My mum has arthritis of the knees, so when we bought our house and did
it up, one of the things we did was to raise toilets about 2 inches by
building them on a simple plywood (layered) pedestal.

The wood was bare but after 6 years mopping/cleaning/water it has
started to "suffer", and needs replacing.

What I would like to do is replace the pedestal with a solid white
plastic block. The advantage of this is that it would last longer, is
easier to clean, and isn't troubled by the odd splash of water.

What I want is about 300mm wide, 450m long and 50mm high.

I would undo the toilet base floor screws (these go into the existing
wood pedestal), remove the toilet, remove the pedestal, clean
up/repair/level floor board, fix the plastic pedestal to the floor, and
refix the toilet with the base screws going into and through the
pedestal to secure the base. I might fashion a recess to match the
toilet base shape so it sits in the block with a raised side perimeter
so as to avoid any slight lateral movement.

The trouble I am having is finding a suitable plastic block. Most craft
plastic blocks are too small. Where can I source this?

To replace with wood would be easier to source, but then I have to worry
about sealing it. Advice on how best to do this would also be
appreciated.

What's wrong with a stack of flooring tiles?

Possibly separated / bonded with silicone mastic?

or a stack of plastic chopping boards? easy to cut to shape, stick em
together with silicone, you could probably melt the edges gently to make it
look like one solid block (i'm thinking flame polishing as used on clear
perspex, not sure it'd work for the chopping board material, which is not
usually perspex)

In article ,
S R writes:
What I would like to do is replace the pedestal with a solid white plastic
block. The advantage of this is that it would last longer, is easier to clean,
and isn't troubled by the odd splash of water.

To add another suggestion, a cast-in-place concrete (or even mortar) block,
which is then tiled.

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"S R" wrote in message
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My mum has arthritis of the knees, so when we bought our house and did it
up, one of the things we did was to raise toilets about 2 inches by
building them on a simple plywood (layered) pedestal.

The wood was bare but after 6 years mopping/cleaning/water it has started
to "suffer", and needs replacing.

What I would like to do is replace the pedestal with a solid white plastic
block. The advantage of this is that it would last longer, is easier to
clean, and isn't troubled by the odd splash of water.

What I want is about 300mm wide, 450m long and 50mm high.

I would undo the toilet base floor screws (these go into the existing wood
pedestal), remove the toilet, remove the pedestal, clean up/repair/level
floor board, fix the plastic pedestal to the floor, and refix the toilet
with the base screws going into and through the pedestal to secure the
base. I might fashion a recess to match the toilet base shape so it sits
in the block with a raised side perimeter so as to avoid any slight
lateral movement.

The trouble I am having is finding a suitable plastic block. Most craft
plastic blocks are too small. Where can I source this?

To replace with wood would be easier to source, but then I have to worry
about sealing it. Advice on how best to do this would also be appreciated.

Cut a length of 3X2 into 450mm lengths and glue/screw two of them together,
then screw another 450 mm piece on each side to give you four parallel,
joined together blocks, this will be approximately the dimensions you
require, then clad the whole thing in white upvc which is available in
various widths, and around the edges use white upvc 50mm architave.
You can affix it all with 'no nails', then seal all joints with white
silicone sealant

On Sat, 12 Jul 2014 12:05:57 +0100, S R
wrote:

My mum has arthritis of the knees, so when we bought our house and did it up,
one of the things we did was to raise toilets about 2 inches by building them on
a simple plywood (layered) pedestal.

The wood was bare but after 6 years mopping/cleaning/water it has started to
"suffer", and needs replacing.

What I would like to do is replace the pedestal with a solid white plastic
block. The advantage of this is that it would last longer, is easier to clean,
and isn't troubled by the odd splash of water.

What I want is about 300mm wide, 450m long and 50mm high.

I would undo the toilet base floor screws (these go into the existing wood
pedestal), remove the toilet, remove the pedestal, clean up/repair/level floor
board, fix the plastic pedestal to the floor, and refix the toilet with the base
screws going into and through the pedestal to secure the base. I might fashion a
recess to match the toilet base shape so it sits in the block with a raised side
perimeter so as to avoid any slight lateral movement.

The trouble I am having is finding a suitable plastic block. Most craft plastic
blocks are too small. Where can I source this?

To replace with wood would be easier to source, but then I have to worry about
sealing it. Advice on how best to do this would also be appreciated.


.....or you could consider a taller toilet basin. I've recently
installed one to avoid the dreaded plastic seat raisers. The 40+mm
extra height feels much more. Just a thought. Ours is a Burlington
Regal but I think I recall seeing a similar item in the Vitra brochure
but can't lay my hands on this at the moment.
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On 16/07/2014 14:56, wrote:

....or you could consider a taller toilet basin. I've recently
installed one to avoid the dreaded plastic seat raisers. The 40+mm
extra height feels much more. Just a thought. Ours is a Burlington
Regal but I think I recall seeing a similar item in the Vitra brochure
but can't lay my hands on this at the moment.
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But if you're going to do that, check that the outlet height is ok for
your soil pipe connection. As I said in an earlier post, turds don't
flow uphill very well!
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