Combined WC/washbasin

wow - never heard of anything like this. Any links?

Someone mentioned this on another thread recently. I can't for the life of remember which thread it was.?

I saw one on a friends FB page she’d come across one at a friends house they live in Belgium not sure how well it worked though.

The thread which is active at the moment is “To flush or not to flush” where the subject is reducing water consumption.
Sorry I’m not IT savvy enough to do a clicky link.

www.victorianplumbing.co.uk/alaska-combined-two-in-one-wash-basin-toilet-500mm-wide-x-300mm
Did a quick search and found this.

i saw a picture of one recently shewing the kind of cell that maxwell is being held in.
i think they are standard in Usa prisons, but not ours.

DSis has put one in the outside toilet. There was no sink at all out there before so it's much better. Seems to work ok.

I would like one of these in upstairs, but just wondered whether you need room, to stand, at the side of the loo whilst washing your hands, or do you lean over the loo?

(Now I have adverts popping up showing these )

Went to the bathroom shop yesterday, plenty of choice of these cisterns with wash basins included, but remember that you either have to stand to one side to use it, or lean across and over the loo to wash your hands.

Clever idea though to use grey water to flush the loo.

I had exactly this problem last year but after looking at lots of them I decided they just weren't for me.

Instead I bought a tiny curved basin which allowed more door-opening. It has a 25cm projection into the room so we can open the door wide enough. Then we bought the "shortest" wc I could find.
Again, look for one with a short "projection".

My downstairs loo is the old back door "lobby" of a terraced house so very small... less than a metre wide and only 1.4m long. It works.

Good luck!

It seems unlikely that a room too small for a basin would have convenient standing room beside the loo. I do like the idea of using the water more wisely, though.

Many thanks for all your comments.
NotSpaghetti - ours is the same size so think I’ll try to find a really small basin - maybe one partially inset the wall!

If the space for door opening is the problem, perhaps a folding or sliding door could make all the difference.

A friend of mine had one installed in her downstairs loo a few years ago. It's a really clever use of space I think. The only downside I could see is no hot water supply but that wouldn't bother me.

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Dotty123 my downstairs toilet is a similar size, and my little ensuite is even narrower!
We've fitted small cloakroom washbasins in both, Amazon have a good choice.
The main help for space in the rooms is that the doors have been fitted to open outwards.

The only problem with outward opening doors is that you can unwittingly knock over some unsuspecting passer by! I’d go for bi-food or sliding.

I mentioned this type of loo in the thread on flushing. We had one in a place we stayed in recently.
Fine for a cloakroom but you have to lean across the toilet to use the sink. It’s not very big and a bit tricky for toothbrushing .If you are only going to use it to wash hands then it would work as long as you aren’t vertically challenged or have a disability that stops you leaning over.
As oopsadaisy mentioned there may be a version that is available with the basin off to the side. If your space is wide enough that could work better.

We only had enough room for the toilet so my husband bought a narrow oblong basin and fitted on the window sill. We obviously have to lean over toilet to wash hands so it wouldn’t be ideal for a child to use but it does mean I got a basin in there which I had wanted for so long.

*fold not food

We lived in Japan and saw these often. They work perfectly well.

We fitted this in last year and love it. You do need to lean over the toilet but it’s really not a problem -& I’m only 5foot 3”. I love the idea that the water is being reused.

PS....we have a hot and cold water feed to the basin.

I think I’d go for a tiny basin. We had a very small one which was corner shaped in a previous house , it was on top of a plinth shaped into the corner but you could just have the corner shape without the plinth( this covered the pipes)

Another solution would be to have the door re hung the other way so it opens outwards . We did that too.

Surely you can put one knee on the toilet lid to Lean over ? I think they’re a great idea for a small space .