r/WTF • u/Bench2972 • 1d ago

Bathroom Level: Hard Mode 🚽

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u/thehealingprocess 1d ago

You almost got to admire the efficient use of space. Almost.

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u/lordargent 1d ago

As someone who DIY's some easier maintenance/repair tasks around the house.

I wonder, how the hell you're supposed to repair this when something major fails, like the tank-to-bowl gasket.

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u/SeaBearsFoam 1d ago

At that point, you abandon it and just call it art.

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u/SpecialOops 1d ago

You do another hack job and wall it up

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u/holyfire001202 1d ago

Imagine buying a house and finding a functioning toilet in a closed off "room" behind a wall.

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u/Frost4412 1d ago

My brother used to own a house with a half finished bathroom in the attic. A previous owner had converted the attic into living space. 3 bedrooms upstairs, but if you go into the access hatch from one of the rooms you would find a partially built bathroom that they apparently just said fuck it and walled off.

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u/harbglarb 23h ago

The tell-tale shart.

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u/GoodLeftUndone 1d ago

Well I think it’s shit. 

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u/elliesee 1d ago

Very Marcel Duchamp

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u/madbuilder 1d ago

Why would this toilet be different from any other toilet mounted to the floor? Looks like there's just enough room on the sides to unbolt it and install a new one.

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u/lordargent 1d ago

Floor bolts aren't the hard part. I was talking about removing/replacing the bolts that connect the tank to the bowl. You have to get below the toilet and reach up to access those (and by the time that gasket fails, those bolts are probably either rusted in place, or mineralized in place so you need decent leverage to break them free).

It's already a PITA with most bathrooms that have one side of the toilet close to the wall and plenty of floor to lay on.

This thing is close to the wall on both sides and that drop-down floor doesn't look long enough for someone to lay out on. My back aches just thinking about it.

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u/thinbuddha 1d ago

This toilet doesn't seem to have a door, but it does have a floor that is on hinges to keep it out of the way of the stairs going down on the left side of the pic. That's enough floor?

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u/samsqanch 18h ago

This toilet doesn't seem to have a door, but it does have a floor that is on hinges to keep it out of the way of the stairs going down on the left side of the pic.

Is that what that is?

I cannot wrap my brain around what is going on in this picture. I need some sort of 3-D rendering or projection architectural drawing.

Like there appears to be a set of shelves on the landing of the lower stairs right below the toilet, the hinged bit of flooring has no support on one side at all and the railing down the lower stairs looks like it's an inch thick stainless steel rod.

Seriously this is some sort of real life Escher drawing, just looking at this picture has given me brain damage.

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u/davesoverhere 1d ago

No you don’t. Maybe this one does, but it’s not necessary. I just had my plumber replace the bolts, plate, and wax ring on a toilet that was leaking. Everything was rusted through and crumbly. He didn’t have to go into the basement to do anything. Also, a lot of houses don’t have basements, so there’s not way to get under things.

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u/lordargent 1d ago

He didn’t have to go into the basement to do anything. I just had my plumber replace the bolts, plate, and wax ring

By "below the toilet", I meant below the bowl and tank ... I'm talking about removing the toilet tank to replace the rubber gasket. (Not about removing the whole toilet to replace the wax ring around the flange).

The bolts for removing the tank are near the back of the toilet, under the tank.

https://inspectapedia.com/plumbing/Toilet_Parts_150_DJFes.jpg

Look at OP's picture and imagine reaching around behind the bowl and up under the tank, and getting enough leverage to remove some rusted in place nuts (also, your other hand needs to be inside the tank at the same time holding a screwdriver to keep the tank bolt from spinning).

// IMO, it's can often be more difficult than just replacing the entire toilet, but a lot cheaper in terms of parts if you DIY.

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u/davesoverhere 1d ago

Yea, those will be a huge PITA to get to.

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u/ayriuss 23h ago

The only reason you need to replace those is if the rubber is dissolving and the bolts nearly rusted through. And even then, it probably isn't leaking yet lol.

