DIY: How to Fix Loose Toilet Seat

When you rent a house in GPS Renting, you may encounter some common maintenance problems, such as Jammed Garbage Disposal, Loose Toilet Seat, or misaligned door. These problems usually only need to be solved within one hour. So GPS Renting launched a DIY series of articles. In our DIY series, we will teach you how to fix some common household problems to reduce repair costs.

Nearly everyone experiences a loose toilet seat from time to time. Even if you retighten the hinge-bolt nut periodically, it always seems to come loose again. Fortunately, there is an easy and long-term fix. Follow the steps below, and you’ll never have a loose toilet seat again.

Tools needed: A toilet-seat tightening kit, found in the plumbing section of most home improvement stores

1. Remove the hinge-bolt covers from the toilet seat.
2. Loosen and remove the nut that is holding the hinge bolt in place. Leave the hinge bolts in place.
3. Using the tool provided in the kit, slide a washer from the toilet-seat tightening kit onto the hinge bolt, underneath the toilet. Slide it up the bolt so it’s wedged tightly into the underside of the hinge-bolt hole.
4. Replace the hinge-bolt nut and tighten it into place. Replace the hinge-bolt cover.
5. Repeat the process on the other side.

That should do it!

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