# When is it time to replace a toilet seat?
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-is-it-time-to-replace-a-toilet-seat/538118
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion
**Created:** [May 3, 2010, 4:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-is-it-time-to-replace-a-toilet-seat/538118 "2010-05-03T04:50:37Z")
**Posts on this page:** 8
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### Author:  [@Autolycus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Autolycus)
#### Post date: [May 4, 2010, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-is-it-time-to-replace-a-toilet-seat/538118/21 "2010-05-04T21:54:04Z")
> [@I\_Am\_The\_Lorax](#):
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> Honestly, if you’re asking when it’s time; it’s time.
Indeed, this is one of those rare moments in life where if you have to ask, you already know the answer.
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### Author:  [@cuberdon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cuberdon)
#### Post date: [May 4, 2010, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-is-it-time-to-replace-a-toilet-seat/538118/22 "2010-05-04T23:55:44Z")
> [@Autolycus](#):
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> Indeed, this is one of those rare moments in life where if you have to ask, you already know the answer.
Fair enough.
Although I _was_ curious about others’ experiences, and glad to hear that it sounds pretty easy.
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### Author:  [@Autolycus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Autolycus)
#### Post date: [May 5, 2010, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-is-it-time-to-replace-a-toilet-seat/538118/23 "2010-05-05T00:26:36Z")
Sorry if my response was overly snarky.
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### Author:  [@Cicero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cicero)
#### Post date: [May 5, 2010, 7:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-is-it-time-to-replace-a-toilet-seat/538118/24 "2010-05-05T07:51:06Z")
My cheap sister bought a second hand one. I was hoping she would get crabs.
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### Author:  [@Tim\_T-Bonham.net](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tim_T-Bonham.net)
#### Post date: [May 5, 2010, 8:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-is-it-time-to-replace-a-toilet-seat/538118/25 "2010-05-05T08:09:20Z")
> [@Cicero](#):
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> My cheap sister bought a second hand one. I was hoping she would get crabs.
You don’t get crabs from a toilet seat!
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### Author:  [@Cicero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cicero)
#### Post date: [May 5, 2010, 8:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-is-it-time-to-replace-a-toilet-seat/538118/26 "2010-05-05T08:23:02Z")
> [@t-bonham@scc.net](#):
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> You don’t get crabs from a toilet seat!
You could if you took a dubious woman there.
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### Author:  [@Harmonious\_Discord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harmonious_Discord)
#### Post date: [May 5, 2010, 10:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-is-it-time-to-replace-a-toilet-seat/538118/27 "2010-05-05T10:06:38Z")
It’s your toilet. Change it when you like. They are simple to change. I had better not see you asking when you can clean the toilet.
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### Author:  [@chela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chela)
#### Post date: [May 5, 2010, 10:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-is-it-time-to-replace-a-toilet-seat/538118/28 "2010-05-05T10:54:51Z")
Replacing it every spring would be a little extreme, unless that person doesn’t clean it at all. Plastic is easier to maintain, and yes you must swab under the seat as well and don’t forget the rim.
> [@](#):
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> It’s your toilet. Change it when you like. They are simple to change. I had better not see you asking when you can clean the toilet.
Not a when do you clean, but a how do you clean, is what I would like to see. I’m not too fussy of a housekeeper but I get a little anal over how to clean the toilet.
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