Post by dixienormous on Mar 18, 2015 7:39:33 GMT -5
So far so good. Gearing up for our long weekend. I really can't wait to see PF's face when we get to Disney.
I'm now doing weekly non-stress tests and bi-weekly doc appts. Guess this kid is coming soon.
Still freaking out and stressing about this move. I'm trying to find the opportunity to make phone calls and the like in order to figure out programs for PF but with work and everything else there *is* no time until I'm on maternity leave. H is also feeling the stress of this and we're having trouble working together because we're both in the midst of stress breakdowns. I want to move, I'm not happy here, but at the same time this is a set up for PF that I know versus the one I have to learn.
I just want to know my bathroom is leak-free! And a bonus if the whole project doesn't take as long, because it's our only bathroom. With a reglazing instead of demo/new plaster walls, I think the only time we couldn't use the toilet would be the 24 hours for new tile floor mortar to set, and then 24-48 hours of not using the shower when the reglazing happened. That sounds so much better than a 5 week bathroom gut!
chamber pot? Or take a page from The Last Man On Earth and get a toilet pool
I'm doing well so far today, but I haven't been up long. I did wash dishes as soon as I got up, after I got the coffee started, and I'm kind of proud of my ability to be productive. I think it's the legal speed I'm on (pseudoephedrine).
chamber pot? Or take a page from The Last Man On Earth and get a toilet pool
Oh no, around here, there is a phenomenon called a "Pittsburgh Potty". Just about every old house has a toilet randomly installed somewhere in the basement. Mine is next to the washer and dryer, with no walls around it. Not being a native to the area, I find it so strange that it's just sitting out in the middle of my basement. But I'll rig some sort of shower curtain wall around it while we need to use it, I guess. That or we'll just start yelling to each other that we're using the toilet, so don't come down to the basement. LOL
I can confirm this is true. Mine is in a little room.
Oh no, around here, there is a phenomenon called a "Pittsburgh Potty". Just about every old house has a toilet randomly installed somewhere in the basement. Mine is next to the washer and dryer, with no walls around it. Not being a native to the area, I find it so strange that it's just sitting out in the middle of my basement. But I'll rig some sort of shower curtain wall around it while we need to use it, I guess. That or we'll just start yelling to each other that we're using the toilet, so don't come down to the basement. LOL
I can confirm this is true. Mine is in a little room.
My friend has one at his house. The previous owners used an old confessional to wall it in. It's got a picture of the Virgin Mary on the outside and Jesus on the inside.
I can confirm this is true. Mine is in a little room.
My friend has one at his house. The previous owners used an old confessional to wall it in. It's got a picture of the Virgin Mary on the outside and Jesus on the inside.
It is, I had my picture taken in it AND he's got a painting of the devil just beside the door, you can only see it while you're sitting on the toilet. It's awesome.
I can confirm this is true. Mine is in a little room.
My friend has one at his house. The previous owners used an old confessional to wall it in. It's got a picture of the Virgin Mary on the outside and Jesus on the inside.
Oh no, around here, there is a phenomenon called a "Pittsburgh Potty". Just about every old house has a toilet randomly installed somewhere in the basement. Mine is next to the washer and dryer, with no walls around it. Not being a native to the area, I find it so strange that it's just sitting out in the middle of my basement. But I'll rig some sort of shower curtain wall around it while we need to use it, I guess. That or we'll just start yelling to each other that we're using the toilet, so don't come down to the basement. LOL
I can confirm this is true. Mine is in a little room.
Yup. My step-dad is from Pittsburgh. The old houses I've been in all have a random toilet closet. They started out as rogue toilets, but have since been walled in to make tiny bathrooms.
There's one of those random basement toilets in my grandma's house that is enclosed in a little closet-like space. I remember one of my neighborhood friends growing up has one too, but hers wasn't enclosed at all, it was just sitting there in the basement by the washing machine and dryer. Both are in NJ, not Pittsburgh. I wonder if it was common at a certain time during house construction and why they put them in?