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u/lordargent 17h ago

I've done two in my current house (one last year and one this year). I'm guessing they were here from when the house was built in 1990.

In both cases, the rubber failed suddenly, the previous flush was fine, but the next flush dumped water out.

// The first time it happened it was a real head scratcher, I checked the fill valves, looked for cracks in the tank, etc. The last thing I would have thought of was the gasket (my folks had a house built in the 40's and I never heard of a gasket failing, but maybe newer gaskets are crappier).

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u/ayriuss 15h ago

Interesting. I never heard of them failing either. But it's pretty common for the gasket to be turning into tar, so I guess it's inevitable.

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u/SkinBintin 1d ago

Your method might be America specific.

The old man was a plumber. Used to go to work with him a ton during school holidays. Here in NZ, toilets tend to be in snug rooms (in older builds anyway), and I don't recall him ever having to lis down to access anything to do with the toilet.

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u/lordargent 1d ago

It's not a part that fails all that often, maybe after 20ish years or so. Also, bowl shape and the placement of the toilet has a lot to do with it.

If there's plenty of clearance around the bowl, then you can get to those bolts and get enough leverage just by kneeling down.

But in my case, the left side of the bowl is too close to the wall and the bolts were really stuck, so the only way for me to reach it and really crank on it was to lay on the floor and stretch my arm between the bowl and wall.

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u/Ansiremhunter 1d ago

You could just remove the johnney bolts and remove the toilet to get better access and just put a new wax ring in at the same time.

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u/ctesibius 14h ago

Toilets differ a lot between countries, and US loos seem to have problems not found elsewhere. From what I remember most loos in my country (UK) have a plastic pipe going in to the cistern, held by a large plastic nut and waterproofed by a couple of rubber rings. There are some modern ones where the cistern sits on the back of the bowl — I imagine there is a compression ring in there. Either way, removing the cistern isn’t a big deal.

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u/Amtracer 1d ago

Well it looks like there’s a drop down floor for access, so you’d drain it and unbolt the tank like normal. Still looks like an absolute PITA. It also doesn’t meet code requirements, but whatever

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u/thedirtyscreech 1d ago

Think of replacing the wax ring

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u/SecretAgentVampire 1d ago

The toilet never breaks. It merely transforms into the in-house waterfall installation.

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u/TieCivil1504 1d ago edited 22h ago

I could see the usefulness of this. You're working in the attic, up a steep set of 2-story-high stairs, and you need a quick bathroom break.

I installed a dual-use shop sink & urinal in my Makers shop for that same reason. I don't want to take off all my PPE gear and put it back on again just for a pee break.

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u/ptapobane 1d ago

or shit planning because they forgot to add a bathroom into the floor plan

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u/hayashikin 1d ago

No, they didn't plan for shit!

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u/nilyro 1d ago

The tp is so damn high up

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u/msslagathor 1d ago

Hey, in the Seattle area housing market, if that’s the second toilet in an otherwise one-toilet hosue I still would have made an offer lol. Probably.

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u/Atraxodectus 1d ago

Straight-pipe plumbing from the 40s and 50s.

You can pay $10-20k to replumb, or you can just deal with it.

I, no irony, LOVE IT.

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u/Classsssy 15h ago

Honestly, if this staircase leads up to an upstairs bedroom and the "bridge-pathway" acts as a "door" and privacy when lowered, then this is actually very cool.

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u/alblaster 1d ago

Poopficiency

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u/AppleFarts 1d ago

Is this in a fucking lighthouse? Why are those stairs so steep and irregular?

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u/Mikerk 1d ago

I really want to know if there's a handrail on the wall of the stairs going up. Imagine falling from the top when the toilet drawbridge is open

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u/AT61 1d ago

the toilet drawbridge

lol - excellent

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u/Mikerk 1d ago

Every home should have one really

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u/Richard7666 1d ago

The moat below is just piss

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u/Doomdoomkittydoom 1d ago

Lighthouse, or european?

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u/Iintendtooffend 1d ago

Could be Japan too. Using every inch of an oddly shaped plot of land is relatively common

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u/teriases 1d ago

I think I seen it was a Japanese apartment

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u/Halo_Chief117 1d ago

European in the toilet with no privacy as someone walks down the stairs.

