Thread: Where should one place the toilet when planning a bathroom?

if you have a choice a completely seperate 1/2 bath as we call it here, meaning no shower or tub, is great. I would still seperate the toilet in the main bathroom, but nothing beats the complete privacy of a far seperated bathroom nobody really wants to use. from 12-18yo my family had a house that had a 1/2 bath off the living room for company and other use while downstairs. there was also, in the very back of the house off the laundry room, another 1/2 bath. probably in all those years I used it 20-30 times. I don't think my mom or brother ever did. my dad used it every single day there were newspapers stacked in there. I'm sure he loved never being interrupted.

Red

Two bathrooms. One the way mama wants it to maintain peace in the family and another one for yourself with a toilet, sink, and shower - large enough for reasonable guy-type elbow room, some linen storage, and a magazine rack. You'll be using the auxillary bathroom/shave den so use durable, long lasting, easily cleanable surfaces: ceramic tile is good, stone is good, narrow grout joints are good, solid surface materials are generally good; avoid plastic laminates for counters as the substrate typically used is not water resistant and an unsopped-up oops may blow up the countertop. Oh, and keep the colors not white as that (non)color requires constant or even more frequent cleaning. Matte finishes are in the plus column too. If you have to go with something flat on the walls to paint, use real plaster if you can - it will not harbor mold.

Good luck

Originally Posted by stdreb27

I tend to agree with you. But I'd suggest, if you want to win the argument... Eat yourself a whole mess of Mexican food, or whatever else irritates your bowels. And when she is relaxing in the tub, walk in there with the paper, and let it rip, be as obnoctious at possible.
There is no way, that she would be so bull headed where she doesn't agree with you from then on.

I cannot express through letters how hard it was to supress laughter at work when I read this.

+50.

Still, it's a bad idea...so -49.

Chadd

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i put our toilet in a strait line from the back door under an oak tree for summer cooling....

Originally Posted by kilowattkid

I'd put a urinal in there some where as well.

My uncle put a urinal in his basement, next to the pool table (in a closet of course). It's a man's house. Three dudes, all living together.

When they have free time, they probably grow chest hair and talk about sports.

Toilets used to be in bathrooms for historical reasons. Prior to the water closet, people had a separate shîthouse outdoors, and a sink vessel in the kitchen to take a bath.
When modern plumbing came around, there were initially only one or two rooms in a house having the plumbing to accommodate a water closet. One was the kitchen, hence the choice was easy...
None of those reasons exist today, except when you're on a really tight budget, and I mean really tight.
Bathrooms should be clean relaxing places where every member of the household can feel at ease, while taking care of personal hygiene.
It's obvious that someone defecating in the same place is going to interfere with that premise. Both for the one brushing his teeth as the one with the mild diarrhea.
Ask your wife, why it's so important for her to have a toilet in the bath room. Maybe having a bidet in your bathroom, at the spot where your wife envisions the toilet, can be a good compromise for resolving the disagreement.
I have two toilets in my home, one upstairs and one downstairs. They are both separate of the one bathroom we have.

Bart.

Originally Posted by majurey

Personally, I prefer it all in one room -- that way I can take a crap in the nude and then jump straight into the bath or shower.

What?!?!? Hey, you asked the question.... I'm just considering the practicalities here.

Two years ago I would have thought that was disgusting. But having used that sort of a set up here in Bangkok I can see the attraction to it. But having said that, the idea of a toilet in the bathroom is just icky.

Have You considered something like this...

Originally Posted by Robert1988

Have You considered something like this...

If I suggest this to my wife it could end up being my place of residence.

Originally Posted by ndw76

If I suggest this to my wife it could end up being my place of residence.

And the dog house is better?