Help us add a toilet
We currently have an ensuite with no toilet, a main bathroom and a separate toilet.
We want to add another toilet. The house is on a slab, all of the plumbing and waste is on the left side of the house. The laundry is currently bigger than it probably needs to be.
How would you suggest we go about putting in another toilet, which walls stay and go, where will doors be, etc?
Victoria, Australia
Comments (12)
Kate
21 days agoRelated Discussions
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Comments (11)You installed them a few years back? I'd be getting rid of them sooner rather than later, they must bother you at least once every day. Maybe the shop will do a deal for a bulk purchase (your two new much more user friendly ones and your sister's). I chose a Raymor, simple shape to clean, particularly behind the loo, because let's face it, who wants to be on hands and knees reaching about under and around odd shaped porcelain bits any longer than necessary. It also drops straight down inside, no weird shapes and ledges....See MoreTOILETS - Which one out of these 2 is better?? HELP!!!!
Comments (7)I know this is an old thread, but for the benefit of others who googled for a review and would like an opinion on the Parisi Ellisse toilet - here's my opinion after two to three years of use: Would I recommend - sorry, but no Loved the design and comfort of the toilet seat, but having used the toilet for a couple of years, this toilet has blocked on numerous occasions and partially blocked on even more. You'd think that by now flush design would have been well researched, and blockages would be rare, but we find blockages far too frequent. Maybe we just have too big a load. Of course, the trick to prevent blockage is to predict when the toilet may be getting full and to flush whilst mid-way between your number two, and /or be aware of how much toilet paper you might be using and take and extra flush. The other design issue I have is that the toilet seat cover and the top of the cistern is such that if you lean back, the seat cover raises the cistern cover slightly and when you stand up, the seat cover returns to its normal position and causes the cistern cover to drop back. This might be an installation issue, however, if so, then the tolerances for correct installation are very tight. Hope others find this feedback helpful....See MoreHELP please on kitchen, laundry, add bedroom.
Comments (13)Airbnb is a great income earner and you sound very positive, having just stopped dealing in holiday accommodation which included Airbnb. Very good friends have a newly built smallish two story house which they use the lower level for Airbnb and any family and friends to visit, it can be securely closed off for Airbnb guest. I suggestion to you is to use the front of your house for Airbnb keeping the rear private. Your Airbnb accommodation can be 1 -2 bedroom with kitchenette, we always locked the 2nd bedroom when not required, saved on extra linen and unexpected guests. If you leave the second bedroom open and not included in the rate the guests will always use it, from experience. The kitchenette only needs a bench under the window with a small fridge, MW , sink, and small table and chairs for cold days. Your new master and ensuite next to the new deck, you walk between the robes which have a joining cabinet above when entering the ensuite. The laundry separate with or without exterior access, you could even have the laundry opening through the kitchen wall. The family bathroom has a bath with shower over. A large linen/storage cupboard in the living room, this can also be used to help separate the guests wing from the private. Guests could have the under cover front verandah for Alfresco dining along with a small portable electric BBQ oven....See MorePlease help me position a guest toilet/powder room
Comments (12)I have a separate guest toilet without windows using a ceiling extractor fan - not a problem. I also have internal cavity sliding doors to bathrooms and toilets and love how they give extra space and options regarding placement of items. Another location alternative for you may be between the cinema room and the kitchen, depending on what you had planned for that extra space in the kitchen. Two metres is a wide hallway, if that is what it is? Ours is 1.3 which is considered wide (as we need to accommodate a wheelchair which has to turn into doorways). An advantage of a very wide hallway is it gives room for extra furniture placement such as bookshelves, linen or other cupboards if needed. I don't see a linen cupboard or pantry cupboard in your plans. Something else to think about is future proofing - try to cover future possibilities with regard to function, as making structural or fittings changes later can be more expensive, and may come at a time when you can least afford it (e.g. injured, disabled, children, aging or other such people visiting your home). Lives change, sometimes over time, sometimes in an instant, and suddenly the doors are not wide enough (especially the toilet door!), or the walls are not strong enough for a weight-bearing rail, and a host of other things. We put 900cm doors as a minimum and it makes life a lot easier, including moving furniture in and out. Universal Design principles are worth a look. Sadly these considerations are currently considered special or optional, although there are moves to change that, so that builders and architects will consider these things as standard....See MoreKate
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siriuskey
18 days agoWithout all dimensions, I would consider the following addition of a Powder room taking part of the current laundry. There are toilets that can easily be installed without digging up the slab but they are more expensive but what would it cost to dig up the slab.
The existing Toilet becomes part of the small ensuite. There are other things you could do to improve flow of the house, ie; the kitchen meals.
patridge bhunu shava
14 days agolast modified: 14 days agoI would suggest removing the vanity and in its place put a toilet pot and put on opposite wall to door a smaller wash basin. Remove the toilet pot in the middle and replace with one with a wash basin attached on top.
patridge bhunu shava
14 days agosiriuskey
13 days agoThe designer felt that having a separate toilet would service both the family bathroom and the ensuite. A separate toilet in a family home is important and needed to help the bathroom work for a family, that's why I have added another separate toilet/powder room. Instead of adding another toilet into the family bathroom.
That space would be better used to extend the shower and make the ensuite larger
Kate