Wider Toilet Bowls

[lankeela]

Why don't they make toilets with a wider bit at the bottom so the skiddies don't hit the sides? Is there a technical reason? Fed up of having to clean the bog every time. Discuss.

[jennyjoan]

If you buy yourself another toilet perish the thought of trying to get a toilet lid to suit it - just leave it alone and clean with bleach

[gingejbee]

Nowadays, toilet bowls (and cisterns) are designed with much smaller water capacities to minimise water useage...so smaller it is.

[rowanwitch]

If they were wider to get a reasonable slope they would also need to be much higher. Imagine the problems a short person would have. Poor Gness would get altitude sickness

[davebro]

Syphonic toilets generally have a bigger water area & less drop. I think they work better.

[lankeela]

But why are they not wider on the way down? If they were as wide as the level where the water is there would be less surface for the *** to hit the sides. Wouldn't make the water area any bigger.

[Chinajan]

Thank your lucky stars you don't live in Germany where some toilets have a shelf to enable, um, inspection.

Bleurgh

[alavahalf]

You need to spend more money and get a British pan... Old style with a large cistern.
The new pans are all water efficient types that only hold 6 litres and give a much lighter flush.
Smaller flush means narrower 'S bend' needed in pan to clear your deposits!
Time for lunch after that!

[davebro]

And thank heavens we don't just have a hole in the floor & 2 footrests like some countries - then you need really good aim!

[brainiac]

Have had many encounters with that shelf, Chinajan, when in Germany - but they have a lot lower incidence of bowel cancer as they can see blood or anything else untoward in their stools. We're just too squeamish to look or talk about it.

[teacake44]

You could always try the one that's my avatar, easy to make too.

[Zacs-Master]

Eat more curry.

[EdmundD]

I used to like the toilet I had in my apartment in Tokyo - combined toilet and bidet, seat warming, air drier and deodorisation. Fabulous !!!

[davebro]

We've come a long way toilet-wise.
No toilets - do it in a field. Still widespread in many countries
Bucket toilets emptied weekly into a midden truck (nice job!). My Gran had that.
Communal toilets shared by slum houses.
Long drop - outside, emptied periodically into the sewer via a tippler mechanism. Our first house had that.
Inside with water flush is LUXURY!

[davebro]

PS. Don't flush anything except *** & toilet paper. Flushing wet wipes is a disaster.

[ummmm]

Surely you clean the toilet everyday anyway?

[diddlydo]

Ummm - who on earth cleans the toilet every day???

[jackthehat]

We have a beautiful Victorian WC pan which has the 'inspection shelf' as already mentioned; this can cope with whatever is dropped into it.
We also have 2 other modern WC's; one is attached to a macerator and only ever is used for 'spending a penny' purposes; and the other has a dual-flush which can often need a couple of flushes to clear properly.
We clean our WCs after use and I think any visitors using them do the same.

[ummmm]

I clean my toilets everyday.

[Chinajan]

Jackthe 'Three Bogs' Hat there.



;)

[jackthehat]

LoL.....We did have a 4th until fairly recently......and only 2 full-time behinds to sit on them! :o)