I’ve never seen a toilet that seals, they all fecal plume, it’s just not an actual health issue. If it was, it would be very obvious by now, especially considering most public toilets in America have no lid at all.
Oh, I didn’t think it was an actual health issue or even a consideration for picking my toilet. (I’m on a small sailboat so regular toilets aren’t really a thing)
Although I will say that composting toilets do actually suck dirty air out and often have a seal around the seat. You get a lovely breeze and zero fart smells!
My main gripe with the plume is that most keep their toothbrush out in the open within the splash zone. So not applicable to public bathrooms really. Otherwise just wash your hands and everything is fine.
My wife and I bought an old house which has been rearranged many times over the years. One upstairs room has a sink, but no toilet or shower. The toilet is in a separate room with its own sink. It’s the weirdest arrangement, but it works great.
We call it the toothbrush room. Most houses don’t have such a room, but I do recommend it. It gets more use than most rooms. Obviously the entrance and kitchen gets the most use, but the whole family comes through the toothbrush room at least twice daily.
We’ve set some cabinets, make up mirrors, the ironing board, all the hair appliances and such. It’s perfect for getting ready, ironing a shirt, flattening the hair, shaving or putting on makeup without having to stand in shit fumes or shower moist. It’s the perfect ready room.
There is data tho? Enough that public bathrooms are often covered in antimicrobial surfaces and healthcare settings take it into account…
The undeniable fact is that fecal matter gets send all over the place. If that actively gets people sick seems to be in the “maybe yes, maybe no” category but that’s enough for me to avoid the situation in the first place.
Even if there wasn’t any data, the poop on toothbrush issue is one I’d happily avoid on faith alone lol
For sure, peace of mind is priceless. And I’m not saying it can’t make people sick, but it obviously doesn’t make people sick at any non-negligible rates, or we’d be seeing those patterns. And I realize this isn’t an actual issue for your situation, but closing the lid does nothing.
Public bathrooms have antimicrobial surfaces because people can’t be trusted to wash the actual-disease-causing amounts of feces off of their hands. Healthcare settings obviously need to take every possible vector more seriously, and even they can’t stop it without a sealed lid, which again, I’ve never seen anywhere. Like, there are bathroom attendants, people whose whole job is to sit in the bathroom all day, the patterns would be unavoidable and undeniable.
I’ve never seen a toilet that seals, they all fecal plume, it’s just not an actual health issue. If it was, it would be very obvious by now, especially considering most public toilets in America have no lid at all.
Oh, I didn’t think it was an actual health issue or even a consideration for picking my toilet. (I’m on a small sailboat so regular toilets aren’t really a thing)
Although I will say that composting toilets do actually suck dirty air out and often have a seal around the seat. You get a lovely breeze and zero fart smells!
My main gripe with the plume is that most keep their toothbrush out in the open within the splash zone. So not applicable to public bathrooms really. Otherwise just wash your hands and everything is fine.
My wife and I bought an old house which has been rearranged many times over the years. One upstairs room has a sink, but no toilet or shower. The toilet is in a separate room with its own sink. It’s the weirdest arrangement, but it works great.
We call it the toothbrush room. Most houses don’t have such a room, but I do recommend it. It gets more use than most rooms. Obviously the entrance and kitchen gets the most use, but the whole family comes through the toothbrush room at least twice daily.
We’ve set some cabinets, make up mirrors, the ironing board, all the hair appliances and such. It’s perfect for getting ready, ironing a shirt, flattening the hair, shaving or putting on makeup without having to stand in shit fumes or shower moist. It’s the perfect ready room.
That sounds like luxury when you consider that my shower, toilet, sink and toiletries all fit within 0.75m²
It is luxurious. It’s approx. 5 m² , but well worth the space.
If we ever buy a home without one, I’d gladly sacrifice 5 m² from any other room to make this kind of preparation room. It works great for a family.
If I were alone, I’d probably build a tiny house with a combined shower/toilet, but I’d keep my toothbrush in the kitchen.
That’s essentially what I did but I went with the floating option instead of being on land. Definitely not family friendly (or for tall people) haha
And my main gripe is that if fecal plumes had any adverse effects, even wrt toothbrushes, the data would be in by now.
There is data tho? Enough that public bathrooms are often covered in antimicrobial surfaces and healthcare settings take it into account…
The undeniable fact is that fecal matter gets send all over the place. If that actively gets people sick seems to be in the “maybe yes, maybe no” category but that’s enough for me to avoid the situation in the first place.
Even if there wasn’t any data, the poop on toothbrush issue is one I’d happily avoid on faith alone lol
For sure, peace of mind is priceless. And I’m not saying it can’t make people sick, but it obviously doesn’t make people sick at any non-negligible rates, or we’d be seeing those patterns. And I realize this isn’t an actual issue for your situation, but closing the lid does nothing.
Public bathrooms have antimicrobial surfaces because people can’t be trusted to wash the actual-disease-causing amounts of feces off of their hands. Healthcare settings obviously need to take every possible vector more seriously, and even they can’t stop it without a sealed lid, which again, I’ve never seen anywhere. Like, there are bathroom attendants, people whose whole job is to sit in the bathroom all day, the patterns would be unavoidable and undeniable.