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temporarily seal up toilet

  • 13-04-2016 9:22pm
    #1
    bemak
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 907 ✭✭✭


    I'm renting a 2 bed terraced house at the moment. It has 3 bathrooms the downstairs one of which we use for storing the bikes! Anyway, after recently welcoming our first into the world, I was thinking of turning the downstairs toilet into a changing room for the baby as space is at a premium.

    I can fit the changing table over the toilet (if I remove the bottom shelf) which is handy because it has the sink adjacent. I'll also be able to squeeze in the buggy beside it when it's not in use.

    Obviously for smells, germs etc, I was going to seal up the toilet with plastic and tape it all up at the base. As I'm renting I can't really do much more - just wondering if this would be an acceptable solution to tidy it up? I could do the same with the cistern. Visually not the nicest but it'll be a handy little room as it'll give us more space elsewhere where we'll really need it!

    Thanks!


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  • #2
    Tom44
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 950 ✭✭✭Tom44


    The water in the bowel of the toilet forms an air tight seal from the sewer in itself.
    So I'd leave it be.
    Just flush it once a week to put fresh water in.

    If toilet isn't dirty it wont smell, if it smell's it's from a bad connection to the sewer pipe, not the toilet itself.


  • #3
    PK27
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 53 ✭✭PK27


    Here's some friendly advice, I've raised three kids, the youngest still in nappies. Don't bother setting up a changing room, seriously, keep nappies and wipes upstairs and downstairs. Get two cheap changing mats , pop the baby on it and change the nappy!!!
    You haven't said how old the baby is (congrats by the way!), but trust me, in no time at all the least of your worries will be a changing room for the baby!!!
    I understand space is right, but you've a two bed house for three people, up to six months ago, I lived in a two bed terraced house with 5 people! 2 adults, 3 kids, but we managed so it could be worse!


  • #4
    bemak
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 907 ✭✭✭bemak


    PK27 wrote: »
    Here's some friendly advice, I've raised three kids, the youngest still in nappies. Don't bother setting up a changing room, seriously, keep nappies and wipes upstairs and downstairs. Get two cheap changing mats , pop the baby on it and change the nappy!!!
    You haven't said how old the baby is (congrats by the way!), but trust me, in no time at all the least of your worries will be a changing room for the baby!!!
    I understand space is right, but you've a two bed house for three people, up to six months ago, I lived in a two bed terraced house with 5 people! 2 adults, 3 kids, but we managed so it could be worse!

    thanks - would you believe what you've suggest is what we're doing: changing table upstairs and downstairs and just change them quickly when needs be. handy out. got them on adverts so no load. thanks for the advice. she's nearly 3 weeks but was 6 weeks early - a complete dote though :rolleyes:


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