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Throughput. As soon as you have >1 persons, you are going to find the bathroom to be a bottleneck at some point.

by thomk 7y ago

elric 7y ago
More than one person can use a bathroom at the same time. Toilets are a bit trickier, but if you're spending enough time on the toilet for it to be a bottleneck in your hosuehold, you may want to consider adding more fibre to your diet.
- onetimemanytime 7y ago
  sure just like we can also live in our cars or 100 sqt houses. What if you don't want to rush, when the other person knocks on the door?
onetimemanytime 7y ago
Agree! But what I don't understand is the 8 bedroom, 14 bathroom type of houses (rich people). I mean what's the point. I agree that you need at least two bathrooms in a home and max one bathroom for each bedroom...but after that, what's the point? Need in the sense that, it improves the quality of life, and it's a worthy expense.
- misthop 7y ago
  Those houses are designed for entertaining and large parties. Any event hall that you go to will have at minimum 1 bathroom for each gender with multiple stalls, 2-6. This is still a home, so they choose not to have stalls in bathroom setting, hence 6-10 "extra" bathrooms. Additionally in the very large houses the bed/bath ration doesn't capture the setting of the bathrooms. There is a house not to far from me that has a connected indoor pool and that has 3 bathrooms for changing/shower. (edited)
  - onetimemanytime 7y ago
    makes sense. Why not have them, when you can afford them? So your own bathrooms are not used by the guests...
- justryry 7y ago
  With a house like that, you're probably doing a fair bit of entertaining. You're going to be glad you have those extra bathrooms when you have 60 party guests.
- ww520 7y ago
  Guest bathroom and when you have large parties often.
- deleted 7y ago
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- ng7j5d9 7y ago
  Proximity matters. If I have a basketball court in my house, I'm going to want to have a little locker-room/bathroom off of it so that I (and my guests) don't have to trek to the bathroom in the main hall. If I have a 10-car climate-controlled garage with lounge where I hang out and show off my Ferrari collection, same thing. If I have an amazing pool that all of my kids' friends want to use, I'm going to want them to use the bathroom with the outdoor entrance so they aren't tracking water in the house. These aren't small houses.
  - Symbiote 7y ago
    I think that's it. I have a very wealthy relative who lives in the USA, and I visited when my younger brother was just 6 years old. It took him several complete tries of running round the house to count all the bathrooms (and not lose count). There was one per bedroom, then one on the ground floor, one by the garage and one which was easy to get to from the beach. The neighbour's house's guest room's bathroom was also the general bathroom; it had two doors with appropriate locks. This seemed like an efficient design.
    - frosted-flakes 7y ago
      Bathrooms with two doors are annoying. Typically, the door to the bedroom gets locked and not unlocked, so you have to go around to the hall door anyway. Also, unless the bathroom is large, the doors typically clash.
skohan 7y ago
This is one reason I'm a fan of the french style: a separate room for toilet from the bath. This way one activity doesn't block the other.
- sacado2 7y ago
  Thank you! I didn't understand what the issue was with just 1 bathroom. Of course, if your bathroom is also your toilets...
  - seszett 7y ago
    I moved to Belgium where apparently it's also normal to put toilets in the bathroom, and I still don't understand why one would put the dirtiest place in a house in the same room as the cleanest place. I don't want to shower and brush my teeth just a meter away from the toilets.
  - alistairSH 7y ago
    In the US, a "bathroom" is usually a 3-piece (bath/shower, sink, toilet). A toilet/sink (no bath) is usually called a "half bath" in real estate listings (2.5 baths is common in suburban homes - one master suite, one serving the other bedrooms, and the "half" near the kitchen or living area).
- woobar 7y ago
  And then someone wipes their behind and have to open/close two doors before washing their hands. Nice!
  - sixstringtheory 7y ago
    You can have a sink. You don’t need a bath tub or shower to wash your hands.
    - woobar 7y ago
      Toilet with a sink is called half bathroom in US. GP mentioned separate toilet. I've seen this setup in Europe a lot: https://q-cf.bstatic.com/images/hotel/max1024x768/214/214010083.jpg https://q-cf.bstatic.com/images/hotel/max1024x768/214/214010...
gwbas1c 7y ago
I'd say more like "comfort." No one wants to hold it while the other person is having a nice relaxing poop.
jermaustin1 7y ago
My wife and I tend to only rent places that have at least a powder room on top of a primary bathroom for this exact reason. It isn't often we need that dual toilets, but after contracting food poisoning with only a single toilet... we decided never again. Dual toilets have rescued us twice now from inevitable accidents.

