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Mcblurter
28th August 2006, 02:15 PM
Hi
Have been on the bathroom thread trying to work out how to fit a toilet in a very small bathroom. What would work is a toilet that is housed in a vanity unit. When you need it, open the door, swing out the toilet to 45 degrees, do what you do then swing it back in. A bloody great idea I reckon, bloody silly ;) but if it works could revolutionise small bathrooms!!!! Anyone got any ideas or suggestions on how to make it happen?
Cheers
Mcblurter
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Felder
28th August 2006, 05:50 PM
Wouldn't work. Nowhere to keep the magazines. ;)
OBBob
28th August 2006, 07:27 PM
The only hard bit is the flexible sewrage pipe, otherwise it could work because close coupled toilets and cisterns are fairly well self contained these days.
Not sure any of this would meet regs ... but if you used an 's' trap so the sewarge goes out through the floor and then made that pipe the pivot point? Still a lot of screwing around ... also a vanity wouldn't be tall enough to fit a normal toilet and cistern under.
Good luck!
journeyman Mick
28th August 2006, 11:29 PM
Anything is possible if you're willing to spend enough time and money:rolleyes:
Mick
GraemeCook
29th August 2006, 11:53 AM
Anything is possible if you're willing to spend enough time and money:rolleyes:
Mick
Buy why not build a bigger bathroom. Probably cheaper and better.
Cheers
Graeme
Ben (TM)
29th August 2006, 12:15 PM
A swinging toilet - isn't that where the likes of George Michael hang out?
Wombat2
29th August 2006, 05:19 PM
Three ideas come to mind - 1.. why not look at the sort of thing they use in mobile homes and caravans - very compact with shower. and 2... I have seen toilets placed at 45 degree angle in a corner .3...also you can save about 100mm of floor space with an in wall cistern
David L
GraemeCook
30th August 2006, 10:57 AM
Just walked past Harvey Norman and on display they had a large LCD TV that popped up out of the back of a sideboard.
Perhaps a pop up toilet?
Cheers
Graeme
Mcblurter
30th August 2006, 03:14 PM
Thanks for all the replies. I'll keep working on it.
A pop up toilet? Maybe I should install one of those walls you see in spy films, pull the book down and the whole wall rotates. Maybe when you flush the toilet the whole wall rotates to expose the vanity!!
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pedro the swift
5th September 2006, 02:31 PM
Hmmm What about a piece of flexible hose and a bucket?
zelig
11th September 2006, 10:17 PM
Why don't you get a Mcalpine flexible WC pan collar. They sell them at Bunnings. It's a 100mm flexible pipe with pan collar. They bend pretty easily although i've never had the need to use one. They do 50mm flexible connectors too which you could use for the flushpipe. You could put a water wafer cistern in a wall somewhere ( I think they are 76mm thick)with the pneumatic buttons anywhere you want.
Have a look here. http://www.mcalpineplumbing.com/cgi-bin/product/productlist.pl?piid=1006000