To think bidets should be removed?

[Elouera]

If you were renovating a large, 1940's home, would you replace the bidets when modernising the bathrooms?

YABU- replace with modern ones
YANBU- remove them altogether

I'm amused at people calling bidets 'gross' when they're the ones wiping shit all over their arse with some dry tissue and thinking they're squeaky clean

I wonder if any youngsters reading this would have to look up what a bidet is (including how to pronounce it)? They are quite rare.

Replace with a Japanese toilet, shower and soaking tub.

It would be worth every single penny.

@PopsicleHustler The bidet goes way back to 1700's and is credited to the French? Getting water to bathe was labour intensive, so they just basically dunked their genitals and butt.

We have a Closomat. It warms the water and then dries you with warm air afterwards.

Scrap the bidet and get a much more streamlined spray/douche shower thing. Super hygienic.

Sorry if its a weird question, but once you've used the bidet, do you then dry yourself with a towel or toilet paper? Depends how wet I am. I'm clean so no reason not to use towel, but if I'm only slightly wet, it can be easier to grab a couple of pieces of toilet paper.

Also, do you sit on it like a toilet, or the other way around facing the taps??? confused Either. Facing the taps in control of water flow is easiest, except when you have trousers round your ankles, when it's easier to sit the other way.

We didn’t replace ours. It it was broken and I’m not sure how you use it anyway.

Calling bidets gross, i.e wiping yourself with dry tissue and not washing themselves, seriously? Some people need to check their hygiene.

I haven't seen a bidet for 30 years. My best friend as a child had one in her 'new build' house - ie built circa 1985. Most of our housing estate was 60/70s built and her house was the only one of the dozens of houses I went in that had one. It was never used. Her family moved to a 60s house in 1990 and that house didn't have one. I haven't seen one in any house since then.
I wouldn't bother with one personally. I would rather have more storage space in a bathroom.

We remodelled our bathroom last year and replaced the old existing toilet and bidet for a more modern, wall hanging set. (You can tell bidets are out of favour because this severely limited our choice) I looked at the Japanese combo toilets but all the ones I saw were very bulky and unattractive.
Both the bathroom fitter and my interior designer friend tried to talk me out of replacing the bidet saying it would make the bathroom feel less spacious and modern but I’m so glad I held firm.
Bidets are invaluable for cleaning properly after messy loo visits, washing before and/or after sex and freshening up your bits if you haven't got time for a shower/bath.
I always use it sat facing the taps and use a towel to dry my thighs, buttocks etc but toilet paper to dry the business end of my bum! TMI!

Bidets are fab - great for helping to prevent cystitis. I wouldn't touch a Japanese bottom-squirter with a bargepole - they squirt water at your bum from the back which means any e-coli there are simply propelled into your urethra. Bingo! Cystitis!

I always have a shit first thing in the morning and shower afterwards.

Those with the handheld shower hose things by the loo, are they easy to install on a normal loo? I’d love one

I really miss having a bidet

Install a hand-sprayer next to the toilet.

I had a new-found respect for our old bidet when I broke one wrist and the other collar bone.

It then came in very handy when my partner broke both his ankles and couldn't use the shower or bath.

I'd also put in wider doorways and a shower room downstairs (awaiting the next round of accidents here ).

We have a little squirter on the toilets. I love them. Fresh and clean.
Just toilet paper is grim. If you fell in dog dirt you wouldn’t be satisfied wiping it off with a dry tissue.

Would love a proper bidet. We’ve just got a similar attachment the one below on our toilet

www.amazon.co.uk/DJROLL-Handheld-Attachment-Feminine-Stainless/dp/B0862GKJ5T/ref=mp_s_a_1_6?dchild=1&keywords=bidet+attachment+for+toilet+uk&sprefix=bidet&tag=mumsnetforu03-21&qid=1593010841&sr=8-6

I would love to have a hand held bum spray. Or a Muslim shower as my Muslim friend calls hers.
But even if I did get DH to connect one I know that it would soon be a laughing stock among our friends. Led mainly by DD who would ,I know, lead people to the bathroom for a look and laugh at said abomination.
I know I would like to rise above the scorn but I cant . I make do with a bottle spray but its not anywhere near the same .

Can't afford a fancy Japanese loo but am interested in the add on hand held shower thingies. How do you get the warm water out of them quickly?

Takes ages for warm water to arrive at our bathroom sink.

Don't fancy washing my bottom with freezing cold water.

Do people not wash in the sink if they just need to freshen up ? Or have a 'half' shower - ie stand in the shower and takes the shower head down and just clean your bottom half? Seems easier than having to squat down?

I've never used a bidet as I've never lived in a house which had one. I have to admit, I'm puzzled about the logistics of using one.

So, you have your trousers down, do what you have to do on the loo, then what? Do you do a sort of sideways pooey bunny hop to the bidet? Do you get the water going beforehand or sit there and then start it? What happens then, presumably you are all wet on the rear so if you stand up then the excess water is going to run down your legs and wet your trousers until you can bunny hop/waddle to the towel rail?

Lived in Italy for years and loved my bidets,especially after giving birth.

Cannot understand people who think they are gross.

I had one in last house but not this one.

We have two which came with the house - sometimes I find mine useful but not a lot. I might slightly miss it. I noticed my son used his the other day when coming home absolutely covered in mud although I suppose he could as easily have washed his legs in his bath.

There is consideration of the bidet issue in Carry on at your Convenience -

@gnushoes

Bidets are fab - great for helping to prevent cystitis. I wouldn't touch a Japanese bottom-squirter with a bargepole - they squirt water at your bum from the back which means any e-coli there are simply propelled into your urethra. Bingo! Cystitis!

Not true -they have a 'lady' button which squirts from a different angle -or at least the ones I have seen in Japan do!