Downstairs toilet

Sounds just a little bit 'Mrs Brown'.

We had our kitchen extended and had a toilet included in the build. I was very apprehensive but the architect assured me it would work. ( I had a dream of being sat on the loo in the middle of the kitchen) Anyway 4 years later and I think it's brilliant though I know not everyone likes the idea

Me too merlot
My understairs cupboard is not high enough to use as a cloakroom so I have to make do with the two upstairs bathrooms.

lol......
We'll manage ok...every man/woman for his/her self.

Portaloo?

My last house had a toilet in the garage
At present my standard 3 bedroom house has one toilet in the bathroom......ok for just DH and me.
With overnight guests we manage.

This Christmas dss is coming for one week with ddil and dgs who will be 12 months.
Also.....ds has just let us know he hopes to get home (long haul) this Christmas for 2 weeks with ddil and dgs who will be 2.3 months.
This is fabulous.

Now.... how we all manage the ablutions is another matter.

Charleygirl thanks for reminding me about stairlifts I'd forgotten about them if one could be fitted in our small house it could work..

Our old terraced house has a downstairs bathroom/toilet, whichis great all day, but in the night how I wish for an upstairs toilet! Unfortunately, even if we could afford it, there isn`t the room to create one upstairs.

I thought of that merlot and of someone I know whose cupboard loo is child sized and no adult can get in or out!
We are lucky to have a large downstairs loo and two upstairs. We used to live in a three storey house with just one bathroom on the top floor - I always seemed to be desperate just as someone settled down for a soak in the bath. It was then I saw the practicality of my childhood home where the loo was in a separate room to the bath and sink. Can't remember if we washed our hands afterwards though?

Sorry, but toilets in cupboards under the stairs make me think of Mrs. Brown's Boys

tanith rather than moving when the time comes it may make more sense to have a stairlift fitted. They can even be rented which I learnt quite recently.

I had to have one fitted after I had a # dislocation of my ankle and the ankle was pinned and plated. I have kept it and could not do without it now. For me it was money well spent. Like you, I could not afford a bungalow in London and I do not want to move outside London. It would have to be a fair distance before I could find an area that I could afford.

We are a 3 loo family, with an upstairs bathroom, an ensuite, and a very small loo downstairs - we had to take the door off when I was on crutches and needed a toilet frame! It was a great incentive to get rid of the crutches so I could perform in private!

Gkad that things are now operative for you Nansypansy.

The Saniflo will pump upwards a bit - look on their website and if the info you need is not there contact them. They were very helpful when OH contacted them about a query he had. You can probably see on their site the size and type of the one you would need to take the volume of water generated by a shower - as you can get them to take loo. Basin and bath it should not be a problem.

Lucky to have 3 downstairs toilets (2 in Ye Olde parish room- as we bought an old vicarage- with disabled access, which might come handy). We have just installed a rather fancy italian style shower room for guests upstairs (we have our own bathroom with bath and shower over)- but I really would like to have a shower installed downstairs before I have my knee replacement next year.
Has anyone got any experience with a Saniflo shower? I'd be very grateful for any info and tips. Would like to put one at the end of the corridor- condemning an outside door facing East, next to the existing WC (which is raised up to allow outflow- so shower can't really go into there, wouldn't be enough height).

It came in particularly useful when DH had his hernia surgery last month. It took him painful ages to get up and down the stairs the first week or so, so if we had only had the upstairs toilet, he would have really struggled. As it was, it took him painful ages to get to the downstairs one but he didn't have as far to go!

We would love a downstairs loo but as our 'understairs' is part of the open plan living room we have no where to put it. Its one of my worries about the future if one of us can't get upstairs easily.. ideally we'd move to a bungalow but bungalows in London's suburbs are way out of our price range... oh well it'll be the commode in the corner then

We have a downstairs loo, which is in the downstairs shower room, which is the shower that DH uses rather than one of the upstairs ones. I always use the loo in the family bathroom and I have just realised how silly that is.

Jingle Sanilfow are very good and efficient. We used one in our top bathroom so we only needed to use small bore pipes and not put a new pipe into the main drainpipe. You can get several types - some just take the toilet and a basin and some take the bath water as well. You do need to make sure that visitors put nothing down there except the normal and toilet paper - we had a visitor who flushed down a Tampax and it seized up - OH (has plumbing skills too) took the tank out and opened it up in the garden - spotlessly clean inside but the string of the Tampax was round the macerator part - he removed it and all was well again.

When we were kids we were just about the only family with a downstairs loo because a loft conversion moved the bathroom upstairs and left a WC and basin downstairs - also used as a dark room. Such luxury in the 40s and 50s! Alas, having downsized, I have sacrificed a second loo, but did manage pretty well while I was on crutches for a while and I suppose going up and down stairs frequently is good exercise!

My downstairs loo was part of the modern house and it has been a boon to me over the last few years following surgery and fractures. It is also a decent size which is unusual. In a friend's house I seem to have to ease my way in sideways. Nansypansy you will love it and it will be a boon. It may even mean that later you do not have to move.

The saniflo option does sound interesting. I wonder how efficient they are.

Both of our toilets are upstairs, which is a bit of a pain when an occasional workman wants to use the loo. I have resisted having a third installed however, because I blanche at the thought of having three lavs to clean! Perhaps one day it might be inevitable, but not yet please.

I'm chuffed for you, nansypansy. Isn't it great that your determination won through in the end.

We only have one toilet (in the bathroom upstairs). I have always wanted a downstairs toilet as I consider it very 'posh'

We have come to the conclusion that a toilet downstairs and a toilet on the same floor as the bedroom is a must. Our last house was built on the side of a Welsh mountain so we had four floors - we had a toilet on the lowest level - kitchen and dining room - originally in the 1800s this had been the floor with the only bathroom! Next floor was sitting room and study and then up again to bedrooms and bathroom (but we changed bath for a large shower tray) and up again to the guest bedroom with an ensuite containing a bath (for the grandchildren, loo and basin). The room was large so accommodated more than one bed and then there were never any issues with being on the their own when the children were small.