Raised toilet seats

stickywicket

OK, here I go again with matters lavatorial :oops: but they are quite important, aren't they? Does anyone know of a raised loo seat that will fit on a non-standard seat and lid fitting?

Let me explain. The standard raised loo seat, which I keep at my son's home, will not fit the loos in his new apartment because the fittings where the seat and lid attach are too far forward to allow the raised loo seat to sit inside. My husband attempted to remove these fittings for the duration of our stay but they wouldn't budge and it's a rented apartment so he daredn't go to any extraordinary lengths which could have resulted in the entire demolition of the bowl. As you can imagine, this made my month-long stay somewhat interesting :roll: Let's just say that, thankfully, arthritis has taught me some useful skills over the years plus we have a very strong marriage

I investigated blow up ones but apparently these are useless for height, just intended for comfort. I need extra height on a normal loo let alone these low level ones. I really don't want to saddle my son with an entire piece of furniture, such as combined seat and frame, as storage for the 48 weeks of the year when we're not there would be a problem not to mention an eyesore.

Mr SW was all for hacking a chunk out of the bottom of my raised loo seat so that it would go over the fittings but I don't think I'd trust the stability of it in that condition.

Any ideas?

theresak

Hi Sticky - welcome back!


I don`t think I can offer any help in this department, other than to suggest one of the specialist disability shops to see what they have, though I wish I could come up with a solution for you.

We went to France last June, and every motorway services over there had low loos, minus a seat of course. Next time we go I`m taking a `shewee`as I simply cannot hover. :oops:

The things us RAers have to consider!!!!

dreamdaisy

My solution would be a raised seat held within a frame: the seat is removable so could said son apply some kind of method to render the frame collapsible so it doesn't take up too much room for the other 48 weeks of the year? I mention this because we are giving neighbours (who are friends from years ago) three wrought iron metal arches (which used to span our drive) and were debating how they could transport them to their house one street away. Her husband noticed that there were bolts in the middle so the two halves could be separated making the transport far easier. DD

stickywicket

Thanks for the empathy, Tezz and DD.

DD, it sounds a good idea in theory but I think you may have more faith in my blokes' DIY skills than I do Remember, please, that I shall be entrusting all my weight, in very vulnerable circumstances, to this contraption. I think the appropriate phrase is 'after you'