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sorry gross buying new toilet Q - could only ask on here not RL - Skid resistance needed.

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noideahowthesethingswork · 22/04/2010 09:15

We are doing up our bathroom. need to buy new loo. How do I work out - am so sorry - if the design is more or less likely to leave skids.

The shame.

The toilet we have now is really bad. Every time I go for a wee there is a giant skid in there off one of the kids. Totally grim. But have noticed when we visit family or go on holiday it doesn't happen. Think our current loo must be weird design. But I don't see an obvious difference.

So I don't feel I can walk into b&q and ask if it's a skid avoiding toilet. It doesn't seem to be part of the product info on any models we've seen. So how do you know???

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StealthPolarBear · 22/04/2010 09:28

never heard of a skid avoiding toilet, sorry
are you sure your kids/DH aren't just better behaved when away?

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noideahowthesethingswork · 22/04/2010 09:30

they are never better behaved

We were away for a week in feb and in the whole week only had to deal with 1 skid as opposed to daily monstors here. Would be gutted to get a similarly offending bog if better options are out there.

Frankly, toilet manufacturers should just tell it to us straight imo.

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StealthPolarBear · 22/04/2010 09:43

you could get a brown toilet

orangina · 22/04/2010 09:53

You can get toilets with a special coating which DISCOURAGES the skid sticking (oh, what fabulous information I know). I know the duravit range offer that as an option, but they are not cheap (but very good design/value).....

TheHeathenOfSuburbia · 22/04/2010 09:54

LOL at this.

We have a downstairs loo that acquires skids, and an upstairs one that's largely skid-free; same family members using them, therefore difference is indeed the loo.
Having closely inspected said khazis, I can reveal that the skiddy one has a shallow slope at the front of the bowl, so the, er, deposit lands on the porcelain first.
The skid-free one is either deeper, or the water is more central or something, because it goes straight into the water for a clean splashdown.

HTH.

Would you like sketches and angle measurements? you could take your protractor round B&Q...

MoChan · 22/04/2010 10:08

It's definitely to do with shape (those ones pp mentioned with the slopes) but also size. Get one that's as large and bucket-shaped as you can.

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noideahowthesethingswork · 22/04/2010 10:09

Have seriously considered taking kids round to b&q to do a number 2, but they're not plumbed in and thought it could get a little messy ...

Yes, measurmenets and angles clearly necessary. Will be gutted if get landed w. skiddy lav again.

No one tells you this when you're expecting your pfb - they turn into skid laying monsters

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posieparker · 22/04/2010 10:09

The larger the water and larger at the bottom the better I think?

trice · 22/04/2010 10:12

We bought a laufen loo which seems to be a good design for cleanliness and flushes well. It was pretty cheap online.

I agree that there should be a loo rating system. We bought an expensive vitra suite for the bathroom and the loo up there needs cleaning about twice as often and has an uncomfortable seat. If we had known that before we bought it we wouldn't have.

ib · 22/04/2010 10:13

I think Villeroy and Boch also have a non-stick coating option.

EricPicklesFatNeck · 22/04/2010 10:14

or embrace it and get a german loo

GinSlinger · 22/04/2010 10:19

yes, there are many loos here with a shelf to catch the prize so you can examine it.

(I would introduce your family to the lavatory brush - everyone needs to clean a lavatory after them)

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noideahowthesethingswork · 22/04/2010 10:30

Trained up my eldest, but 6 yr old is a shocker & couldn't trust w. brush

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StealthPolarBear · 22/04/2010 13:17

a shelf??! what happens after that?

throckenholt · 22/04/2010 13:25

Our old one never had a problem - we got two new ones (new bathrooms) and they are both a pain.

We have an ideal standard concept close - can't remember what the other is at the mo.

Furball · 22/04/2010 13:26

noideahowthesethingswork - you/everyone needs to sit further back on the downstairs one.

This will help 'cure' skiddage! Trust me

nomorecake · 22/04/2010 13:27

dh was telling me about that shelf. i thought he was winding me up. he was saying it was for checking if there were worms in your poo.

i think most new loo models are skid ones. older loo models were wider and had more water showing in the bottom (of the pan).

QuintessentialShadow · 22/04/2010 13:31

Oh, yes, I have seen these toilets, it is like you do your bizz into a large soupbowl, so you can really inspect the deposits (awful with runny tum) before flushing. YUCK!

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noideahowthesethingswork · 22/04/2010 15:42

furball, I can assure you the only problem I have with our toilet is visiting it after one of my kids (boak).

It really is the loo, not the seating position. the only way to do as you're suggesting would be to have the buttocks right on the back of the seat. It is the shape of the bowl.

Mind you don't fancy one of those german style ones. Maybe I should just go for a french hole in the floor for them & keep the loo locked and guarded for my own personal use.

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QuintessentialShadow · 22/04/2010 15:46

A whole in the floor toilet is a great idea (unless you need to be sick in one of them). I like them, providing they are not public loos. I find that a lot of people will then just squat anywhere regardless of where the loo actually is. and boak.

orangina · 22/04/2010 17:33

Oh hark at me. Just specifying a loo (don't I love my job....) and found this on the duravit website.....

Sanitary ceramics with the special WonderGliss surface finish will remain clean and attractive-looking for a long time to come.
When ordering WonderGliss please add a "1" as eleventh digit to the model number.

jzh · 08/07/2010 19:33

It is definitely a design issue. I had to 'dry run' a toilet I got from B&Q recently. Its a handsome little thing but the pan and seat design leads to the cable making ground in a position where it will leave a skid. The place where it makes ground its at 45 degrees - bad design.

One flush and its all gone but I'd rather have the cable make ground straight into the 'wash'.

ChristieF · 13/07/2010 12:56

It's about the water left in the bowl after flushing. There should always be water left. To stop smells coming up from the sewer; to deter rats and to "catch" the poo. If poo falls into the water it doesn't mark. Bleach gets rid of these marks quickly. Maybe because kids sit on the end of the seat their poo falls onto the sides? What about those toilet bowl fresheners that contain bleach? German toilets are made in a shape that catches poo so that you can examine it for blood and bowel cancer.

agedknees · 14/07/2010 16:04

German toilets tend to leave skids - don't know why.

ThatVikRinA22 · 14/07/2010 16:22

i wish i had asked this before i ordered my loo online....big mistake. mine is a terrible design and i am forever cleaning it. this is something i will consider when i move or buy a new loo!

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