Separate toilet and shower rooms in a new build

Larac

Back in the day - when I lived in my parents 1950's house - there was a separate toilet and bathroom. Was a godsend when you have 5 people sharing a bathroom and toilet!. Downstairs toilets only became a pre-requisite in the 90's. As others had said if this is a 'bulk standard new build I can't see them changing the template

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sheramber wrote: »

if you don' t like the toilet in th ensuite then don't use it- simples.

We lived on an estate in Buckinghamshire where all the house had a separate toilet and bathroom. As said you had to go from the toilet to the bathroom to wash your hands.

Most people knocked them into one room.

No that's doing it wrong. You are supposed to have toilet + washbasin and then a separate shower.

unforeseen

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https://www.amazon.co.uk/Luxe-Bidet-Neo-110-Non-Electric/dp/B00JG3C1ZE/ref=sr_1_6?keywords=washlet&qid=1564513863&s=gateway&sr=8-6

But that's not a Washlet though.

ashe

DELETED USER wrote:

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Luxe-Bidet-Neo-110-Non-Electric/dp/B00JG3C1ZE/ref=sr_1_6?keywords=washlet&qid=1564513863&s=gateway&sr=8-6

Can’t decide if this is a prank or not, you’re moaning about developer toilets being crap (😂) and then posting links to junk like that?

I agree this country could be better than relying on rubbing toilet roll everywhere until it’s clean but a thin jet of freezing mains water isn’t that appealing. Nor cleaning the plastic nozzle. A proper dedicated bidet or more expensive model would be far better but good luck getting £500 toilets being made mandatory.

ethank

Builder is not going to construct a new room for you. It would require a change to planning permission and potential building regulations.

seven-day-weekend

I can see that the builder will not want to change the way they build their house just for you. They might do it and then you might pull out of the sale, leaving them with a property that is harder to sell.

Just alter it once you have bought it.

Yalpsmol

Just use the downstairs toilet as a toilet and the upstairs one as a shower room. Remove the toilet if you want but itll devalue the property so better idea to just never use it. Use it as an ornament stand.

The previous poster wasnt saying the toilet and sink have to be seperate. Thats just the way old british houses were. They dont build them like that anymore anyway but they would often have toilet in one room and shower/bath and sink, in the room next door.

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ashe wrote: »

I agree this country could be better than relying on rubbing toilet roll everywhere until it’s clean but a thin jet of freezing mains water isn’t that appealing. Nor cleaning the plastic nozzle. A proper dedicated bidet or more expensive model would be far better but good luck getting £500 toilets being made mandatory.

The problem is that in the UK you can't have electrics too near water like the shower, for obvious reasons. So if you want a nice one with heated water jet and seat it needs to be in a different room or at least 3m from the shower.

https://www.diynot.com/wiki/Electrics:bathroom_zones

An decent electric one with heated water, heated seat and self-cleaning nozzle is about £100-150. They pay for themselves pretty quickly just from the savings on toilet paper. They should be mandatory, just like solar should be. What's £150 on the cost of a new home?

https://www.yodobashi.com/product/100000001002489038/
https://www.yodobashi.com/product/100000001003874982/

But the real problem, as I say, is regulations that mean you can't have suitable electrical outlets in most bathrooms. Or rather, the lack of separate rooms for shower and toilet.