Ideal Standard White Toilet Seat broken hinges/brackets

[e.crespo]

I really need some help with my toilet seat:( My Ideal Standard White back to the wall toilet circa 2005) has sheared brackets and I need these, I think:http://www.fastpart-spares.co.uk/produc
t.asp?ID=EV23367

However these are for toilets 2006-2008 and I really don't like the price, £54 before vat and postage. Does any one have an idea for a cheaper toilet seat that would fit?
At the moment I have the seat secured with plastic tie wraps, but it's hardly satisfactory, and the reason I don't want to pay for new brackets is the likelihood of them failing again.
Many thanks for any suggestions, even humorous ones.

[Old_Geezer]

I think the porcelain fitting is fairly standard, and the seat fitting should adjust any slight difference. I'd check the local shops and DIY sheds and see if there is anything cheaper that takes your fancy.

[SlackAlice]

http://www.fastpart-s...roduct.asp?ID=EV23367

[AlBags]

If you go round the Building/Plumbing trade showrooms, you will find a few 'clear' items. I paid £15 a while back for a limed ash Armitage Cottage seat.

[e.crespo]

Thank you guys, I will look at a cheaper seat solution, I was just worried that cheaper ones wouldn't fit.
Slackalice, those are the brackets I am reluctant to pay for, over £60 plus vat and postage:)!!
I should add that the seat and lid are still in perfect condition, but I realise that these seats are way to expensive.

[jno]

like OG, I suspect any seat wiill do; they come with adjustable fittings.

http://www.toiletseat...oilet-seats-2294-0000

From £6.36.

[e.crespo]

I should say "too expensive"

[AlBags]

£6.36 too expensive?!

Better get to the pound shop then! : )

[e.crespo]

Thank you jno for your research, I have spent a long time looking at toilet seats, way too long. I will try an inexpensive one and see how it looks:)

[e.crespo]

Albags, I was referring to the Ideal Standard brackets, jno's answer wasn't there when I typed my response to Slackalice:)

[jno]

to be honest, I suspect a £6.36 seat will look like a £6.36 seat... but there are lots of others on that site that look a lot more classy but not much more expensive.

[e.crespo]

I am sorry if I have given the impression that I am a cheapskate, but I am not unhappy to spend quite a bit on a toilet seat, just not happy to spend so much on the brackets, when I think they are not up to the job:) After all the seat cost me over £80 and now would be closer to £100. I think I could get a soft closing one if I could be sure it would fit to the pan, the Ideal Standard brackets certainly don't look standard to me but I am going to try a really cheap one and then get a better one if that fits.

[hencoop]

I have just come across your toilet seat dilemma whilst searching on the internet for the exact product (EV23367)
My toilet seat (Ideal Standard White 2005) has done the very same thing.
On my plumbers advice, I ordered another seat from the local builders merchant to discover it was £100.28!
I really didn't feel inclined to spend so much on a toilet seat when the problem was merely the hinges, so on the advise of a very wise man (!!) I looked on-line for alternatives, this is where you (e.crespo) come in...
Did you manage to find an alternative seat or some cheaper hinges? Or are you still managing with tie wraps?!
I look forward to hearing how your toilet tale ended!

[alkirks10]

Did you ever have any luck replacing the sheared brackets? I've had the same issue with my ideal standard seat (e0021) and wondered if there's a cheaper option to fix them?

[Hopelessandslow]

I took the sheared off bits to a stainless steel welding place and they welded the arm back for a tenner. Should have had the other one over-welded as well to strengthen it, but didn't think. might have to gouge a bit out of the plastic seat to make room for the raised weld, but it should hold after that. It was poor welding rather than poor design that let those hinges down. Shame.
David Edwards

[adela]

How much for a seat Hinge??? you could get it miles cheaper from www.mytoiletspares.co.uk thats where we got ours from, and it was Free Next Day Delivery