There's one of those random basement toilets in my grandma's house that is enclosed in a little closet-like space. I remember one of my neighborhood friends growing up has one too, but hers wasn't enclosed at all, it was just sitting there in the basement by the washing machine and dryer. Both are in NJ, not Pittsburgh. I wonder if it was common at a certain time during house construction and why they put them in?
I was told it was because of the steel/coal mills and the neighborhoods they were near. No housewife wanted their husbands coming home and tracking dust and smut from the factory through their houses. So there was a side entrance to the basement and usually a wash tub/shower and a toilet for the dirty men to use.
Oh no, around here, there is a phenomenon called a "Pittsburgh Potty". Just about every old house has a toilet randomly installed somewhere in the basement. Mine is next to the washer and dryer, with no walls around it. Not being a native to the area, I find it so strange that it's just sitting out in the middle of my basement. But I'll rig some sort of shower curtain wall around it while we need to use it, I guess. That or we'll just start yelling to each other that we're using the toilet, so don't come down to the basement. LOL
I can confirm this is true. Mine is in a little room.
Never heard it called that, but my parents have one in their basement and I have one in mine. My parents put up a curtain next to the one in their basement so she could do laundry if one of us happened to be in there (6 people, 2 toilets). Mine needs to be fixed but I want to do something to get it sectioned off once its working again
I was told it was because of the steel/coal mills and the neighborhoods they were near. No housewife wanted their husbands coming home and tracking dust and smut from the factory through their houses. So there was a side entrance to the basement and usually a wash tub/shower and a toilet for the dirty men to use.
Our shower is still there, but I doubt it works.
My shower is still in working order, although the acrylic sides have long since warped. It makes a great dog wash station for me, though, so I don't have to pick them up and set them into the tub in my upstairs bathroom.
That's genius. I'd love to renovate the whole sudo bathroom I have in the basement, but that project is years away. Like, very last on the list.
::dreams::
I think the confessional will solve your privacy issue. Better keep your eyes peeled for one!
chamber pot? Or take a page from The Last Man On Earth and get a toilet pool
Oh no, around here, there is a phenomenon called a "Pittsburgh Potty". Just about every old house has a toilet randomly installed somewhere in the basement. Mine is next to the washer and dryer, with no walls around it. Not being a native to the area, I find it so strange that it's just sitting out in the middle of my basement. But I'll rig some sort of shower curtain wall around it while we need to use it, I guess. That or we'll just start yelling to each other that we're using the toilet, so don't come down to the basement. LOL
As my design mind wigs out a bit. Why is this a common thing? Why not make another bathroom? Is there some weird building code/law about taxes on another bathroom?
Oh no, around here, there is a phenomenon called a "Pittsburgh Potty". Just about every old house has a toilet randomly installed somewhere in the basement. Mine is next to the washer and dryer, with no walls around it. Not being a native to the area, I find it so strange that it's just sitting out in the middle of my basement. But I'll rig some sort of shower curtain wall around it while we need to use it, I guess. That or we'll just start yelling to each other that we're using the toilet, so don't come down to the basement. LOL
As my design mind wigs out a bit. Why is this a common thing? Why not make another bathroom? Is there some weird building code/law about taxes on another bathroom?
Oh no, around here, there is a phenomenon called a "Pittsburgh Potty". Just about every old house has a toilet randomly installed somewhere in the basement. Mine is next to the washer and dryer, with no walls around it. Not being a native to the area, I find it so strange that it's just sitting out in the middle of my basement. But I'll rig some sort of shower curtain wall around it while we need to use it, I guess. That or we'll just start yelling to each other that we're using the toilet, so don't come down to the basement. LOL
As my design mind wigs out a bit. Why is this a common thing? Why not make another bathroom? Is there some weird building code/law about taxes on another bathroom?
I don't know about building codes in that era, but I do know that my parents would have entered an entirely different set of legislation and codes if they added one additional bedroom/bathroom to their renovation. I think they would have had to add a second or larger septic tank or something. It was expensive enough that they decided on an "office" (that conveniently connected to a bathroom) instead of another bedroom.