I am not mechanically inclined. However with well written instruction or a You Tube video I can make do with simple projects.

Here we have NO instructions and no comparable You tube videos. Finally had some success but could have avoided all of that with some instruction.

What were you assembling?

Replacing a toilet seat. Believe it or not there are many configurations and types.

You need an engineer in your neighborhood.

I'd come help you with it, but evidently I have to work next week.

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Yeah. I can write your reports. That is my skill area. Thanks

For once in my life, I'm speechless...for a minute or two.

Whatever, just make sure you buy the Soft Close.
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Or the instructions are a series of crude drawings with no written explanations.

What kind of toilet seat was it?

For the vast majority of toilet seats, it's two bolts and two steps that takes about two minutes to complete.

Step 1: Unbolt old seat and lift off.
Step 2: Place new toilet seat and bolt on.

(And Step 2 is just the reverse of Step 1, so by that point you've already done it once already, only backwards.)

Occasionally there will be an interim half-step between Step 1 and Step 2, involving attaching the lower seat half and the upper cover half together, if they aren't attached from the factory.

When unbolting the old seat, use a screwdriver on the bolt head to unscrew until it spins freely, then hold the bolt in place while you remove the underside nut the rest of the way by hand. Then when bolting the new seat in place, thread the nut as far onto the bolt as you can until it stops (usually either by bottoming out or by a protruding wing hitting the side of the toilet before bottoming out), then use the screwdriver on the bolt head to snug it all the way down. You don't want/need to Hulk the bolt in place, especially since most bolts/nuts for toilet seats are plastic and can crack from excessive force; just snug is fine.

But if you have mobility issues, I could see how manipulating the nut on the underside of the toilet could be a little challenging, since it's upside down and blind, and most toilets aren't placed where you have a ton of room to work with.


The good news is, now that you've done it once, you know how to do it next time, even if it doesn't come with instructions again.

You can just Duck Tape the new seat down. I mean when you gotta go..

Appreciate the effort to help me. Apparently it is the Bemis EZ close even though that is not what I ordered. The instructions on You Tube were all for the other kind. I was able to get it done
Like vthoky said I need an engineer in the neighborhood. I have mobility issues too. Simple shit like this really leaves me frustrated. I could have done this fairly easily with a four step instruction.

And Step 2 is just the reverse of Step 1, so by that point you've already done it once already, only backwards.)
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That is what got me. The brand of seat is the same but the method of attachment of the seat to the toilet is entirely different.


Appreciate the help.

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Or the instructions are a series of crude drawings with no written explanations.

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Nope nothing.

One of my Dad's favorite sayings that has become one of my favorites is "he couldn't pour piss out of a boot if you put the instructions on the heel".

Sorry, I couldn't resist.

It does not bother me. It is what I heard from my mechanical engineer father my entire life. It took me many years to recover from that. We never had a repairman at the house and he and my mother constantly pointed out my mechanical ineptitude.
I expect to have problems when it comes to this stuff.

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We all have our strengths and weaknesses… Don’t let it bother you.

Glad you figured it out.

Thank you. I appreciated that.

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Originally posted by ZSMICHAEL:
I expect to have problems when it comes to this stuff.

In the great words of my college advisor: "This is how we learn."

I usually just let the misses do the job if it's as difficult as the toilet seat replace and I can't seem to figure it out.

Not an option. Seems to think I should know how.

I opened this expecting to read about some complex product installation. Toilet seat huh? We all have our crosses to bear.