Combined WC/washbasin

Re loo doors opening inwards, my understanding is that opening outwards is safer in case someone should collapse in the loo against the door and so the door cannot be easily opened. ?

What a fantastic invention, i shall be looking into this in the very near future.

My daughter has one in a small en-suite toilet in the spare room. Seems to work well.

What a brilliant idea

That is supposed to be “ top “ ?

My daughter and family lived in Japan for 16 years ( just back ) and they had one in both up and downstairs loo. Japan are miles ahead of Uk for this sort of thing, there baths even sing when they reach the right temperature and also keep it there as long as you want. Never found a problem washing my hands as cistern tip seemed to be slightly deeper than normal

This idea has been around a long time, and was first quite popular in Touring caravan tiny bathroom layouts, although the washbasin itself was made of strong composite, lightweight and large enough to easily be reached in the down position over the toilet, but folded up flush with the wall via an hinge mechanism when not in use. It tipped the water out into a back channel and out to the disposal point, but could equily be adapted to use the water to flush a modern toilet. The downside was though that anything that slipped into the drainage channel, or even the back up of soap deposits made them difficult to clean without a major dismantaling job, hence they tend not to be fitted to the latest models of touring caravans today. However, I have seen some tiny corner handbasins that may suit the job, as they take no more than 30cm of wall space into the corner of a cloakroom, and work off one small central tap, and.without the problem of having to lean up against the outside of the toilet pan to use it, not the cleanest of areas even at the best of times, and not idea for someone wearing floatly baggy style clothing!

We have the toilet with the integrated bowl and I love it. It is neat, no pipes showing and environmentally friendly. We have space to stand at the side to wash our hands.

twiceasnice oops

We had a similar issue with our downstairs loo and to start we had the door changed from opening inwards to opening outwards.
It meant a little more working space inside

Our eldest and his family have one. It is very usable and saves space. The family all use it including a now 5 year old and 2.5 year old. Better than having no means to wash your hands?

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

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.

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

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.

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

*fold not food

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.

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.

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.

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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.

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.

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

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!

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.