Throughput. As soon as you have >1 persons, you are going to find the bathroom to be a bottleneck at some point.

by thomk 7y ago

Throughput. As soon as you have >1 persons, you are going to find the bathroom to be a bottleneck at some point.

More than one person can use a bathroom at the same time. Toilets are a bit trickier, but if you're spending enough time on the toilet for it to be a bottleneck in your hosuehold, you may want to consider adding more fibre to your diet.

onetimemanytime 7y ago
sure just like we can also live in our cars or 100 sqt houses. What if you don't want to rush, when the other person knocks on the door?

onetimemanytime 7y ago

Agree! But what I don't understand is the 8 bedroom, 14 bathroom type of houses (rich people). I mean what's the point. I agree that you need at least two bathrooms in a home and max one bathroom for each bedroom...but after that, what's the point? Need in the sense that, it improves the quality of life, and it's a worthy expense.

misthop 7y ago
Those houses are designed for entertaining and large parties. Any event hall that you go to will have at minimum 1 bathroom for each gender with multiple stalls, 2-6. This is still a home, so they choose not to have stalls in bathroom setting, hence 6-10 "extra" bathrooms. Additionally in the very large houses the bed/bath ration doesn't capture the setting of the bathrooms. There is a house not to far from me that has a connected indoor pool and that has 3 bathrooms for changing/shower. (edited)
- onetimemanytime 7y ago
  makes sense. Why not have them, when you can afford them? So your own bathrooms are not used by the guests...
justryry 7y ago
With a house like that, you're probably doing a fair bit of entertaining. You're going to be glad you have those extra bathrooms when you have 60 party guests.
ww520 7y ago
Guest bathroom and when you have large parties often.
deleted 7y ago
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ng7j5d9 7y ago
Proximity matters. If I have a basketball court in my house, I'm going to want to have a little locker-room/bathroom off of it so that I (and my guests) don't have to trek to the bathroom in the main hall. If I have a 10-car climate-controlled garage with lounge where I hang out and show off my Ferrari collection, same thing. If I have an amazing pool that all of my kids' friends want to use, I'm going to want them to use the bathroom with the outdoor entrance so they aren't tracking water in the house. These aren't small houses.
- Symbiote 7y ago
  I think that's it. I have a very wealthy relative who lives in the USA, and I visited when my younger brother was just 6 years old. It took him several complete tries of running round the house to count all the bathrooms (and not lose count). There was one per bedroom, then one on the ground floor, one by the garage and one which was easy to get to from the beach. The neighbour's house's guest room's bathroom was also the general bathroom; it had two doors with appropriate locks. This seemed like an efficient design.
  - frosted-flakes 7y ago
    Bathrooms with two doors are annoying. Typically, the door to the bedroom gets locked and not unlocked, so you have to go around to the hall door anyway. Also, unless the bathroom is large, the doors typically clash.

skohan 7y ago

This is one reason I'm a fan of the french style: a separate room for toilet from the bath. This way one activity doesn't block the other.

sacado2 7y ago
Thank you! I didn't understand what the issue was with just 1 bathroom. Of course, if your bathroom is also your toilets...
- seszett 7y ago
  I moved to Belgium where apparently it's also normal to put toilets in the bathroom, and I still don't understand why one would put the dirtiest place in a house in the same room as the cleanest place. I don't want to shower and brush my teeth just a meter away from the toilets.
- alistairSH 7y ago
  In the US, a "bathroom" is usually a 3-piece (bath/shower, sink, toilet). A toilet/sink (no bath) is usually called a "half bath" in real estate listings (2.5 baths is common in suburban homes - one master suite, one serving the other bedrooms, and the "half" near the kitchen or living area).
woobar 7y ago
And then someone wipes their behind and have to open/close two doors before washing their hands. Nice!
- sixstringtheory 7y ago
  You can have a sink. You don’t need a bath tub or shower to wash your hands.
  - woobar 7y ago
    Toilet with a sink is called half bathroom in US. GP mentioned separate toilet. I've seen this setup in Europe a lot: https://q-cf.bstatic.com/images/hotel/max1024x768/214/214010083.jpg https://q-cf.bstatic.com/images/hotel/max1024x768/214/214010...

gwbas1c 7y ago

I'd say more like "comfort." No one wants to hold it while the other person is having a nice relaxing poop.

jermaustin1 7y ago

My wife and I tend to only rent places that have at least a powder room on top of a primary bathroom for this exact reason. It isn't often we need that dual toilets, but after contracting food poisoning with only a single toilet... we decided never again. Dual toilets have rescued us twice now from inevitable accidents.