Toilet under the stairs - is it really worth it?

[KidKruger]

"You're way ahead of the curve, KK."

Just got pool sucked out. The terminology from the guy who came was fun.

The cess pool is 8ft deep and 6ft by 8ft wide, liquid runs off through a hole halfway up one side into a soakaway.

Floating at the top of the full cess pool is a 1ft thick 'crust' of 'shit and rag', underneath that are several feet of liquid and underneath that another foot or so of shite, making a 'sandwich'.

In pic you can see the huge suction hose being pushed through the 'crust'.

[civilservant]

thanks for the charming image, KK (no, i didn't click the link, the mental image was quite enough)

in response to the OP - no

especially not if it involves one of those grinding macerator things

[malumbu]

rendelharris Wrote:

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> malumbu Wrote:

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> > However the cost of the Australian toilet will

> > have rocketted since I bought mine due to the

> week

> > pound, perhaps I should have bouught a job lot.

>

> > Sorry for digressing. wc/sink not we/sink

> which

> > sounds like a combined urinal sink.

>

> I was so intrigued by this concept, which I'd

> never heard of, that I Googled it - what a great

> concept, one can even get them at B&Q now and at a

> very reasonable price:

> http://www.diy.com/departments/cooke-lewis-duetto-

> close-coupled-toilet-with-integrated-basin-with-so

> ft-close-seat/160720_BQ.prd

Just remember I was the trend setter! More importantly they have proper full height urinals in the Blythe, a prerequisite for a good pub and subject of another thread of mine.

When I fitte it I tested it without the tap in place and got a jet of water in my face when the toilet was flushed. Funny! I'd better upload a photo.

[Hickory]

Calsug, we had exactly the same dilemma.

In the end we got it done as we were going to rip up the kitchen anyway. It felt like a lot of money, but it's become so useful for little ones and ageing parents/ grandparents who don't want to go upstairs.

Technically you're meant to ask Transco to move the meter, but some CORGI engineers will do it for you. It costs about ?2k on top for Transco to come out..!!

Yes Saniflos are more prone to breaking down, but it's not like you're going to be using this loo 10x a day. I would say do it.

[Salsaboy]

Don't ever get a Saniflo. I've seen one that exploded in an understairs WC. Not a pretty sight. And the whole house stank for weeks.

[ellie67]

I think that it is a good idea to have a toilet under the stairs you might have family members or visitors who may to weak or old to go upstairs.

[Phlox]

malumbu Wrote:

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> I'll be a rebel, buck the trend, and answer the

> question.

>

> Yep got a bog under the stairs. Fortunately there

> is room for a proper waste pipe rather than one of

> those turd grinding things.

>

> To save space we got an intgegrated we/sink where

> you wash with clean water that then fills the

> cistern. Only cold mind you. Special model from

> Australia which fitted myself (there was a lovely

> pink more trad loo there before.

>

> When Mr Bennison did our central heating boiler

> his workers thought it most wonderful.

>

> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hf6qZMF9I70

>

> Now find they are all the rage and much cheaper in

> price than our more top of the range

>

> http://www.diy.com/departments/cooke-lewis-duetto-

> close-coupled-toilet-with-integrated-basin-with-so

> ft-close-seat/

Does the sink provide hot water?