Toilet seat won't stay up

[Hootsmon]

Take the seat off?
Apparently it's character building particularly during a Melbourne winter

[bsrlee]

The ugly way is to make a hook out of doubled up coathanger wire, one end is wrapped around some internal fitting in the cistern, the other end is bent to fit closely to the lip & lid of the cistern, then down to where it loops over the lid/seat. You just lift it a bit to slip the lid under, then reverse to put it down.

Looks daggy, mostly used in outside/spare dunnies, not the Royal suite.

[rrich]

Assuming that there is no fluffy lid cover installed, try moving the tank backwards slightly. The three screws that hold the tank to the bowl usually have a lot of room for play. Just besure that there is enough room between the tank and the wall to replace the tank top.

[journeyman Mick]

Rich,
cisterns here are usually wall hung, meaning you can't move them back. If they're mounted on the pan they're generally close-coupled and have very little, if any, room for adjustment.

Mick

[Mcblurter]

Isn't there some electric toilet seat lifters around? Not sure how they work but the lift/close seat as needed. Might be worth a look as to how they work.
Is moving the cistern upwards an option?
Cheers
McBlurter

[Barry_White]

Is moving the cistern upwards an option?
Cheers
McBlurter

Like the old days of the loo down the back where the concrete box cistern sat overhead on a couple of pieces of waterpipe.

Trouble is they were a bit uncomfortable leaning back while reading the morning paper.

Perhaps you could get a slimline cistern or put it on the wall outside or in the next room covered with a nice decorative box.

[seth]

Isn't there some electric toilet seat lifters around? Not sure how they work but the lift/close seat as needed. Might be worth a look as to how they work.
Is moving the cistern upwards an option?
Cheers
McBlurter

Yes on my trip to tokyo, we stayed at the Park Hyatt. My missus said when she went to the dunny at the bar, when she entered the cubical the seat lifted by itself.

I think that is the best idea so far blurter. Mind you I should do something about it soon, or I will go with the other option I have drempt up which involves a large sledg hammer, some tiles and a new dunny

[junction box]

Maybe you should give up on the wrong type of seat. You need one with a more forward hinge mount. If you measure the distance from the mounting holes to the hinge and check your local hardware/plumbing supplies stores you might find something more suitable.

[totoblue]

We had that problem when we moved into this house. I removed one of the rubber pads (one of four) on the bottom of the lid, which allows the seat to move back a little bit closer to the cistern and it's dropped down accidentally for 10 years. A similar idea would be to shave a bit off the rubber pads.

You could also just remove the lid, which would allow the seat to go back a bit further.