Toilet tank lid broke [Creative solution] ESP/ENG

I think today's post fits the name of this community like a glove because of what happened recently, I'll tell you about it: Yesterday my oldest daughter was washing the bathroom, and by things of fate (things that are going to happen anyway) the toilet tank lid slipped and shattered 😱 and really more than the fact that it broke it made me very sad to see her countenance, her frustration and feeling of guilt, since she and her sister finally managed last year to gather everything needed for the remodeling of that bathroom (in fact you witnessed that) so that toilet is new. She started researching on the internet to see if they sold the toilet tank lid and apparently the results were discouraging, she told me that she could not find it, not even in EPA stores (a huge home products and remodeling store in Venezuela) They only sold the seat and the lid of the toilet bowl but not the tank lid. This obviously made her very sad because in order to solve the problem then there would be no choice but to buy a new toilet, which would obviously be much, much, much, much more expensive.

Creo que el post de hoy le va como anillo al dedo al nombre de esta comunidad por lo que pasó recientemente, les contaré: Ayer mi hija mayor estaba lavando el baño, y por cosas del destino (cosas que van a pasar de cualquier manera) la tapa del tanque del inodoro se resbaló y se hizo pedazos 😱 y de verdad más que el hecho de que se rompiera me dio mucha tristeza ver su semblante, su frustración y sentimiento de culpa, ya que ella y su hermana lograron finalmente el año pasado reunir todo lo necesario para la remodelación de ese baño (de hecho ustedes fueron testigos de eso) por lo tanto ese inodoro es nuevo. Ella se puso a investigar por internet a ver si vendían la tapa del tanque del inodoro y al parecer los resultados fueron desalentadores, me dijo que no la encontraba, ni siquiera en tiendas EPA (una enorme tienda de productos para el hogar y remodelación que hay en Venezuela) Solo vendían el asiento y la tapa de la taza del inodoro pero no la tapa del tanque. Esto obviamente la puso muy triste porque para poder solucionar el problema entonces no habría más remedio que comprar un nuevo inodoro, lo que obviamente saldría mucho pero mucho, muuucho más caro.

So I decided to look for a quick solution to at least make the toilet look better. I grabbed some anime sheets (also known in other countries as styrofoam or by its more universal name "expanded polystyrene"), a material I had in the house from some purchases we had made, and I simply glued a sheet over the others and drew the shape of the toilet lid taking as a guide the hole that had been left in the tank without lid, then, with the help of a hot knife to make it easier to slide, I cut out what I had drawn, even cut out the part of the hole where the flush buttons should go. Also with the knife I polished the edges to make them neater, giving depth to the structure so that it would fit in the hollow of the tank.

Then I fitted the flush buttons in the hole I previously made and thank God it fit perfectly since I took the measurement with the buttons themselves, and finally, to give it an even more aesthetic look I put a cover that I had previously made 😊.

Modesty aside I think it looks pretty good, maybe not as strong and durable as its original cover but at least we solve the aesthetics problem and it is fully functional. Haha 😄 in my house, like all mothers and housewives my family knows me for being a kind of “utility” “handyman” or whatever they call it in any country, but I just like to look for the solution to the problems with what we have at hand, we can always solve any problem, just think a little and I'm sure we will find the solution.

Anyway I would like you to tell me in the comments if you know where they sell this cover (the Hivers of Venezuela 😉) or where I could get it. Thank you very much for the information you could give me and of course thank you also for reading my post, I send you virtual kisses and hugs 😘 🤗.