[krayonigo]

My wife bought a display toilet from Lowe's.. the lid was sealed for safety purpose. How do I unseal the lid without breaking it?

[hkstroud]

Never heard of such a thing. What's it sealed with? Sure it isn't just a screw run through the seat into the lid?

[afaroo]

Can you post a picture of it?

[krayonigo]

No, it's sealed around the edge. Home improvement centers do this while toilets on on display and setting at an angle above our heads

[hkstroud]

That makes me think that it is glued together, if so, you are not going to get it apart..

[ballengerb1]

Ask the plumbing department guy at Lowe's what they used. The toilets don't come that way and they should be selling a product ready to "go." You are saying lid so we should not be thinking seat, you mean the tank lid, right? It must ge glued.

[hkstroud]

Thanks Bob. Now where in the &*% did I get toilet seat.

[Milo Dolezal]

You cannot recognize by looking at it what substance was used ?

Best you can do: buy new seat. You can get new plastic seat for $6.00. No sweat...

[ballengerb1]

Milo, I am fairly certain this is the tank lid, not the seat. I have seen how Lowe's displays their toilets and they must glue the tank lids but the seats would not have any additional attachments.

[hkstroud]

Assuming we are talking about tank lid,only thing I can imagine is silicone, don't how you could get it off unless you could cut with utility knife.

[speedball1]

My bet is that they used Dap Tub and Tile Caulk which is adhesive. Take a thin blade and run it under the crack and see if that doesn't loosen it up. Good luck, Tom

[mygirlsdad77]

I agree with Bob here. The toilet never should have been sold to you this way. Contact store and ask if it is easily removeable, if not, demand a new toilet in the box. I would even go so far as to demand they deliver the new one and pick up the old one free of charge.

[Milo Dolezal]

Oh, got you... LOL... I just automatically assumed it is the seat cover...

Than I agree with Harold: it is probably sealed with epoxy or silicone caulk. Find the points of contact and cut them with drywall knife or break them with sharp chisel...

[afaroo]

If it is silicone you can cut it with a utility knife as Harold suggested, if not I would suggest to take it back to Lowe's and they will tell you what to do with it, Thanks.

John