To want a bidet / jet in my new bathroom

[AliceRR]

I am British but have family in Asia where it is more the norm not to rely on toilet paper and to use water to clean yourself after using the loo. I’ve seen jet sprays kind of like mini shower hoses by the toilet and even jets which come from in the toilet (less keen). Haven’t seen a proper bidet for years and not sure that’s up my street.

I find toilet paper inadequate and love a fresh clean feeling. I used the Andrex toilet wipes for a bit but have since been led to believe they are not very environmentally friendly so don’t buy them now.

I’d quite like something like the water jet by the toilet - just moved into new house and getting bathroom completely re done so could have whatever I want.

I do know someone who has this actually it she is older and from aforementioned Asian country.

Anyone else?

We have a Japanese toilet (Toto washlet). It’s awesome. If we ever move back to the UK I will definitely have them installed in our house.

I moved to SE Asia last year and butt guns are everywhere. Modern/western places usually have paper and a butt gun. My husband's office has only the gun. DD (4) was immediately converted and gets quite annoyed when there isn't a butt gun now!

I have Kiwi friends who've lived here a long time and whose children know no different. They're moving to the ME soon and hoping for a butt gun in their new place!!

I've lived in Africa and S.E Asia. Now in Scotland and I'd LOVE to have a bum gun

My expat brat children sight the lack of bum gums/ poop pistols as one.of the reasons they can't possibly repat to the UK.

In Italy it's totally the norm, as is a special stand for the small bum towels, one for each family member.

My favourite part of visiting Japan is the toilets! The public ones play little tunes so no one can hear you 😂 I love that they wash and dry you. It's so much more hygenic than paper.
I'm in Vietnam at the moment and they have hoses next to the toilets which is nice but nothing beats a Japanese toilet!

What's your budget OP?

I don’t really know

I know I want it and may as well do it while we’re doing three bathroom... I was thinking it might be a few hundred pound (on top of price offer toilet)

@chaoscategorized That looks fine. I wonder if our builder would know how to fit it

I agree, a bum gun or whatever is so much more hygienic and adequate than toilet paper

I think I said I used to use wipes which were a bit better but then learned you are not supposed to flush them, even the Andrew flushable ones 🧻

DH was half sold on the basis it’s more environmentally friendly!

We have one on the upstairs loo. Dh fitted it so it taps in to the warm water that supplies the hand basin. It's great. You just pat dry afterwards with a bit of loo roll.

My builder started work this week. I told him what I wanted and, after asking me what I want that for, he said he’s fitted “arse washers in Asian houses” before but they are only ever cold...

I told him I’m sure people set them up warm (based on what has been said on this thread) but he wasn’t having it!

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Your need a thermostatic mixing valve or you could go low tech and ask for feed from mixer tap. He's not being very creative is he. Stand your ground!

I've found my people!

I really want a bum gun too. I love when I go on holiday and it's just the norm in the bathroom!

I know, I don’t know what his issue is.

My only concern was our hot tap is v hot so if it comes from the tap will I burn my bum?!

I've found my people!

I really think in a few years time it will be come more the norm to have these!

Bum gun ! 🤔

Bum gun!

If you like that, you must rtft

I think “arse towels” were the highlight!!

separate bidet or toilet that does both though?

im thinking id perhaps rather do pooing and cleaning/freshening up in 2 separate areas?

Many london hospitals have the hoses fitted in the public toilets, because otherwise people bring in jugs etc.

LOVE my bidet, but it’s in the main bathroom, and that’s lead to a couple of...ahem...issues with visitors. Bidets are definitely not the norm where I live.

Small boys are delighted to find our bidet, they just assume it’s a urinal made specially at their willy height. A bit gross after big parties.

Also bidets require little nearby towel rails for small towels (one each family member). Have to remember to take them down when guests come, or they inevitably get used for wet hands.

I regularly find myself giving tours of the bidet, as guests come and ask me what it’s exactly for (they’ve always wondered). Not unusual to find 4-5 adults, wine glasses in hand, in my bathroom, listening intently. Some folk do go a bit green, others have complete epiphanies and vow to get one. Hard to retrofit in most bathrooms, due to space.

I can’t believe no ones mentioned the more, shall we say, pleasurable applications of a good bidet fountain. I don’t mention that one at dinner parties!

dontsweat I had a look at the pictures on the gobidet link you posted below. How does it work if the jet nozzle sticks out in the middle on the toilet bowl. Don't you ended up poo-ing on it?

Or do you install the gobidet apparatus each time after a poo, which seems like a faff.

After all if you had poo on your hand you wouldn’t wipe it off with a tissue and go on your merry way.

You don’t eat or shake hands with your bum though.

My elder sister had a bidet in her house back in the 70's. I spent quite a long time on it one day when she was out. I was 15 (lol)

I have used the hoses in Turkey that are just in the back of the loo and think they are great. One time I had a tummy upset and the cold water was very soothing.

I wanted the bum guns in my new house build but by the time it came to fit the bathrooms I was already way over budget and my plumbers were pathetic - and you have to be careful how they are fitted as most of them don't come with non return valves so don't meet building regs.
I am definitely going to have them fitted at some stage. The cold water ones can be pretty cheap and are easily fitted to an existing water supply. Amazon have loads in
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I live in the Middle East and have “bum guns” in every bathroom. The real name is “shataf” which sounds like a bad joke.
We have them turned off at the wall as they do seem to get a bit leaky. Using them takes practice but, if done properly, makes you clean. Toilet paper is used to dab dry. Andrex even have a shataf compatible toilet paper here - extra thick.
Some people seem to spray the whole bathroom them. Public toilets are often soaking!
There is a video demonstrating the use (not actual use, she’s clothed) if you google it.

So the builder is at work... DH went and bought the douche / Muslim shower / shataf today. I’d put off buying it as the builder first said he didn’t know how to fit one other than to cold water and I’d wanted a warm one but we’ve done some research and managed to get one with a thermostat so I should have it by the end of the week

AIBU to be really happy that I’m gonna have a bum gun soon? 😁

With warm water! 💦

Just go online and order a bidet/toilet. We have these, look like normal toilet but with a small jet fixed to the back of the toilet underneath the seat. It's plumbed into the mains water, easy to use, it's just a Muslim toilet.. They are easy to install. It's not a gun type thing which sounds like it could be messy, it just looks like a normal toilet. Easy to use, very hygienic and having used these toilets for years I wouldn't consider fitting any other type of toilet now. They're quite reasonably priced now as more common in UK.

I’ve just had this fitted and it’s amazing. Peri menopause has left me super sensitive down below and toilet tissue fibres irritate the hell out of me, even non-bleached ones. This way I can wipe then rinse the tissue fibre bits off.

Wondering why they don’t meet UK regulations but as it’s just me using it I don’t care. The comfort it gives is amazing. If I ever sell my house I’d happily remove it to meet regs but in the meantime it’s giving me a lot of relief.