To use a potty (kitchen bowl)

[nadadise]

Our toilet has broken, can't afford to fix it.

Is it really awful to use a kitchen washing up bowl?

I hate doing it but I can't think of any alternatives. Any ideas?

Camping loo? It's just a more sophisticated plastic bowl at the end of the day but you might feel happier using something designed for the purpose!

If it's just the flush that has gone, you can flush by chucking a bucket of water down the pan.

But what are you going to do with the stuff in the bowl?!

Are you taking the dishes out first?

Doray - have bought one specifically for the purpose.

Urine can be chucked into the bath. More solid stuff is done on kitchen towels then bagged up.

Squat in the shower? What are you going to do with poo, though? You can't have a non working toilet :( Presume you own the house? Sell something, extend overdraft... It's a health risk, it's not like there's a shared one out back you can use, like the days before people had indoor plumbing.

Hopefully Bertie I will be in a position to get it fixed by the end of October but at the moment I just can't afford it.

That is grim. Beg, borrow, steal - you have to fix it. Food shopping money and beg meals from friends /family? How expensive is this repair? Could you look it up on YouTube and try yourself?

What's your long term plan for getting it fixed? this can only be a short term solution.

More solid stuff is done on kitchen towels then bagged up

Is it just me who has an image of carefully laid out sheets of bounty on the kitchen floor and squatting?

Do you know what part is broken? Or why it isn't flushing etc?

Could you flush with a bucket? Is it a diy repair or could you pooh st work or in a public loo.

Sorry, xposted - payday loan? Honestly, a month is too long.

On a hopefully more helpful note what's actually wrong with the darn thing? Is it something that you could claim off your house insurance for perhaps?

Me too ankle

I really can't afford to get into any debt Bertie. I've been in a difficult situation for over a year (always worked, never claimed benefits but zero hour contracts meaning I can never plan properly.)

So I have just been paid for September and the majority went on sorting out overdraft and back payment of bills and so on.

There is definitely no one I would admit this to in RL; I have only done so on here as it's anonymous and I've still name changed!

Explain what is wrong with your toilet I am sure some resourceful mnetter will be able to guide you through doing at least a temporary repair. You tube is also your friend in this situation - as gaffer tape, zip ties and silcone sealant.

Do you know where the drain is the toilet empties into and empty the bowl into it.

Do you have home emergency cover on your home insurance? Breakdown of the only available toilet is usually covered.

What's wrong with the toilet? They're not complicated, there's probably an easyvfix that you could diy.

Flush with the bucket. So do a poo in the loo and chuck lots of water down loo

How's the loo broken? What's wrong with it?

Explain what's wrong with the toilet.
Piglet John is the incredibly knowledgeable odd job man round here but there are lots of other very handy people.

Tell us what's wrong with the toilet. Have you taken the lid off the cistern to see what's going on inside?
Without meaning to be presumptuous, it seems very extreme to be crapping on kitchen roll, but the decision to do so is the kind of thing I might make if I wasn't quite thinking straight, and I'd only realise after the event when looking back. So what I'm asking is, do you think you're ok, op?

Can you get a plumber's quote so you know what sort of money you'll need?
When you say "our", do you have children and/or partner? Can you get a social fund loan if you're not on benefits?
It may be easier to put a carrier bag over the loo bowl to poo into btw, instead of squatting over Juan Sheet....

There's no light in the bathroom (rather basic conditions!) so I struggle but essentially it won't flush; the toilet fills up and I have a horror of it spilling over the top

I don't have home insurance - plan to buy it next month.