I'm curious about a 1920's Douglas Ventilated toilet seat. I'm in an 100-year-old mill building, and we have quite a few of these very old, very nice toilets. From the extensive research I've done so far, no one makes toilet seats that even fit the bolt hole dimensions (9 1/4" center to center). Does anyone know how I could find out if a toilet seat with those dimensions even exists these days? Length/width really doesn't matter much. I know it's not the universal size

Is there a way to search by bolt hole dimensions when looking at toilet seats online?

Thank you!

There seems to be one on Ebay now.

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If you can't find the exact replacement, one other option is toilet seats that are adjustable.

One of my toilet seats is made by a brand name PRESSALIT. I think it used to be a French company but was later on acquired by American Standards. They are specialized in toilet seats.

The one I have has a mounting that is adjustable to some degree.

Here is a picture of the toilet seat.



If you look closer at the hinges and hardware, you can see two places where it is adjustable.



First, there are two L shaped mounting rods that slide into the seat hardware. You have some adjustment there as the insertion can have some play.

Second, the two pieces that mount to the bowl can rotate, so you could insert them into your odd spaced mounting holes, then rotate them until they are where you want them before you tighten them from the bottom.

There may be other brands that provides similar types of adjustments on their toilet seats.



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Thank you so much! I will check this out. It's a shame to trash such awesome, vintage toilets because of the seats breaking!

perhaps you can use or modify your existing hardware:


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"Measure Twice & Cut Once" - Retired U.A. Local 1 & 638

AMerican Standard Luxor seats are 9 13/16" but it is an elongated seat.