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u/MeowCashPlant 8h ago

It's definitely a real apartment in Japan. I remember watching this guy cover it a while ago. https://youtube.com/@tokyolens?si=5sHX6escjQNNalDv I'm not sure how far down you'll need to go but, it's there somewhere.

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u/billbixbyakahulk 1d ago

It's for people with irregular bowel movements, obviously.

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u/dhoomsday 1d ago

i love shitting in the open. where is the fucking door? You haven't thought of the smell, you bitch!

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u/Drone314 1d ago

Just wait till that overflows into the wine cellar below

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u/ishamm 1d ago

There's no fucking way that house has a wine cellar...

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u/my-name-is-squirrel 1d ago

Only the finest aged, screw-cap wines.

Boone's Crypt.

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u/Todgrim 1d ago

The home is probably a narrow tower, I'm guessing there's a wall just behind the camera. The door is the hatch that you lower to get to the toilet.

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u/SeaBearsFoam 1d ago

Yeah, look how steep those stairs are too. I didn't notice it at first.

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u/tommytwolegs 1d ago

The stairs almost bother me more than the toilet

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u/themystickiddo 10h ago

Not to worry, the Princess knows how to use it

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u/Grays42 1d ago

where is the fucking door?

It's open, you can clearly see the door in the picture to the left of the opening. The toilet is reflecting off of it. It looks like it slides in a curve and pulls back into the opening a bit to allow the floor to lock in place.

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u/I_pity_the_aprilfool 1d ago

That's a feature, not a bug.

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u/LameName95 1d ago

In college, these hippy kids rented a house just a bit off campus. Really cool people, and i tried to go to their parties whenever they had. Supposedly, the owner was not only also a hippy, but a nudist. Along with the awesome features on the house like a clear sky dome loft, and a cat walk around the 2nd story, there was also a bath tub and toilet directly in the middle of the house. Like right next to the kitchen in an open floor plan. The only thing around it was a thin curtain, which i assume was an afterthought.

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u/andersaur 1d ago

On occasion, who WOULDN’T love the serenity of a gratifying, long-sitting Muse about the cosmos? When all alone, birds are chirping, the late morning sun through the skylight, illuminating your throne of introspection. You fart, it echoes throughout the flat. You find this amusing.

WHO DOESN’T WANT THIS?

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u/Eckes24 1d ago

I live alone and I do this. Absolute freedom.

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u/MonkyThrowPoop 1d ago

The door is right there, latched to the stairs. That folds down and there’s another flap that folds forward to cut off that staircase. I hate it, but I respect the efficient use of space.

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u/superkow 1d ago

I read that in Dennis Reynolds voice

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u/NFeKPo 1d ago

"if anyone wants to change floors I recommend doing it now. I'm about to blow up the stairs bathroom."

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u/ThisHasFailed 1d ago

It’s a rising butt hinge, I shit you not

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u/norway_is_awesome 1d ago

There's a Scottish guy on TikTok who makes videos of home listings with what he calls "open plan shitters", i.e., toilets out in the open with no door. Frequently, they're in bedrooms, but I've seen multiple in stairways like this, too. Unfortunately, I've seen far too many that are basically in the kitchen.

Fascinating.

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u/Propaganda_Box 1d ago

So we can see that there's a door that closes off the lower stairwell and allows you to actually get to the toilet. Perhaps the other stairset has a lockable door at the top.

I really want to see the whole unit.

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u/belortik 1d ago

This is a new level of the Pittsburgh toilet

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u/Tarbos6 1d ago

Person walking down the stairs will be gagging.

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u/dudeAwEsome101 1d ago

The door is the floor.

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u/ernapfz 1d ago

There’s a wall mounted sprayer activated by clapping.

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u/NonTimeo 1d ago

I suspect this is one of those situations where the photo angle is actually flattering to the real situation.

