Are toilet seat lids for sitting on?
Posted by dank4000@reddit | AskUK | View on Reddit | 18 comments
So about a year ago I bought a toilet from a reasonably high end toilet manufacturer Duvavit. However when sitting on the lid recently it broke and spoke to the manufacturer to fix under warranty who said “Please be advised this would not be covered by the warranty as this is not considered to be a manufacturing fault. The lid is not designed to take any weight so it should not be sat or stood on.”
These retail for £115 for just the seat.
So my question to the UK is
Would you expect to be able to sit on a toilet seat lid or are the manufacturers getting high on their own supply?
Monk1e889@reddit
Yes, of course. I often sit on the lid if i'm (say) drying my feet after coming out the shower.
Small_Ingenuity_502@reddit
This one right here makes so much sense you want to dry off and just sit
RageInCage@reddit
I always thought you're supposed to sit on them. I'd regularly sit on the toilet seat while my kids are in the bath, it's the expected place to sit....?
Up until recently when we got a new, shitty toilet seat, you can feel it sort of depress when you sit on it, doesn't feel safe at all. I just assumed it was crap, which it is.
Downtown-Analyst5289@reddit
I too have a crappy plastic one, mine doesn't quite sort of depress though, its more a sudden alarming drop with a loud crack noise. waiting for the day it breaks and im stuck in the loo.
Jennnnnaaaaayyyyy@reddit
I am invested now, how is it going with the lid? ;)
Downtown-Analyst5289@reddit
Years in it's still going strong! Lol still as scary as ever if I ever do need to sit on the lid. But thankfully I have less reasons to do so nowadays.
Jennnnnaaaaayyyyy@reddit
Good to hear, found this thread because of a similar situation. Sitting on the lid, cracked and broke including a whole piece falling out. Sat on the toilet seat later and shifted weight - whole seat cracked in half.... The quality of toilet seats and lids is appalling... others crack at the back with the hinges breaking the lid. Its a nightmare...
Cherry_Crystals@reddit
Has that happened yet?
Downtown-Analyst5289@reddit
No not yet. 😅
LA_Confidentiall@reddit
How bout now?
Fit_Interview1535@reddit
😂😂😂
Cherry_Crystals@reddit
OK thank you for letting me know 😂
Electricbell20@reddit
I work in engineering and our equipment is not for humans to sit or stand on in any way and we make sure any point that could be used as a step or seat is strong enough to take a person.
jamaicanmecrazy1luv@reddit
Well engineers tend to be bigger people
supister@reddit
It is literally called a toilet seat. If the lid is down, and the manufacturer expects that sitting on the seat when the lid is down is not a seat anymore, they should put that in writing. There is not one toilet seat manufacturer that I could find that states in writing that their toilet seat should not be sat upon when the lid is down.
deleted_by_reddit@reddit
No...
It's a lid, the seat is the bit under the lid.
99centstickers@reddit
the cheese is under the sauce
dank4000@reddit (OP)
Well postscript go this charade. Bought another toilet seat from duravit and it cracked within 3 hours of arriving at my house.
Strongly suggest not buying anything from them!
Again refusing to sort on warranty.
Kinda funny it broke so quickly!