If the stupid plastic wingnut thing doesn't break, the teensy short threaded rod will have wormed its way out of the hinge fitting (or, indeed, it may have stripped out the thread completely). And the ever-so-clever revolving hinge plates, that were supposed to let you fit the seat onto any number of loo pan configurations, are now getting suspiciously loose and floppy. Even though I've tightened them until I fear for the porcelain.
And I've gone and paid thirty quid for this three-day wonder, and the garage is slowly filling up with damaged toilet seats because the wife always says we ought to keep them because it seems a shame to put them all in the skip because only one part of them is broken, and you never know when you might need a spare. (I have no idea what she's talking about, but my mind is whirling at the sinister suggestions.
)Truth to tell, we did find one loo lid in a hotel bedroom which we both agreed was superb. Well made, sturdy, nicely shaped (even). I looked it up when we got home, and it was £550. Dream on, dear, nobody looks that hard at a bog top, and my third eye couldn't give a damn anyway.
Thank you for listening. Ob sensible question: can you get proper bog lid fittings (and I don't mean the ones in a Welpac envelope?)
BJ
By far the most wrecked apparatus in the house is the one that's usually favoured by the ladies. Accordingly, I cannot, unfortunately, shed much light. But if it's connected in any way with their ability to get through a sixteen-pack of bog roll in a weekend, I believe we may be onto something.