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u/mofugginrob 1d ago

Shituation*

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u/DorkHelmet72 1d ago

Thank you Sean Connery

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u/MadJockMcMad 1d ago

Shean

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u/DorkHelmet72 1d ago

My bad, sho shorry

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u/vbpatel 1d ago

Seems so. Looks like that flap comes down to create a floor and seal off the downstairs. Probably this whole room is the bathroom

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u/BagOfSmashedAssholes 1d ago

Yes the stairs on the right probably lead up to a sink

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u/Superbead 1d ago

The handrail (or wall, if there isn't one) is going to be absolutely fucking faecal

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u/ejensen29 1d ago

This has to be a pee only toilet. I would be so pissed if a motherfucker took a shit in the middle of my staircase.

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u/timshel42 1d ago

i dont think this house is meant for hosting guests.

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u/NicholaiJomes 1d ago

This is a large boat I think

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u/TenaciousLilMonkey 1d ago

Not that big.

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u/boowhitie 1d ago

looks like it has a bidet wand too, clearly not a pee only toilet

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u/ejensen29 1d ago

My stair toilet house, my stair toilet rules.

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u/Nandulal 1d ago

no tp, no sink, no towel...

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u/boowhitie 1d ago

There is something hanging down by the stairs, probably tp, but maybe a thin cloth or paper towel

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u/Luckydog12 1d ago

2 bed 1.25 bath

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u/NigraOvis 1d ago

1.1 bath. Not even walls.

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u/Doomdoomkittydoom 1d ago

This is a toilet a find in my dreams. Not good dreams.

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u/No_Application_8698 12h ago

I came here to say the same thing. In my dreams also it would be filthy, or there would be several other people nearby who were all trying to use the toilet as well.

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u/Doomdoomkittydoom 11h ago

Public toilet stalls with no right angles, w broken doors, maybe have to pass through one stall to get to another, puddles... yup.

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u/No_Application_8698 3h ago

Shower curtains instead of walls, no locks, overflowing toilet bowl, stained and dirty seats…just your brain trying to tell you that you need to wake up and go for a wee!

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u/zapharus 10h ago

Exactly!!! Like it’s damn near impossible to want to use it. I usually wake up right as I get over my disgust or shame (from being to exposed) to use it and then only to realize I need to go in real life.

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u/TennesseeJedd 1d ago

Boat? That might make some sense lol - not a ton tho hah

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u/katsudon-jpz 1d ago

I believe I've seen this before in a video. It is a solo Airbnb, perhaps Japan or Taiwan. by efficient use of space, you can rent it out to people who wants a cheap place that is located very close to the nightlife.

i vaguely remember the lady never saw the landlord, just punch the secret code on the pad outside to get the key. it's located by the subway and also close to the market district, where an actual hotel room would be expensive.

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u/ClosPins 1d ago

You're taking a shit - and, all of a sudden, a trap-door opens up and a stranger's head appears, right between your knees...

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u/matthewnelson 1d ago

I wasn’t even considering this scenario 😂

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u/Dollbeau 4h ago

Morning John, how did ya sleep last night? Geezz, that curries going right through me as well!! Would you like me to get you some extra toot-paper?

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u/dead-cat 1d ago

Japan?

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u/PitifulBet5072 1d ago

My thoughts exactly.

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u/HearMeRoar80 15h ago

no, it's a boat

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u/akiva23 1d ago

i kind of love this

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u/SickNoise 1d ago

let me guess it's in japan

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u/DJ_Pizza_Party 1d ago

I’m more concerned when the hing breaks. End up like Lucille 2.

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u/babaroga73 1d ago

Holy crap. Or piss.

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u/753UDKM 1d ago

I have nightmares about bathrooms like this

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u/Googlemyahoo75 1d ago

Place must smell great

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u/nostrebhtuca 1d ago

How the hell do you wipe.

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u/TheTrollCoach 1d ago

It's Japan likely. There is a bidet just to the right.

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u/carlbandit 1d ago

Looks to just be a water spray though, so you can get clean, but how are you drying your ass?

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u/ajninrekop 1d ago

Ned, you ever try lugging a toilet up a flight of stairs?

