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About Our Collection:
Our collection consists mainly of pre-1960 white tank lids. We have 100’s of 30’s and 40’s deco-style lids as well as a wide selection of hard to find serpentine, Pacific-style and Crane tank lids.
Price Guide:
Newer lids: $50. Deco Lids: $60. Pacific Lids: $90. Serpentine and rare lids: Up to $200 depending on condition and rarity. These prices are to serve as a guide only, actual price will depend on the condition of lid and it’s rarity.
Tank Lid Information: Vintage toilets were largely hand-finished. As a result, the size and fit of the tank lid can vary greatly even among toilets of the same make and
model. Since old lids were fitted right to the original tank, replacement lids may wobble slightly. We recommend using adhesive felt pads available at any hardware store to
correct this. We do not have any colored lids.
How to Order: Due to the inherent variability in hand-finished
lids, make and model information is of little help to us. In order to find a replacement tank lid we will need a template of the top of your toilet tank. To make a template, place
heavy paper or cardboard across the top of the tank and trace around the OUTSIDE of the tank. Cut out the template
; the cuttout should be the exact size and shape as the top of your tank.
IMPORTANT: Be sure to
cut out the template and test it for exact fit. We will not accept templates that are not cut out and tested! The time, effort & expense involved in finding and shipping a lid
is simply too great for us to have to guess whether to cut on the inside or the outside of the lines and to speculate as to the accuracy of the template when it appears to have
been sloppily rendered. Consider yourself warned; un-cut or otherwise “ugly” templates will be returned to sender!!
Mail the template to
the address below. You may wish to transfer the outline of your template on to lighter paper to save on postage.( Due to variations in reproduction size, we cannot accept
templates sent via FAX.)
We will take your template and actually lay it inside different tank lids to find one that fits. We don’t promise that we will have a lid
that fits, only that we will try our best to find one.
PLEASE: We do not deal in post-1960 plumbing, nor do we have tank lids for
newer toilets. Don’t waste our time by asking us to find lids for toilets made after 1960.
Send Templates to:
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DEA Bathroom Machineries
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Attn: Jim
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495 Main Street
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Murphys, CA 95247
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Be sure to include your telephone number and return shipping address. Upon receiving your template, we will attempt to find a lid and will contact you via
telephone with price and estimated shipping costs. We will ask for your billing information at this time.
PLEASE ALLOW UP TO 2 WEEKS FOR YOUR TEMPLATE TO ARRIVE AND
FOR US TO CONTACT YOU.
Shipping: Vintage tank lids are fragile and heavy. In order to ship lids safely we must
custom-build a mini-crate for each one. Be prepared to pay up to $35 shipping and packing per lid. |
