Finding non-standard toilet seat (european bolt spread width)

October 18, 2022 5:00 AM

My apartment has a toilet with the bolt holes 6" apart. I can't seem to find a (round) seat that works, since US bolts seem to be 5.5" standard. None of the search terms I'm using are getting me any closer either. (I'd esp love a cute/silly/floral/gaudy seat of any sort, but would be 1000% grateful for help finding anything that fits.)
posted by octaviabutlerfan to Home & Garden (4 answers total)

Best answer: We have one of these Sanilo Printed Slow Close seats. The spacing on the hinges is adjustable. The spec sheet claims to support a bolt width of 3.8 to 7.3.

The printed art is very vivid, and has survived 3 years of use/cleaning with no signs of fading. There are a lot of cute/silly/floral and gaudy print options. The pink stiletto with flowers growing out of it surely qualifies as all of the above :-)
posted by mrgoldenbrown at 6:07 AM on October 18, 2022 [2 favorites]

This is a shot in the dark, but have you tried searching for seats with bolts that are 15 cm apart?
posted by heatherlogan at 6:21 AM on October 18, 2022

It would be helpful if you could find the manufacturer and hopefully model of the toilet. It's probably printed on there somewhere.
posted by Tell Me No Lies at 12:27 PM on October 18, 2022

Response by poster: Thank you so much mrgoldenbrown, those seem like they’ll work perfectly. I went with the horse one! Many thanks!
posted by octaviabutlerfan at 2:34 AM on October 19, 2022