Extra toilet

When I commented early in the thread about the noise, I was talking about one that was newly about two years ago. Maybe position and the plumber have an input to the noise generated. This one was very noisy.

Saniflos must have changed a bit Phoebes - my little beauty is really really quiet!

We have a Saniflo and when it was put in , our daughter, who was quite little at the time refused to use it because of the noise it made!
The first time i ever came across a saniflo-type loo was in France, when part of our bedroom had been cut off to make a tiny bathroom. The loo had a label on it saying "Danger d'explosion!" I was terrified of it - I think it was just because you are not supposed to put anything unusual down the loo.

anyone have experience of Japanese loos? When I had shoulder surgery one would have been a godsend - and no more loo paper! You can have just the top converted not the whole loo, but expensive -

When we moved to our present house I listed 10 things that must be there, a downstairs loo was near the top of the list.
Our house has 9 ticks out of the 10 required. Yes we have a downstais loo.
I agree about it being quite a low height.
Our solution is a plastic removeable seat.
It raises it by approx 2 inches. Much more comfortable for me to use !

Our house had had the pantry under the stairs converted into a toilet ( avocado green - lovely ) when we bought it over 30 years ago.We have had it updated and put in a modern toilet aand tiny wash hand basin. It has been invaluable with elderly relatives and 3 young GC! Also no one spends too long in there as the central heating doesn't extend there so it is very cold. That's the next job on the never ending list.

Have just been through a massive refurb and had extra toilet put at the far end of laundry room . GREAT IDEA as space was at a premium.

We had a downstairs loo put in recently during our extension . It's great ,but now OH gets NO exercise as the only thing he did 3/4 times a day was to climb the stairs ! . But do like it for the extra loo and for the DGC .

I don't really mind where the loos are, though a downstairs one is useful, but having 2 is ESSENTIAL in my house.

We have a utility room off the kitchen at the back of the garage. We had a cubicle built with a toilet and wash basin. Very useful.

Willow500, you have made me remember when she did the bikini wax in her understairs loo. Very funny.

We were looking at one of those washbasins on top of a cistern the other day - a very good idea for those tiny rooms where a full size washbasin isn't possible. We've been lucky enough to have a downstairs loo since we moved into our house 30 years ago - very handy for visitors and workmen. I hope your loo is more successful than the one Mrs Brown had fitted under her stairs Nancy

My dear late mum had a downstairs toilet installed back in the early 90's,when when she was in her mid sixties and in good health,saying that she was 'thinking ahead to a time when she might not be able to get up and down the stairs so easily'. Was she glad she did. She was virtually housebound the last 6 months of her life and it turned out to be a god-send.

Gagagran yes I'm very lucky. Not much he can't do !
Enjoy your new loos. They'll certainly make a big difference to you

Oh how I long for an upstairs loo ! Our one and only is downstairs and has been perfectly adequate for the last 27or so years. However with age and dodgy knees and prostrate problems (the other half not me !) the trip down stairs in the middle of the night is getting more and more of a nuisance !

We couldn't do that Dandibelle as the upstairs bathroom floor is tiled and the downstairs loo is wood (sealed). The toilets really need replacing anyway - looking a bit elderly now so I am going for new modern ones with the height I need and soft close lids. Your DH sounds like a very handy chap - wish mine was!

Hello Gagagran. I needed my toilet raising too. So a lot cheaper than buying a new toilet. My husband put a block under the toilet and highered it, then fitted carpet over it. Looks great and does the trick

Looking to rightsize soon and a second downstairs loo is in the top three of requirements, the first two are a kitchen and a shed/living room for Shed Man aka OH. As a child we only had one loo in the house but the outside one, full of spiders, was often brought into use by an impatient member of the family. I preferred to wait and hop around like a kangaroo, not that it helped. My father was renowned for having a library book at hand in the only toilet (much to my mothers disgust) and every house I've lived in has had, or had installed a second loo.

My DS and DiL have just moved into house with 2 bedrooms with ensuite, one family bathroom and downstairs loo. Lucky them!

It doesn't have to be in the understairs cupboard. My son and his wife had a tiny corner of the hall (next to the front door) boxed in to make a loo. Very small but useful. They had to have pipes put in all round the house though as the kitchen was at the back.

I live in a bungalow too. No stair climbing for me to get to the loo. When I finally get some money, I have such plans for remodelling my house. On the list are: New CH boiler, kitchen refit to incorporate my small dining room, reinstate the utility room, possibly install a door to the outside in my bedroom so I can sit outside in the morning on sunny summer mornings... the list goes on but the money is elusive ? It's nice to dream though.

In 1995 we had our kitchen refitted, we also changed our small front bedroom into the main bathroom, so we could change and extend the old bathroom into the 'back 'bedroom, so we then had three doubles. BUT we also had a larder in the old kitchen, which partially went under the stairs so we made that a downstairs toilet. What a life changer with two daughters who spent half a lifetime in the bathroom! But also we all cleaned our teeth downstairs in the morning, so the stairs travel was substantially reduced. However I never could train then to take up their belongings placed strategically on the stairs!

We now live in a bungalow with an ensuite. We are extending the kitchen and the pantry is part of the plan, with a utility room too, it has taken us a long time, but we have what we need now! I so missed my pantry..........

I'm another who doesn't flush in the night.

We had a saniflo in our en suite 2 houses back and it was noisy but better than the cost of putting in all the plumbing for a standard one. I suspect they have made them quieter now.

This reminds me of when DS was small and we went to see a friend who had issues about us having more than her. DS kept insisting on using the downstairs loo when she didn't have one. He just wouldn't accept that he had to go upstairs and I didn't want to say she didn't have one because of her sensitivities. i often wonder if she remembers it.

Another positive for a downstairs loo is that it is so much easier to toilet train children. No scooting upstairs with a child who is "doing it" as you go. They can go themselves much earlier than they would if the stairs are in the equation.

I have (very vaguely so far) been looking at property near to my daughter for some time. Finding places with a downstairs toilet or even space for one seems really difficult. I would not like to be without a downstairs loo. Our first house was a 1948 built post war semi and that had a toilet just inside the backdoor. It was not elegant but very useful.