What is the minuimum width of a toilet?

[echnidna]

What is the minuimum width of a toilet in Vic.

I have 850mm or 820mm rattling around in my head so can someone set me straight please.

[Grunt]

Depends on the size of your bum.

[Tex B]

Saw a picture once where Tom Hanks (or some other such person) had a very small space in his house where he wanted to put a guest toilet, so he had it done up like an airplane toilet, complete with OEM fixtures.

I always thought that was neat, although probably not very economical. Maybe you could find an old DC3 being scrapped?

Tex

[Tex B]

We are not helpful at all, are we.

Tex

[echnidna]

I thought someone here would know the minimum legal width but oh well.

[journeyman Mick]

Bob,
I've got a copy of the building code that's about 10 years old, I'm sure it will be in there, and unlikely to have changed. I'll be buggered if I'm going to dig around in it at 11.30 at night though.;) If there's no answer tommorrow I'll look for it.

Mick

[atregent]

Ours is 900 wide, feels like a good size, plenty of elbow room (if that's what you're looking for), comfortable reach to the paper roll. Pretty sure I could live being an inch closer to both of the wall though, so from a comfort point of view, I'm sure 850 would be fine. But from a regulation perspective, can't help sorry.

[journeyman Mick]

Bob,
had a look, only prescribes height of partitions and doors to slide or open out or be easily removed from outside, nothing about width. I'd be looking at width of cubicle = width of door + 2x width of architraves + 2 x quirk as a minimum width.

Mick

[Harry72]

I reckon 850 would be very squeezey, mines just nice at 1100mm wide(1950's build), big enough to allow for a small cabinet to hold the reading material and sanitary holding gear behind/offside to the bowl.

[workgoose]

echidna, I think its 900mm, simply because when we lived in Melbourne I used to go and measure these sorts of things in display homes if I wasn't sure, I figured that they would build to regulations.

[arms]

in queensland the minimum size is 900mm wide x 1800mm long if an enclosed(sealed room but if it is partitioned off in a bathroom then the size of the bathroom is taken into account:D

[thebuildingsurv]

In the BCA there is no minumum width for a dunny (or length) only details on when removable hinges are required. If someone knows of one it would be news to me, Id be insterested what part and where it says it. Id say any less than 900mm would be a bit narrow.

[Cliff Rogers]

Get your tape message out & open this at your own risk....
It is a photo of a big bum. :D
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