So I'm remodeling my bathroom and I want a urinal - would that be wrong?

[TridenT]

Stupid idea.

 

[PricklyPete]

just use the sink.

Problem solved and everyone wins.

 

[caboob]

I personally would rather have a bidet... If I were a man of means I would put one in. Because toilet paper is for chumps.

Beat me to it. I popped my bidet cherry on my first trip to Europe. Felt like the hygeine was raised to the next level.

 

[Jeff7]

No. Regardless of design, urinals have pee splash. Maybe it's because I have a particularly forceful stream. I wouldn't want to clean up pee droplets after every drainage.

Try to hit it near the sides, and it shouldn't splash back nearly as much, if at all. The stream will hit at a very slight angle, and thus be able to slow down gently, without splashing.

If you don't plan on selling the house, sure.

So in other words, spend the next X years without something you want, just so that you can sell the house at the end of those X years?
Heck with that, install it now, gain utility from it for all that time, and if you really feel it's necessary, remodel again and remove it before selling.

 

[MagnusTheBrewer]

Try one of the 'no flush' urinals.

 

[Eli]

Why is everyone saying this is a terrible idea, hope you never want to sell your house, etc?

Sounds like a great idea to me. I'd also be interested to know why urinals aren't more common in private bathrooms.

 

[allthatisman]

Why is everyone saying this is a terrible idea, hope you never want to sell your house, etc?

Sounds like a great idea to me. I'd also be interested to know why urinals aren't more common in private bathrooms.

....because only a man can use it, and it isn't in any way superior to a toilet... oh and not to mention, you still need a toilet to go #2, unless you want to do that in the sink/bathtub as well...

 

[IronWing]

Get a waterless urinal.

 

[JulesMaximus]

Wrong? No.

Waste of space? Totally.

 

[DannyLove]

I could have sworn there was a thread about this recently....


.... its a dumb move if you plan to re-sell the house. Not every family would want what you want, so you'll need to consider that.

If its your house and you plan on keeping it, go ahead, I think its a great idea.

 

[Capt Caveman]

So in other words, spend the next X years without something you want, just so that you can sell the house at the end of those X years?
Heck with that, install it now, gain utility from it for all that time, and if you really feel it's necessary, remodel again and remove it before selling.

Yes, having to lift a toilet seat is such a chore. And the time/money spent plumbing the fixture and then removing it, makes it even a brighter idea.

It would be cheaper and less cleaning/maintenance just buying an autolifting/lowering toilet seat.

 

[dullard]

Yes, having to lift a toilet seat is such a chore. And the time/money spent plumbing the fixture and then removing it, makes it even a brighter idea.

It would be cheaper and less cleaning/maintenance just buying an autolifting/lowering toilet seat.

I'll add to that the cheapest and best solution: sit down. All problems are therefore solved. No splashing, no expenses, no seat complaints, no messes, no extra cleaning, no problems at all (well at least no relevant problems).

 

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[rudeguy]

I still want a pee hole in the wall next to my bed.

 

[pontifex]

the only issue is having the added expense of a urinal in addition to a regular toilet. unless you've got the extra money to waste i don't see a point.

 

[PsiStar]

If you think it is a great idea, you probably live someplace where you can just step out & kill a different weed.

 

[DrPizza]

I think the resell idea is being blown out of proportion. Not everyone buys a house, lives there for 2 years, and moves on. However, I agree - waste of space. Bidet would be a better investment.

 

[Imp]

Get a waterless urinal.

I don't know of all waterless urinals, but the ones we have at work are turd. They get clogged all the time, and over a weekend, the entire bathroom smells like stale urine. A gallon of water does great things after you coat something with urine.

As to urinals, bleh. Major splash problems waiting to happen.

 

[Wag]

Make sure you stock up on urinal cakes (they're delicious).

 

[Schadenfroh]

This. Or bathtub.

Bathtub is easier than the sink

 

[djheater]

Would be totally awesome in the finished basement\bar\brewing room I dream about.

 

[Sluggo]

Make sure you stock up on urinal cakes (they're delicious).

Whatever happened to the member we had named Urinal Mint?

 

[IronWing]

I don't know of all waterless urinals, but the ones we have at work are turd. They get clogged all the time, and over a weekend, the entire bathroom smells like stale urine. A gallon of water does great things after you coat something with urine.

As to urinals, bleh. Major splash problems waiting to happen.

You're in freaking Canada; that's called ice, or urice I guess.

 

[WA261]

Would look like shit. Why would you want your bathroom looking like a public toilet?

 

[Wag]

Whatever happened to the member we had named Urinal Mint?

He peed on himself and was never seen again.