Oak Toilet Seat

Owning a solid Oak finished toilet seat is like having a part of our history right there in your home. Oak is a hard wood that has been favoured in construction projects. Just think of all of the things that have been made out of oak over the years. Oak has been used as a timber tree to make things since prehistoric times. It was the timber of choice for the building of wooden boats. Oak has great strength and was used to make really large ships. Coupled with this is the fact that oak cointains a lot of tanins. These chemicals prevent fungi and bacteria rotting down the wood. Brass and chrome fittings go equally well with oak finishes but you should make sure that they have a PVD (physical vapour deposition) finish as this will mean that they are guaranteed not to tarnish

In fact oak tanins are so strong that they were used to cure leather. Oak has also been used for the construction of timber framed buildings and for the making of furniture.

Oak wood can be found in a number of different shades used in the dark oak toilet seats and golden oak toilet seats shown above to the light oak toilet seat illustrated to the right. The light coloured oaks can look magnificent especially if they use hand selected premium wood for durability and beauty. Light oak toilets seat look equally good with brass, nickel or chrome fittings.

Oak is so long lasting that it is reckoned that any furniture made of it, including toilet seats, will last through at least 3 generations. Compare this to other materials used to make touilet seats where the life expectancy is probably just a few years if that.

In terms of hygiene closer grain woods such as those in oak toilet seats provide fewer gaps for bacteria to collect. The tanins in the wood also stop fungi and bacteria attacking and discolouring it.