House share toilet rules?

Ooh1985

Is it unreasonable to ask your housemate to refrain from drinking tea/water before bed as toilet use beside my room wakes me up and could be awake for an hour at a time?

Thoie

Yes.

colm_mcm

Yes.

Maybe just ask them not to flush

Gavinz

Absolutely.

Any sane person would tell you to piss off.

endacl

I'll chip in with another 'yes'. Just for balance.

LuckyLoki

Yes.
Wear earplugs.
Move room.
Live by yourself.

OldMrBrennan83

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endacl

Thread needs a poll to sort through the data.

Winterlong

Yes! Would you not offer to swap rooms with them?

Ooh1985

colm_mcm wrote: »

Yes.

Maybe just ask them not to flush

She doesn't. The no flush rule is already there. The house is old and walls are thin.

dudara

General rule of thumb in house shares was not to flush after midnight unless really required.

EDIT: Sorry, just saw your response. Nothing you can do really, we're all at the beck of nature in this sense. I'm sure she's already aware and trying to be fairly quiet

Ooh1985

Cool ok. Just wanted to get a general concensus. Suck it up.

qo2cj1dsne8y4k

Yes. You can't put an out of hours notice on the bathroom.

Ooh1985

LexieOnRale wrote: »

Yes. You can't put an out of hours notice on the bathroom.

I wasn't. I just wanted her to perhaps drink less big huge cups at 9 and 10 at night.

Peregrine

7-8 hours is a long time to go without water and it's important to stay hydrated. Yes, it's unreasonable.

I keep a bottle of water beside my bed and go through 500ml to almost a litre of water during some nights. I don't have to go to the bathroom until the morning though. I'd probably cut back if I did.

Joeseph Balls

Remove the toilet.
Without the toilet there is no problem.





You're welcome

Ooh1985

Ooh1985 wrote: »

She doesn't. The no flush rule is already there. The house is old and walls are thin.

Does the rain keep you awake aswell?

noodler

My God.

Stigura

This thread needs audio. I want to be able to compare the noise she makes to my horse

qo2cj1dsne8y4k

Ooh1985 wrote: »

I wasn't. I just wanted her to perhaps drink less big huge cups at 9 and 10 at night.

Have you heard yourself? You expect her not to drink if she's thirsty so as you're not disturbed? Whys your comfort more important than hers?

Cheshire Cat

There is an easy solution:
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You are welcome

MadamRazz

Maybe ask her to put down some tissue before she wees.

Ooh1985

Ok ok I get it!! 😄😄😄

punisher5112

How about a bucket and a rag in each room. Don't have to walk far and stay warmer.

cml387

Ooh1985 wrote: »

Cool ok. Just wanted to get a general concensus. Suck it up.

Oh I wouldn't do that.

bee06

Or just get some ear plugs if you are such a light sleeper.

reason vs religion

I agree with others, OP, and think that requesting someone change an indirect behaviour isn't reasonable. However, I do sympathise with you. I've had an experience like this before and it's really unpleasant. Try to make changes that would lessen the noise - oil the door hinges, pad the door frame, put down a mat, move your bed away from that wall, tack up some foam sheets, etc. And then ask your flat mate to be quiter. I would see nothing wrong with being expected to tiptoe into a bathroom after eleven, and make an attempt to be gentle with my "stream".

punisher5112

Put cling film over toilet bowl.

If that fails getting expanding spray foam and fill toilet.

maudgonner

I'll see your:

Cheshire Cat wrote: »

There is an easy solution:
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And raise you:

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Samuel T. Cogley

Gavinz wrote: »

Absolutely.

Any sane person would tell you to piss off.

I think this is an insane person trying to turn the piss off.

AnneFrank

Ooh1985 wrote: »

I wasn't. I just wanted her to perhaps drink less big huge cups at 9 and 10 at night.

What if she needed to drop the kids off at the pool, your suggestion is a bit crazy

FizzleSticks

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Kivaro

Gavinz wrote: »

Absolutely.

Any sane person would tell you to piss off.

But that is the source of the problem.

Call Me Jimmy

It's a yes from me

testicles

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the_syco

I hope the room-mate reads this, and has an extra loud sh|te tonight!

nhunter100

Ooh1985 wrote:

Is it unreasonable to ask your housemate to refrain from drinking tea/water before bed as toilet use beside my room wakes me up and could be awake for an hour at a time?

You're joking right?

Samuel T. Cogley

nhunter100 wrote: »

You're joking right?

No he's taking the piss.

Jack the Stripper

Buy the housemate adult nappies.

Mervyn Skidmore

OP's toilet.

Del2005

Mr.S wrote: »

That is ****ing gross.

Move out or stop being so sensitive. :rolleyes:

Wasting several litres treated of water to remove water is gross.

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Mervyn Skidmore

I had a house mate who was grossed out when she found out that I peed in the shower. Sometimes when you're taking a sh1te it just happens.

Mervyn Skidmore

Mervyn Skidmore wrote: »

I had a house mate who was grossed out when she found out that I peed in the shower. Sometimes when you're taking a sh1te it just happens.

Apt surname.

OP - why don't you top deck the bathroom some night at around 11.00pm or so? She'll get a shock when she flushes.

jester77

Invest in an outhouse.

Prime Irish Beef

I lived with a crazy housemate who gave out to me for pissing in my ensuite toilet during the night because it woke her up.

I opened the window one night because I couldnt breathe with the heat and she told she had caught a flu the next day. The window was in my bedroom.

Needless to say, I didn't live with her too long.

You sh*tes need to live on yer own!

Vela

Gavinz wrote: »

Absolutely.

Any sane person would tell you to piss off.

I see what you did there :pac:

OP: If I was sharing with someone and they tried to tell me when to pee, I'd just laugh.

Prime Irish Beef

Vela wrote: »

I see what you did there :pac:

OP: If I was sharing with someone and they tried to tell me when to pee, I'd just laugh.

Or piss in their cornflakes.

Should have pissed in your wans cornflakes.

fussyonion

While we're on the ol' toilet topic, there's nothing worse than hearing someone having a good ol' sh*te when you're trying to sleep.

Had a relative stay over a few months back and their clattering about early one morning woke me.

They were in the bathroom and (now do excuse my vulgarity but I am trying to make you see things could be a LOT worse, OP) I could hear them having a sh*te.

I could hear the farts echoing around the bowl, the wet squelches and the PLOP.

I was horrified and this bowel expelling went for several minutes.
This person also never opened the window so when I had to use the toilet after, my nostrils were assaulted by the stench.

Could be worse, OP.
Could be a lot worse.

m5ex9oqjawdg2i

It's not unreasonable to ask, but it's unreasonable to expect your housemates to comply with your requests

learn_more

This thread just affirms my suspicion of the habits of some of my house mates that came and went over the years - that they would actively listen to my activities in the bathroom from their adjoining bedroom.

Birneybau

Yes?