New builds. Do you really need three toilets in a 2 bed mid/semi?

Bonniepurple

mi-key said:

i think they should all have these : 

Are those the remains of the rest of the household who were queuing for the one loo in the house?

SallyDucati

jonnydeppiwish! said:

My cousin has a house like this and has just taken the en-suite out and changed it to a walk in wardrobe. Suits her as she’ll live in it for many years. Saves on cleaning and water costs

I’m thinking of doing that!  

New build 3 bed with en-suite but no room for a proper wardrobe.

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oystercatcher said:

Sometimes I look at house plans and wonder why 4 or 5 bedroom houses don't have two family bathrooms instead of 1 family and an ensuite. Why should all the occupants of the remaining bedrooms have to share one bathroom/toilet and the master bedroom have their own facilities much better for everyone to have access to two bathrooms.

I find the boiling water taps terrifying! I am so uncoordinated I fear I would be splashing my arms with boiling water at regular intervals. 

For that matter combined toilet/bathrooms just make congestion worse too.

British houses are designed by a kind if collective idiocy.

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Bonniepurple said:

mi-key said:

i think they should all have these : 

Are those the remains of the rest of the household who were queuing for the one loo in the house?

Speaking of which, millions of dual flush toilets are now leaking in the UK. Most people won't pay out to fix them as the leak is slow. Combined they waste far more water than they ever saved.

We really need to stop messing about with 19th century technology. That goes for everything - house construction methods, taps, electrics, toilets, baths, all of it.

Noneforit999

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Bonniepurple said:

mi-key said:

i think they should all have these : 

Are those the remains of the rest of the household who were queuing for the one loo in the house?

Speaking of which, millions of dual flush toilets are now leaking in the UK. Most people won't pay out to fix them as the leak is slow. Combined they waste far more water than they ever saved.

We really need to stop messing about with 19th century technology. That goes for everything - house construction methods, taps, electrics, toilets, baths, all of it.

Our dual flush ones in the new build we owned previously were a nightmare. All the parts were plastic and two out of the three (we barely used the bathroom toilet) developed some sort of issue over the 5 years. The plastic bits were rubbish and it was obvious they were not designed to last any length of time. 

You can replace the whole interior gubbins for about £40 each toilet but being boxed in behind a tiled wall meant you had to have the arms of a toddler to actually get into them. Once you scratched your arm to bits getting the old bit out and the new bit in, you then had to put sealant back on round the plastic flush cover bit.

Oh and to top it off, the off tap for the toilets were inside the cistern itself. The same tiny rectangular cistern that was built into a tiled wall and you could barely get a hand in, let alone switch off the stop tap which was right in the corner. 

You couldn't make it up..