Floating toilets and weight limit

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We recently moved into a new house which has a floating toilet. Not my first choice but happy to live with it for now. I have a worry which is probably me being silly but my SIL is coming to visit us soon for the first time and she is morbidly obese (unsure of her exact weight and would never dream of asking). Do you think she would be fine to sit on the toilet or would it be at risk of getting damaged in some way? I'm happy to be told I'm being paranoid, stupid or mean but would just be happy to have other people's opinions or insight on this, thanks. SIL will definitely need the toilet when she is here as she has medical issues.

I'd put a commode type thing made for disabled people over it and say nothing. If she asks which I doubt she will just say you've found a fault with it and the commode is there to take the weight.

Aren't wall hung toilets attached to a solid frame that sits inside the wall?

But a PP's suggestion of a frame that goes around the toilet for her to lean on is a good one.

I don’t know what getting off toilets daily has to do with it? Random comment.

If someone is sitting on a toilet and it comes off the wall… they’re going to get hurt, especially if it breaks and sharp edges are involved.

That’s not exactly obese is it!

Well I’m 5’3” and 16 stone which puts me onto the morbidly obese bmi over 40 category.
I think there are lots of thin people on this thread who imagine morbid obesity means housebound and 600llb.

Yes but not in toilet breaking obese. 15 stone is a fairly average weight for a man. No one things every visiting man is going to break the toilet.

@FawnFrenchieMum but all she has said is she thinks the SIL is morbidly obese and might break the toilet. Other posters have pointed out a well fitted floating toilet should easily take 30 stone. There is nothing to indicate the SIL is anywhere near that.

My 27 stone BIL broke my pedestal toilet. The weight limit was 25 stone. He was lucky not to have been badly injured.

Both my dds have mobility issues and we have one of these around each loo. I use them a lot too, especially with the one loo that the seat moves on. Might be worth getting, even though it's not stopping the weight issue when your sil sits on the loo, it might help with the sudden weight sitting on it.

Toilet seat frame

If you get a skandia or mowbray toilet frame they have a toilet seat attached to them aswell as the arm rests to push up on and then no actual weight goes on the toilet. They take at least 25 stone. You could say the toilet is a bit dodgy so it's for everybody to use until you get around to changing the toilet for a pedestal one.

We managed to break the seat twice (all 3 of us could do with dieting but even dp is under 18 stone) toilet no issue though.

BTW I wear 16 and I'm 13 stone, not sure how you would fit any larger

Some supermarkets have floating toilets and I assume they cater for all weights

So DH isn't keen on a mowbray, he says it'll be obvious why it's there and hes worried about offending his sister. I've been making the point that if something comes off the wall and his sister ends up on the floor in our tiny toilet then we'll have bigger problems, not to mention our savings have been obliterated fixing hidden issues in this house

As @gamerchick pointed out near the top, a quick google and properly installed they have a weight limit of 35 stone. I'm sure she's no where near that.

I know, I was replying to the random. I’m 15 stone and use these toilets. Offers no help to the OP at all and completely irrelevant.

I’m 5ft 7 and at 13 stone 8 I could ‘fit’ into a size 16, but realised I should have been in a size 18 so have started losing weight. I’m 12 stone 4 now and comfortably a size 16 and heading to a 14.

Ours is a floating toilet and I would say that it depends if it has been installed correctly but most go up to 500lb. If installed incorrectly as our plumber almost did by not using the correct gap between the frame until my husband insisted he re did it then it would be a lot less. Initially ours moved enough to crack the sealant and none of us are obese let alone morbidly obese. We almost got rid of it until my husband checked the installation and discovered the plumber had not put it in properly. It worked but would have come away from the wall if an obese person sat on it. I know lots of bigger people who won't have them.

@FawnFrenchieMum in that case you quoted the wrong poster 😀

I would be worried about this, mainly as you don’t know how well fitted it is. A well fitted one should take a heavy weight, but if it’s not well fitted then it might not.

I'm debating contacting our plumber for advice, he came out a few times for various issues when we moved in and he took a brief look at the boxed in area where the fittings are (but for something unrelated)

For the day @tenderstem81

As a large person myself I hate these toilets, and if I had a mobility issue which meant I couldn't lower myself gently, I'd be terrified of using them! I would FAR rather that someone went to the trouble of obtaining a support frame, than risk the utter humiliation and mortification of breaking someone else's toilet (not to mention quite likely hurting myself).

I understand your DH being concerned about sensitivities. But your SIL will be fully aware of her size and the difficulties it causes her. If she chooses to be offended by something put in place with the intention of helping her, that's her issue. However, if you just put one of those frames in and don't say anything about it, I doubt she'd even mention it TBH. If I was visiting someone's home and they had one in the toilet, I wouldn't dream of starting asking questions about why it was there.

I could probably be a size 20 at 15 stone because I'm short. It really depends on your weight not dress size.