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Lodger/toilet problems
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Leave a bucket of water in the room.
A small amount tipped from that - slowly - into the bowl will wash away a typical urinary visit (most UK toilets hold about a pint or so at the bottom of the bowl), and this will remove the flushing noise.
The water doesn't HAVE to come from the cistern.....0 -
It's totally reasonable to ask him not to flush during the night. But by the sounds of things, perhaps you are not being clear with him.
Unfortunatley, now it will have become a problem and he will think you are nagging him. But hey ho, maybe he will move out!?0 -
Earplugs - use a mobile phone alarm on vibrate under the pillow to wake up.
The best lodgers are sorted people, in employment or full time study. If it's a 'pity' let, and he's 3 months behind on the rent, and his basic domestic routines are shot, I'd say it's a good basis for the relationship to breakdown - the late night loo use is the last of your worries.
Time to write off the late rent, I think, and ask him to move on. I know it sounds harsh but I've encountered a couple of friends who have taken advantage of my kindness and are simply experts at sob stories and the author of their own misfortune (even though they are adament that they've been unlucky, their debt and homelessness problems have largely been self-caused by poor planning and budgeting).0 -
Leave a bucket of water in the room.
A small amount tipped from that - slowly - into the bowl will wash away a typical urinary visit (most UK toilets hold about a pint or so at the bottom of the bowl), and this will remove the flushing noise.
The water doesn't HAVE to come from the cistern.....
Thanks googler. That's a good idea.
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It's totally reasonable to ask him not to flush during the night. But by the sounds of things, perhaps you are not being clear with him.
Unfortunatley, now it will have become a problem and he will think you are nagging him. But hey ho, maybe he will move out!?
7 times between midnight and 2am when he finally went to bed?
And I have to be up at 6am to get to work and I didn't get to sleep until 2:30am...just in time for the nightly freight train coming through.
And this was mentioned the first time it happened (he has spent a long time away from the house working and has only just come back).0 -
In which case give him some time to change his behaviour. If he doesn't he needs to know how much this is affecting you and what the consequences of not changing will be. You might want to save this conversation until he's paid his rent-arrears.0
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Hectors_House wrote: »7 times between midnight and 2am when he finally went to bed?
Wow, you must be tired. I said 'totally reasonable to ask him not to'. I'm on your side dude!0 -
You can buy a 'silent flush kit' from the likes of B'nQ, they work quite well. 10 minutes to fit in the cistern. Definitely stops the sound of the rushing water.0
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"If you think it's expensive to hire a professional to do the job, wait until you hire an amateur." -- Red Adair0 -
If he has said he will try to go less often in the night, then I think you need to give him a few days before bringing it up again.0
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