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We lived in a house with five adults and one bathroom for a few months when we came back from Spain, when we moved back into our house and before the lodgers had moved out.
Not to be recommended.
I think you need at least one other toilet and keep the bedroom basins. And yes, I think the people will pee in them if there are no other facilities.
While we didn't resort to doing that when we returned from Spain*, we did on occasions go up the road to use the pub's facilities.
Is there nowhere (a cupboard even), where you could put a toilet, macerators fit in virtually anywhere.
http://www.diydoctor.org.uk/projects/macerator.htm
* at least I didn't:eek::eek::rotfl:
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Imagine someone holding forth on biology whose only knowledge of the subject is the Book of British Birds, and you have a rough idea of what it feels like to read Richard Dawkins on theology: Terry Eagleton
Anyone considering macerators should read this first:
http://www.diyfaq.org.uk/humour.html
It makes peeing in the sink sound a preferable option.
Nothing happens Adrian, planning permission is only required for 7 or more persons unless there is Article 4 planning restriction in place.
As anselld stated it would be a C3 to C4 permitted development.
HTH
http://www.diyfaq.org.uk/humour.html
http://www.diy-forums.com/threads/saniflo.5444/
Just ignore my previous remark, OP
Whilst I understand that you are not obliged to have an extra toilet, I do think it will make your property more attractive.
Could you convert one of the kitchens into a bathroom and/or utility room with toilet?
Member #10 of £2 savers club
Imagine someone holding forth on biology whose only knowledge of the subject is the Book of British Birds, and you have a rough idea of what it feels like to read Richard Dawkins on theology: Terry Eagleton
:rotfl:
Peter Parry is brilliant!
Endless trouble ensued with not enough parking, rubbish piling up outside, tenants not getting along, noise, police being called, even had the Police helicopter hovering overhead one night whilst police went in and waited whilst a resident removed his belongings. Was hellish for the neighbours who made sure they made the landlord's life a misery with complaints to him. Eventually he saw sense and rented it out to a family and life returned to normal.
Really, so what if someone occasionally pees in it because the only other facility is occupied - they will presumably run the tap afterwards, and as a previous poster says, it's they who will have to clean their teeth at the same sink in the morning! That's another thing, it's not only washing in the morning and using the toilet, it's washing your face and cleaning your teeth at night, when perhaps you are really tired and just want to get into bed, but there's a queue for the bathroom.
Worries about hairdryers? What's the realistic likelihood of someone dropping a hairdryer into a sink full of water? If you're that worried, don't have a mirror over the sink. How many of the rooms have electric sockets within hairdryer cord reach of the sink?
Within zone 1 or 2, any electrical fixtures must be at least IPx4-rated - protected against spray up to 60° from vertical.