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How do you stop the loo paper from getting wet?

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Lilygran Tue 23-Jul-13 10:54:41

I really like the look of the wet rooms on the property programmes and I used one recently when I was in hospital. I still really like the idea BUT when the loo is also in the wet room, the toilet paper gets wet. Everything gets wet. And the new shape wash basins (rectangles, shallow bowls, woodland stone dishes) seem to send the water swirling right round the bowl and over the edge. And what is the point of 'waterfall taps'? Why is a bath with a rolled edge better? Is it just me?

jennycockerspaniel Wed 24-Jul-13 23:48:40

Yes they normally are and cold and stick to you.

Galen Wed 24-Jul-13 22:29:26

My present walk in shower is very tiny! I can hardly turn in it! In fact I keep the door open so i can manoeuvre !
I really must convert my bathroom! But I'm worried about getting someone who'll rip me off?

Deedaa Wed 24-Jul-13 21:38:18

Actually my Mother in Law had her bathroom turned into a wet room by the council. Not bad - it only took them four years to get round to it, during which time she was unable to have a bath or shower even with help. The shower was in the opposite corner to the loo and there was no problem with the paper getting wet.

Ella46 Wed 24-Jul-13 20:22:17

harri That must have been some dirty dog!! grin

harrigran Wed 24-Jul-13 19:15:38

If your shower cubicle is big enough you have plenty of room to turn and bend. My en-suite shower can take four adults and a large dog comfortably, don't ask grin

Deedaa Tue 23-Jul-13 22:57:05

I had a wet room tonight! The cistern was overflowing and DH decided to fix it before he went to bed. Sudden yell from upstairs - I went up to find him soaked to the skin with the bathroom floor awash, his shorts (which are a bit too large) round his ankles and water gushing out of the cistern grin
It only took an hour and a half to sort it out ...... what else would you spend Tuesday evening doing?

Galen Tue 23-Jul-13 21:39:11

A friend of mine who has no arms has one of those. He is a hell of a character. I suggest you google him . His name is Frank Letch. I've known him since uni days. He was always surrounded by women!.

glassortwo Tue 23-Jul-13 21:27:02

My DS has just had a wet room fitted so she can bath her 20 yr old son, who is about 6ft 6in and huge, the loo actually washes and dries him. She cant believe how much easier it is to sort him out, and of course she isnt getting any younger so in time she would have had to have help to bath him.

Galen Tue 23-Jul-13 21:20:17

Actually on Cunard you get a disabled room that is twice the size of a normal one for the same price!

Stansgran Tue 23-Jul-13 21:10:56

I loathe and detest shower curtains. They give me the creeps and if one touches me when I'm showering ...ugh... I have a screen. I would like a walk in shower... Lots of adverts will now pop up.

Nelliemoser Tue 23-Jul-13 20:48:19

GALEN I expect the moment you hinted that you wanted something suitable for a disabled person their prices were doubled.

On holiday in the Canaries in Febraury I shared a large and very attractive modern villa with two other women. Their two rooms had baths with shower over. Mine on the ground floor was just a very attractive bath room but just had a shower and a shower tray about 3" high at most.

The bath room was small but quite adequate, apart from the fact that the shower soaked everything in the room and if I didn't put a spare towel against the door the water ran into the hall.

I raised this with our Spanish speaking guide who was in the villa as well.

She discovered that the management of this small hotel group had decreed that shower screens or curtains spoiled the look of the bath rooms.
How B*** daft can you get.

Ella46 Tue 23-Jul-13 19:24:17

After showering my dad before he died, I can see your point Galen.

Galen Tue 23-Jul-13 19:21:20

That's at disabled people I mean

Galen Tue 23-Jul-13 19:20:19

The ones I look at are, but at over £7000 to convert my bathroom I'm trying to manage!

Tegan Tue 23-Jul-13 19:17:48

But they're not marketed at disabled people are they, but rather as an up market bathroom. Maybe they're missing a trick here?

Ana Tue 23-Jul-13 18:59:59

OK, I stand corrected - I hadn't realised they could be so useful, especially for disabled people. Sorry! blush

Galen Tue 23-Jul-13 18:56:54

I'd love one! If you can't stand easily to wash all over, and are likely to fall if you bend over. I'm afraid a stool in a cubicle is not satisfactory. There is not enough room to manoeuvre. One of the things I love about my cruises is the wet room. You can see the QE2 one on my blog wot I did!

Tegan Tue 23-Jul-13 18:44:03

A friend of mine has a husband with dementia and Parkinsons and she finds the wet room invaluable for showering him.

Ana Tue 23-Jul-13 18:30:18

I agree, Ella! Why on earth would anyone want a 'wet room' anyway? What's wrong with a shower/shower cubicle? confused

Ella46 Tue 23-Jul-13 18:23:09

I hate all the modern designs in bathrooms, huge rolltop baths in front of a window shock, water everywhere!
And what's more......(shock/horror) I like carpet on the bathroom floor! So there!

PRINTMISS Tue 23-Jul-13 17:01:55

When I was young, we had a tin bath in front of the fire once a week, one side so hot you could hardly touch it, the other really cold. No bother with loo paper getting wet, the loo was outside. I remember too, when my husband played football in his teens, they had a ramshackled club-house with a 'bungalow'bath, can't remember how the water was heated. but they used that at the end of their matches. Had to fight to get in the team, considered themselves really lucky.

harrigran Tue 23-Jul-13 12:42:30

Infernal things, wet rooms. Nothing stays dry, paper forever crinkly and mould formation unless you have extreme ventilation.

Anne58 Tue 23-Jul-13 12:06:35

Oh well, you get the general idea!

glammanana Tue 23-Jul-13 11:59:19

The one you showed from Amazon phoenix is the same as mine but it is on a chrome stand with loo-brush bought from B & Ms,the page for your other link is not available at moment.

gracesmum Tue 23-Jul-13 11:56:48

Warning taken on board, anno !!