We have a powder room ( I understand it to be a toilet and sink aka half bath) and a water closet (toilet only off the master bath) plus another Full bath. I poop in the wc, dh in the pw and the kids in their bathroom. None are off limits
So many crappers! I think we need you to draw a poop diagram.
We have a powder room ( I understand it to be a toilet and sink aka half bath) and a water closet (toilet only off the master bath) plus another Full bath. I poop in the wc, dh in the pw and the kids in their bathroom. None are off limits
So many crappers! I think we need you to draw a poop diagram.
Big house for our big family and we still sometimes have a line at the door
May I ask what prompted you to pose this question? Did someone drop an ugly in your powder room today during the party? lol.
Ha. No, no party. I don't care what guests do.
My husband and I have differing opinions on the subject. Ours doesn't have a fan and is between the family room and kitchen. If you drop a deuce there, the smell lingers forever. I think its nasty to poop there and then have to sit through dinner smelling shit, but he's all "toilets are for poop!"
But I am apparently in the minority here.
Why don't you just install a fan?
Our house has one bathroom, and it's set back toward the bedrooms.
The house I grew up in has a powder room off the foyer, right next to the kitchen and dining room. It has a fan. People poop there. It has never been a problem. If you run the fan, you can't hear or smell anything.
We're poor losers with only one bathroom that is right in the middle of everything. Actually, this has been the arrangement in every place we have lived.
I wonder what it's like to have 2 bathrooms.
Yep, our only bathroom is right next to the kitchen and off the living room.
We're poor losers with only one bathroom that is right in the middle of everything. Actually, this has been the arrangement in every place we have lived.
I wonder what it's like to have 2 bathrooms.
I don't want to go as far as saying it's magical, but it's pretty awesome.
Since DH has really bad stomach problems, we need to have two bathrooms.
Post by mirandahobbes on Apr 20, 2013 19:42:53 GMT -5
Maybe compromise? Courtesy flush, fan on, poop anywhere.
We have no rules. Our half bath may be a bit bigger than our MB since it also our laundry area. I feel like the bigger the bathroom, more space for poop smell to stay in there? That makes no sense, I realize.
We're poor losers with only one bathroom that is right in the middle of everything. Actually, this has been the arrangement in every place we have lived.
I wonder what it's like to have 2 bathrooms.
Us too.
Us as well. H and I let each other know we need to poop before we actually do so the other person can pee or shower accordingly with no nasty smell.
In our current layout (condo), each bedroom has its own bathroom. MH tends to not close the door, and there have been many times the smell has wafted from the far corner bathroom all the way through the living room to the front door, even with the fan on.
When we move there will be a powder room in the hallway, in addition to a bathroom in the first floor guest room and two more upstairs. Given H's propensity towards extremely smelly poop, I hope he uses the upstairs bathrooms more often than the downstairs ones. I can be stinky too, but FAR less frequently than H is.
We're poor losers with only one bathroom that is right in the middle of everything. Actually, this has been the arrangement in every place we have lived.
I wonder what it's like to have 2 bathrooms.
It is glorious.
I will say, however, to not attempt the experiment I did with H when we upgraded to 2 bathrooms. I had my bathroom, he had his, and I was like "we each have our own now, so I'm only cleaning mine, and you can clean yours."
All I will say is - that was a mistake.
People - of course if things are desperate or you're home alone, you go where you need to go. But come on. A bathroom with no fan right next to the living area vs another part of the house? How is this even a question?
Post by Saint Monica on Apr 20, 2013 21:01:33 GMT -5
Once when I was a kid I got locked out of the house. I have no idea where anyone was. I had to #2 so bad. It hurt. We lived in a rural area. I walked in much discomfort to a neighbors house. Not home. I return to my house. Still no one. I realized my choices were to (A) shit my pants or (B) Shit like a bear (in the woods). I chose the woods. I trudged into the woods so the house was minimally visible. I was scared of being shot (lots of people would hunt illegally in the area). I have NEVER shit more at one time than I did that day. I remember feeling like I hit rock bottom. LOLZ.
We only have one bathroom, so no other options, but it's not a big deal, the bathroom isn't near the parts of our apartment where we usually are. It's fairly private and in traditional European (or maybe just Swiss) fashion the window is always cracked in the bathroom so there's usually no smell.
A friend of mine here lives in a relatively small apartment with one bathroom, completely normal but the bathroom doesn't have a true door it has a sliding door that reminds me of the material used for outdoor storm shutters. There's also a large gap on the bottom and top of the "door". You can hear EVERYTHING in that bathroom since the kitchen and living room are very close, it makes for some awkward times when they have guests over.
All I have to add is that I'm jealous of these powder rooms you speak of. My kitchen which is right next to the only bathroom in the house must be giving us constant side eye.