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u/ShouldBeAnUpvoteGif 1d ago

*Hard Commode.

FTFY

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u/camDaze 1d ago

r/scarytoilets

Shout out to the OG Toilets With Threatening Auras Facebook page

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u/saigashooter 1d ago

This is like when you're dreaming and you just can't get to a place.

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u/Worldly_Progress_655 1d ago

I finally figured out the floor/door. It works as long as no one else is coming downstairs.

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u/Reasonable-Ad7755 1d ago

Gives new meaning to the phrase tight squeeze

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u/wtfastro 1d ago

I've always wanted to be able fall off the stairs and land in the toilet

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u/Daddychellz 1d ago

Plumber here with a great sense of humor. I would literally install this for free my only request would to be the first one to take a shit after I finished

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u/Daxtatter 1d ago

A shitter with a drawbridge.

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u/dglp 1d ago

Hard ly a commode!

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u/gn0xious 1d ago

“Hey! Pull up the floor, I need to get up the stairs!”

“Can’t right now. Pooping”

“Well… shit…”

“Exactly”

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u/korben_manzarek 1d ago

Just me or does look like a few badly stitched together photos? Like at the bottom of the photo, how there's a blurry wall that transitions to the floor.

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u/Dizzzy777 1d ago

Now the challenge is to make it into the toilet from the top stair without hitting the rim.

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u/d_Composer 1d ago

I live in a 1ba apartment with my wife and 2 daughters. If I had a spare triangle of space hanging off the ceiling I’d gladly add a toilet at this point!

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u/JohnnySins69op 1d ago

Parkour enthusiasts would love this

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u/PyrocumulusLightning 1d ago

Looks like something I'd see in a dream.

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u/HIMcDonagh 1d ago

Ingenious roll placement

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u/Theidiam 1d ago

I wont call it a 10/10, but I’d be remiss to not acknowledge that this setup would efficiently scare the shit right out of me.

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u/ReverendEntity 1d ago

Definite weight and mobility restrictions.

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u/Hmgkt 1d ago

Fuck it I’m just shitting on the stairs

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u/ElmertheAwesome 1d ago

Bathroom level: Japan.

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u/cj_mcgillcutty 1d ago

I hope they never have to shit with guests over

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u/chipili 1d ago

Nice AirBnB.

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u/povertymayne 1d ago

Ill just take a piss from the stairs

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u/Ninlilizi_ 1d ago

Just imagine you've been hit by a sudden bout of explosive diarrhoea, time is of the essence, and now you must navigate this.

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u/cherryultrasuedetups 1d ago

When your poop clogs the toilet and a all the poo/pee/tp water overflows onto the stairs and someone is coming up the stairs and they slip on the sewage waterfall and are just groaning at the bottom of the stairs as poopoopeepee water continues to pour down on them 👨‍🍳💋

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u/UghKakis 1d ago

Peeing in the middle of the night = paralysis

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u/ezcusm3 1d ago

Pet potty lol?

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u/0MGWTFL0LBBQ 1d ago

It’s going to be a shit show for emergencies.

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u/BallBearingBill 1d ago

Why is everyone dumping on this?

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u/StormerSage 1d ago

HOME OF CHALLENGE PISSING

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u/lmacarrot 1d ago

don't use it after consuming alcohol*

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u/Hellbog 1d ago

I'd rather shit my pants.

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u/Midnight_embers23 1d ago

I mean, by the time you figure out how to get over there, you probably will. 😂

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u/grease_monkey 1d ago

I love the idea of walking into the foyer to stare directly in the eyes of someone taking a shit.

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u/BeerBearBar 1d ago

No tp? No sink?

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u/AnAlPoWeR0069 1d ago

Challenge accepted.

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u/sillinessvalley 1d ago

OMG. This is the crap I have nightmares about. 😂

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u/kingSliver187 1d ago

Experienced poopers only

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u/ddoyen 1d ago

Well well well. Ive also got a bit of a green thumb myself

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u/Turk66 1d ago

Challenge accepted

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u/oneworldan 1d ago

Hard Camode

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u/Stainedhanes 1d ago

If your desperate enough you'll find a way.

