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I'm in the midst of renovating a house, and looking at bathroom fittings. In the US toilets come in "round" and "elongated" - the latter being a bit longer in the bowl and seat so you have more space. Not so in Europe so... where/ how do I find longer-bowled toilets, other than whipping my pants down and trying every single toilet in the shop??
My forum name implies knowledge of the subject, but that's not the case.
But I too am renovating a couple of bathrooms and am looking at bogs from Alan T Carr. I phoned them up on Friday to ask a question. They were very helpful. Worth giving them a call.
Mrsstu specifically had a tall toilet fitted when we had the bathroom done last year.
I'm not a fan.
When dropping the kids off at the pool it's like they're bombing from the 10 meter board with a huge splash.
I loath my bog, the angle of the back of the bowl is such that it's nigh on impossible to avoid skid marks, requiring use of the bog brush every time.
Who designs these things? lol, it can't be that difficult.
am looking at bogs from Alan T Carr. I phoned them up on Friday to ask a question. They were very helpful.
i take it he was a chatty man?
Laying a cable,
Bears hind leg,
Plaster's radio.
All beautiful descriptions of bowle art.
Plaster’s radio.
I do not think that means what you think it means.
Cougar
Plaster’s radio.
I do not think that means what you think it means
I had to google that but I think it could be applicable after a good shart!
What you're thinking of there is pebbledashing.
I had to google that but I think it could be applicable after a good shart
You may be revealing more than you realise with that one
You may be revealing more than you realise with that one
Oh hell, does this mean I need to do more googling?
Edit: the penny has dropped...oops!
I had to google that but I think it could be applicable after a good shart!
Your Google foo has failed you I suspect..... Or I'm doing things wrong.
Your Google foo has failed you I suspect….. Or I’m doing things wrong.
No google was quite explicit, I merely thought as a descriptive term it could be quite applicable in that scenario. Anyway, I'll stop digging now, the circle of light above is getting very small 🙂
painters radio surely?
painters radio surely?
Don't go there!
When dropping the kids off at the pool it’s like they’re bombing from the 10 meter board with a huge splash.
Yep, we had one like this.
Backwash, served cold, is not pleasant.
I loath my bog, the angle of the back of the bowl is such that it’s nigh on impossible to avoid skid marks, requiring use of the bog brush every time.
That's our current downstairs throne.
I'm almost tempted to try sitting the wrong way around one day...
What we all need is....
Yep, we had one like this.
Backwash, served cold, is not pleasant.
AKA 'Neptune's kiss'. Usually received after 'launching a dreadnaught'.
I’m almost tempted to try sitting the wrong way around one day…
I fainted whilst taking a piss once, ended up sat ont big the wrong way round, which was a strange thing to come round to 😂
I do not think that means what you think it means.
I know exactly what it means
What you’re thinking of there is pebbledashing.
It's just different people have different phrases
Anything over 3lb should be lowered by hand...
Plaster’s radio.
Not the meaning I understood it to be. The more commonly accepted application is "Eileen went to bed in her Dexy's Midnight Runners T-shirt and woke up looking like a plasterer's radio."
It's all dirt in your eye
^^different groups different phrases. All about context as well.
I do like that one as well for other contexts.
Despite some objections I am sorely tempted by a Japanese toilet with all that fancy Japanese tech as seen on Bullet Train to replace our mundane German ones.
Our very nice Villeroy & Boch wall mounted one has an inadequate water flow. Water conserving? Not if you need 2 flushes and a scrub.
https://www.wired.co.uk/article/japanese-toilets-technology-environment
I’ve never confessed this before, but I like the German ones where you poo onto a drier bit and you can inspect your handiwork before flushing it away!
I know weird - don’t tell anyone!!!
The place we stayed at in Tenerife last week had one of those Japanese toilets. Life changing.
I had one with a poo shelf, was the Barcelona range from b&q if I remember correctly.
This time when I did our new en suite and main bathroom I made sure there was clear passage to the water!!
No idea about long bogs though, I just had standard in main bathroom and more compact in en suite.
I fainted whilst taking a piss once, ended up sat ont big the wrong way round, which was a strange thing to come round to 😂
Weird, but I also fainted once while having a wizz.
Woke up in a puddle with a lump on my head and a chipped elbow.
