It's puzzled me ever since I saw my first home with a seperate bathroom and toilet.
It's not like we're the poorest continent, and have to have our plumbing exactly in the same room.
Why do we choose to put the dirtiest thing around (a toilet) in the same spot where we try to make our bodies their freshest and cleanest?
All it takes is a thin wall and an extra door.
Part of me thinks it must just be the momentum set by the original British colonists who probably had a habit of not changing their underwear or brushing their teeth.
2007-12-09 13:37:00 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Home & Garden ➔ Other - Home & Garden
So far, mainly ignorant answers.
2007-12-09 16:27:41 · update #1
Toilets and bath/showers are all basiclly machines used to facilitate cleanliness and hygeine. I don't understand why they should NOT be in a room together. Anybody whos ever changed a baby's diaper knows it often a good idea to be near a bath when dealing with poo.
Dad was a plumber. Could have put his toilet wherever he wanted it to be. He still put it in the same room with the shower. I imagine the real answer has more to do with the "price" to hook pipes up to three different rooms/places in a house. (More than that if the house has more than 1 bath...)
2007-12-09 13:48:25 · answer #1 · answered by chocolahoma 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I suspect it has been a matter of cost and convenience, putting all the plumbing in one place; and also of the fact that homes were not always as large as they are now, and there was no room for a separate facility. I live in an old house, and there would be no room for a thin wall in my 5x8' bathroom, and my house is quite typical of older homes. When the toilet came inside, it had to go in a room of it's own, with piped in water, and as a matter of convenience, the wash basin went in there with it, turning eventually into a sink, and eventually the tub joined them. Thus putting all the water and cleanliness things in one place.It is only in the past twenty years or so that houses have beenn designed, esp in master bedrooms, with toilets separated from sinks and showers. But this is expensive, and you only see this in higher end houses, as it adds to the cost of a house considerably.
2007-12-09 14:13:56 · answer #2 · answered by Isadora 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It is one of those, "Just leave it alone." They designed the houses that way so why change. Just think of how many people have had a bath or shower while someone else used the toilet or those that had to use the toilet and got locked out while someone else bathed. It would be much better if people would start deisgning homes with the toilets seperate from the show/bath.
2007-12-09 14:05:31 · answer #3 · answered by CommonSense 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It done mostly for convenience. Since the tub, sink and toilet all require a drain for the waste and grey water why not have everything tied into one room. You might even see a washer on the way into the bath. Just makes sense to have everything using water to be near each other I have been to Brasil 8 times and 8 different places and each time the shower, tub and sink were in the same room.
2007-12-09 14:06:24 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Cost and efficiency is the best answer. Remember, when this country first started out, we used outdoor toilets. We have not always been a rich nation and for our ancestors here it was cheaper and easier to have them together, rather than take up room in what were much smaller homes. Older homes were tiny compared with some of todays newer homes. Many today do partion off the toilet with a wall and door. We are creatures of habit though and just followed along with our forefathers.
If you have good aim and are careful, there should be no cross contamination. If not, then watch your step.
Yoda out
2007-12-09 13:59:34 · answer #5 · answered by Yoda 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Deficating doesn't have to be a dirty thing. In fact it should be a clean undertaking and a toilet should be kept clean. Those colonists also had no plumbing or an outhouse. I,m sure they never had the privilege to brush their teeth while sitting on a warm toilet seat at the same time.
2007-12-09 14:20:59 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
sure, I do think of that's incorrect. How previous is your son? Is he interior a similar mattress, or merely interior a similar room? Why is he slumbering in there? there's a distinction between 2 dad and mom co-slumbering with their very own toddler or a toddler entering their room at evening because of the fact of undesirable targets or unusual noises, etc. yet for this toddler to be witnessing Daddy kissing yet another lady (and who is conscious what else?) is incorrect. they do no longer seem to be married. How long has the daddy and the hot lady buddy been jointly? what's your custody association? i might unquestionably seek for transformations. while my sister and her daughter's father went to court docket, their contract pronounced that there might desire to be no in one day travellers (girlfriends/boyfriends) while the toddler improve into interior the residing house (notwithstanding if it is the mum or the daddy), till they have been given married. that straightforward answer might resolve this situation!
2016-10-01 06:31:16 · answer #7 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
all plumbing has to be on the main water line centrally located in one area. Its is safe and easy to repair if something goes wrong
2007-12-09 14:09:43 · answer #8 · answered by DRK1946 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I don't know, convenience maybe? Lets keep all the business of the morning in the same room. I have no problems with it.
2007-12-09 13:45:30 · answer #9 · answered by Mike S 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I totally agree, although I do not have an answer as to why.
2007-12-09 13:45:31 · answer #10 · answered by blue3y3dbabe 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