I have personally never replaced the roll... ever. I would get out a new roll of toilet paper and leave it on the counter hahaha. this drove my gf crazy. She even went as far as to pull me into the bathroom, close the door and give me a lesson on HOW to change the roll on a toilet paper holder. She went through all the steps and then made me do it lol.... obviously we both knew that I was capable of changing the toilet paper roll.