When I was somewhat younger and before the internet was a thing, I went to Germany on business. At my hotel, I was confronted with (what I now know to be) a 'German toilet'.
Not knowing any better I performed my duty facing the wall 😃
I too have fainted having a pee split my head open on the radiator
I'm definitely getting at least one Japanese bog seat. Or bidet toilets as they're called. We had one in a place we stayed at for a week. It took a couple of days before either of us risked it but now we're hooked. Maybe one each as at our age there's an annoying combination of dawdling and urgency that aren't compatible with one bog between two.
Maybe one each as at our age there’s an annoying combination of dawdling and urgency that aren’t compatible with one bog between two.
We've got you covered. May I present, the 'Twodaloo' 😀
I can highly recommend the Squatty Potty - got it for my 40th as a joke but I use it daily...
When we did our bathrooms 20yrs ago we got loos from a company called sphinx. Not sure f they are still going but ours are more oval than round. Only issue over the years has been getting replacement toilet seats to fit.
I too have fainted having a pee split my head open on the radiator
When you say head...?
Whilst were on the subject…
If you’re over 5’10”, your knees will thank you for buying something like this:
Homecraft Savanah Raised Toilet Seat without Lid, Elongated & Elevated Lock Seat Support for Elderly, Handicapped and Disabled Users, White Colour https://amzn.eu/d/ayj3k0O
^^we got one of these for the wife to use after her hip replacement. Awful things IMO, but yes it is easierto get up from. As you cannot lift the seat when all the splash back et all hit the underside and it had to be unscrewed to clean underneath.not a pretty site. Dreading fitting it again when the next hip gets done.
^^^
It’s easier just to flip it upside down and liberally apply bleach.
Hose it down, flip it over and repeat.
Spotless!
I tried out one of those Japanese type ones in a bathroom showroom. (in the actual loo mind, it was plumbed in and there was a door with a lock on). Scared the bejesus out of me, I nearly hit the ceiling. I tried pressing every button in sight to try to stop it, with mixed results. It was quite the experience.
There is some relevance to this for the OP - we ended up speccing Duravit ones, and they come in different lengths. Have a look at them.
Our very nice Villeroy & Boch wall mounted one has an inadequate water flow. Water conserving? Not if you need 2 flushes and a scrub.
Useful to know! The go-to brand in the US is Kohler, for everything from B&Q $100 level to $500 poshobog; but of course it's not widely available here, so also trying to work out which brands are worth looking at.
Having done some v minor research, I think the short version is that US "round" toilets are genuinely almost circular in the bowl - in all honesty, as an average sized bloke, sitting down without one end or the other flopping onto the seat can be a challenge. The standard European size is somewhere between the US 'round' and 'elongated'.
And tall toilets - just no. How are you supposed to get any leverage if you can't firmly plant your feet on the floor?!
Bidet toilets (or loos if you're not too plebian) are great. a symptom of my neurologic condition is appalling constipation, and it makes my loo roll consumption not quite as excessive as it was.
This post is the definition of over-sharing
We had a 'disability' toilet fitted for MIL - washes and drys you. I think you've got to specify male or female, no1 or no2, otherwise you get blasted in the wrong place. Cost about £4k. She used it about twice ! Then decided she couldn't walk that far !
I remember when I was getting a replacement 'bowl' for our loo after the original cracked. Another guy there looked at ours and asked the seller if he'd got some of them with the 'bigger hole' in white (ours is cream).
I’ve never confessed this before, but I like the German ones where you poo onto a drier bit and you can inspect your handiwork before flushing it away!
I know weird – don’t tell anyone!!!
Do you plant a small flag in it and salute it as you launch it?
Japanese ones are great once you get over the someone else has only just vacated this seat feeling.
I'd be happy with a modern one that flashed properly. One that dumps a torrent on the doings not some piddly little eco trickle! When the brown conger doesn't want to go a modern flush is useless and the wife objects to the fish slice being used for disection.
Are the high-mounted Victorian cisterns still a thing? Seems like a good way to get more flushing "power" from the same amount of water. Although I am not a toilet technologist, obvs.
Been to japan a fair bit - love the toilets there. The sounds of birdsong playing to disguise any less pleasant biological noises is extremely welcome give the compact nature of their hotel rooms/suites. And getting a full wash and blow-dry afterwards is obviously a far more civilized experience, until society progress to the 3-shell technique