I feel absolutely mortified right now. Nobody even knows about this (just happened).
Anyhow, I broke the one side of my toilet seat in half... Right now I'm afraid to sit on it anymore for fear it's going to break more.
I live by myself in an apartment. I know I'm going to have to call the management/maintanence about this, but it's extremely embarrassing that my weight caused the seat to break (it's a wooden type seat rather than porcelin), and it's going to be obvious when they have to come fix it.
Has this happened to anyone?
Maybe I'm being totally irrational, but I don't even want to look in the mirror right now.
Honey, toilet seats break. And hey, toilet seats aren't that expensive. Instead of calling maintenance to fix it, why not just spend the few bucks and buy one yourself?
Sorry that this has happened to you, but I wouldn't put too much blame on yourself. Toilet seats break. They don't last forever and yes, you do need a new one but its really very easy to fix. I would go to the hardware store and get one that you like and change it. $20 and its all over!!! don't be too hard on yourself!!!
As Linda said, toilet seats DO break (if not, they wouldn't sell so many replacement seats) and they are not expensive. You can pick one up at Walmart for under $10.
Why not upgrade and get a padded seat which is more comfortable!
You can always go to Walmart and get yourself a pretty one. I've broken one myself. Doesn't make you feel great, but not the end of the world and I bought one that I liked for a change. When you move out of the apartment you can either leave it or buy a white one and change it out.
I broke one, too, a couple of years ago. It was luck of the draw, really. It had a crack in it already (may have even been there when we bought the house, for all we know). It just happened to break on one of my turns.
Embarassing? You betcha! And I live in a family, so there was no hiding.
As everyone has said, just get another one. Easy peasy to swap it out. And because you live alone, no one will ever be the wiser!
I'll tell you what.. I have not broken the seat, but the whole toilet is "wobbly" now more than it used to be and also I can hear the water swish in the tank when I sit or get up. *GROAN* But like the folks above said, I wouldn't call maint. people I would just go buy one at Walmart LOL
A trip to Walmart indeed. I have had to replace mine before and it wasn't hard at all. Don't be embarrassed. They break and need replaced from time to time.
If the toilet is wobbly, it needs to be tightened at the base. There are two bolts, one on either side. Don't OVERTIGHTEN them, as the bowl could crack. Just take off the caps covering them, and tighten them 1/4 of a turn, doing first the right, then the left, until it is tighter. Then, replace the seat. If you look at the seat, it is held on with plastic screws. Just unscrew them, take the seat off, then pop the new one on. Don't worry about it!
Mine has broken for ages... not the seat itself but it is loose on one side. I have been told they are easy to fix but I am SO bad at anything vaguely resembling mechanical stuff LOL. But maybe I need to go buy one and see what I can do!! Or just try to put the one I have back on???
Toilet seats are SIMPLE. Find where it is attached to the toilet. This will look like a covered plastic cap. Open up the cap to reveal the vinyl screw. The "bolt" is located directly underneath, and should be funny shaped. This is called a "locking bolt" as it will catch on the toilet and hold it in place so you don't have to touch it while working from above. Get a flat-headed screwdriver (looks like a blade -- sometimes I even use a knife from my tablewear!), put it in place and turn to tighten. That's it! Give it a shot - home renos are FUN!!!
We cracked the new toliet seat we got as well. It was a cheap seat so we need to replace to. You would laugh at our seat, until we get the replacement it has black duct tape in the spot that its cracked..
I had to it pinched me something firece.
It happens, dont feel one bit bad. And like everyone has said its one of the easy fixer uppers you will have to do to replace it. Dont even need to call anyone on fixing the seat thats one you can do yourself and dont worry it happens sometimes its just the seats time to be replaced.
Mortified - Broken Toilet Seat