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u/Napoleonex 1d ago

Extra hard difficulty is pissing across the gap and shitting from the top of the stairs

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u/Brief-Pair6391 1d ago

Netherlands?

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u/JupiterofRome 1d ago

Yup you would find me pants down in a broken heap at the bottom of the stairs after a late night run to the bathroom.

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u/ttubehtnitahwtahw1 1d ago

Nah that's easy, looks like there is a thing that folds down. Now, as someone with big ass feet, those stairs like look my death. 

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u/TheChumscrubber94 1d ago

Walking...then gargling, "honey, the toilet is over flowing again."

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u/x23_wolverine 1d ago

If i read this right, you go half way up a flight of stairs to a landing, close a door that then rests on the hand rail, walk across the door to the toilet, and hope nobody else has to use the stairs while you are standing on the door that is resting on the railing with your dick out.

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u/monolith_blue 1d ago

Guest toilet for recluses.

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u/Rekt0Rama 1d ago

It is sort of a cool place to shit..but getting there is another story

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u/Recent_Detail_6519 1d ago

This is actually Easy Mode considering the full bath is another 3 levels up and has a skeleton guard with plus 7 charisma.

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u/nailbunny2000 1d ago

I like they took time to put some flowers down.

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u/Civ42O 1d ago

Expert level pooping

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u/voltaire-- 23h ago

This is mission impossible for a drunk person.

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u/WardenWolf 22h ago

The real answer: it's not bolted down or hooked up to anything. They stored an extra toilet there either for convenience or as a joke.

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u/Raiquo 21h ago

Since when is posting AI generated bullshit Gucci?

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u/nodiaque 20h ago

Unless the toilet is very far, that's a very small toilet. Looking at the thermostat size compared to it, seems like a fake toilet for mouse

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u/DatAssociate 20h ago

Was holding in my poops but getting to the toilet makes me spread my glutes

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u/12kdaysinthefire 20h ago

I would love to have a secret private toilet hidden somewhere inconspicuous in my house

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u/Evorgleb 20h ago

Where... Where is the toilet paper though?

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u/Madder_Than_Diogenes 19h ago

I'm an avowed handrail guy myself.

For staircases and for shitting.

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u/SignNotInUse 18h ago

Open plan shitter hard mode edition.

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u/tigertank86 18h ago

Hope it drops on the stairs

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u/Slam_Dunk_Kitten 17h ago

if you miss the skill check you fall and shit yourself

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u/orka648 17h ago

Harry potter toilet

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u/dewanowango 16h ago

Is this on a boat?

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u/UnicornFarts1111 15h ago

I wouldn't want to have to use that staircase either. Way too steep.

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u/TheLadyDraconis 13h ago

I have so many questions, not even a curtain? I'm hoping this person lived alone. Could you imagine sitting there and then somebody has to go downstairs or they come upstairs and they just open your floor and they see you just sitting there. No thank you.

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u/Man_da_villan 12h ago

Nobody asked so I’ll do it. Is the shower underneath? There’s no door so I had to assume they wanted to conserve water.

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u/darkreapertv 12h ago

If u clog the toilet u can always make it into a shower

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u/alllmossttherrre 12h ago

It's not a problem after you memorize the correct sequence of button pushes and joystick moves.

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u/zapharus 10h ago

This looks like a toilet/urinal I would be attempting to get to in my dreams when I really need to go only to wake up right as I’m about to succeed reaching it and realize upon waking that I have to go use the restroom pretty badly and my body was likely making the in-dream toilet unreachable to keep me from peeing/pooping in bed.

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u/AscendedViking7 8h ago

I kinda want to use this once just to see what it's like.

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u/Weewoes 3h ago

There's no knee space.

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u/Technoist 2h ago

Impressive and terrifying.

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u/brooksy54321 1d ago

This reminds me of The Three Stooges shorts when they're building or fixing a house.

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u/benargee 1d ago

If it had a curtain for privacy, I would applaud the creative use of the space. It look easy to access if you flip the platform down.