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So you’ve decided to buy a bidet toilet seat.  You’ve done all your research and seen all the videos.  You know how many different air dry settings there are, and how the massage cleaning works.  You know exactly which model you’re going to get.  But wait a minute – did you make sure it’s going to fit your toilet?

This is perhaps the most important question you need to answer before ordering your toilet bidet seat.  You don’t want to receive your new bidet, only to find out that it won’t fit your toilet.  This bidet article explains how to make sure that bidet seat you’re about to order, will fit your toilet.

When shopping for a bidet toilet seat, you may have read things like, “Compatible with all two-piece toilets.”  But to understand what that means, you first need to know what a two-piece toilet is (and by the way, there are one-piece toilets too!).  When bidet manufacturers refer to a two-piece toilet, they’re referring to a toilet where the water tank and toilet bowl are two separate pieces.  Even though they are firmly bolted together, you can tell that the water tank and toilet bowl are “two pieces” (which could be detached if you unscrewed the bolts keeping them together).

With one-piece toilets, the water tank and toilet bowl are one.  There’s no separation.  It’s all, “one-piece.”

Most bidet manufacturers advertise that their bidet toilet seats will fit all two-piece toilets.  These manufacturers wouldn’t make such a bold statement with one-piece toilets, however, because they’re harder to fit.  Why?  Because a bidet won’t fit if there isn’t enough clearance between the back of the toilet bowl and the front of the water tank.  This is especially common with one-piece toilets, or toilets where a curved water tank limits the space where the rear of the bidet should sit.

So how can you be sure a bidet seat will fit your toilet?  We’ll give you a rule to follow – and this rule can be applied to both one-piece and two piece toilets.  The rule is this:  behind your toilet bowl there are two mounting holes which attach your toilet seat to the toilet.  Measure the distance from the center of these mounting holes, to the front of the water tank.  If your tank is curved, you’ll need to take that into account by measuring from the point of the water tank closest to the mounting holes.  Make sure you have at least 1.5 inches of clearance all the way across the back.  If you have at least 1.5 inches (or more) of clearance, all the way across the back, then a bidet seat will fit your toilet.

What if you don’t have the required 1.5 inches of clearance on your toilet?  Don’t panic.  Fortunately, some toilet bidet seats have been manufactured specifically for these hard-to-fit toilets.  If you find yourself in this situation, we recommend you check out the BL 1060 and/or the BL 17 bidet seats from Blooming (Blooming is a bidet seat manufacturer).

Once you’ve verified that the bidet toilet seat you’ve been researching will fit your toilet, next you’ll need to determine if you need a round seat or an elongated seat.  Let’s take one more measurement.  This time, we’ll be measuring from the center of the mounting holes to the very front edge of the toilet bowl.  If it’s 17 inches or less, you’ll need a round seat with your bidet.  If it’s 17.5 inches or more, you’ll need an elongated seat.

So to summarize how to determine if a toilet bidet seat will fit your toilet, make sure you have at least 1.5 inches (or more) of clearance between the center of your toilet’s mounting holes and the front of the water tank.  Remember to take into account any curvature of your water tank by measuring from the point of the water tank closest to the mounting holes.  Then, take one more measurement from the mounting holes to the front of the toilet bowl.  A measurement reading 17 inches or less means you should order a round seat bidet.  17.5 inches or more means you’ll need an elongated seat bidet.

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