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There has been a good discussion on PAII about inns with cheap, single-ply toilet paper (guests don't like it) and I wanted to share this interesting post from Scott Crumpton of White Stone Marketing:
Luxury amenities are an interesting subject. Here's some other observations along those lines.
King size beds are now very much in high demand in a way similar to when jacuzzi tubs began to be ten years ago.
Comfort height elongated toilets (the taller ones) are now the norm in higher-end properties and homes and pardon the phrasing but lower/round toilets are now looked down upon like cheap toilet paper.
Lastly, I'm seeing more bidet toilet seats as a high-end amenity. The nice thing is that they function just like a regular toilet seat until someone wants to use it as a water fountain ;-) Installing them is also a piece of cake "if" you have a plug near the toilet (which isn't very common I understand).
I didn't know it but 95% of households in Italy have bidets and in predominantly muslim countries they actually use a sink sprayer attached to the toilet (saw that one personally and boy was I baffled until I read about it!).
If anyone is building an inn from the ground up I highly recommend the GFI plug in the commode area and four-outlet plugs in the bathroom and beside the beds. This last one is a simple conversion for any of you and an important one I believe. It never fails when I go to an inn or hotel that in order to plug in my phone I have to start yanking plugs out of the wall next to the bed and sometimes they're way behind the headboard.
Food for thought ;-)
Scott Crumpton
White Stone Marketing
Professional Internet Marketing for Boutique Lodging Properties
http://www.WhiteStoneMarketing.com
 
Pretty unusual to see the elongated high toilets around here. I do agree on cheap toilet paper, though. We only buy two ply. We do buy one level down from what we want, optimally because we prefer to use a recycled brand for ecological reasons, but it is still two ply and soft enough to have a design embossed into it. And all my bathrooms have GFCI plugs. Usually next to the bed I have the USB plugs as well as extra plugs available. (And even if lots of plugs are available, guests still unplug the alarm clock and run through the damn backup battery!)
 
In a perfect world, it would be an elongated world.
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Comfort height elongated toilets is the only way to go! Easier on older people knees, that is what I have heard,!
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Was just thinking about this the other day. Mostly in re how many rolls to tp we replace in a day. And how, if I went to the 250 sheet, puffy rolls of tp, the guests would need 3 backup rolls in the bathroom. And how they would end up clogging the toilets more frequently than they do.
 
We've decided that if we need to replace any toilets it will be with the taller units. I just can't justify the cost/land fill of pulling up perfectly fine shorter ones if they're still in good condition.
We buy the costco brand tp which is very plush and they have gone to a bigger roll. I swear those bigger rolls don't last any longer than the old ones. My complaint is that they are so big, they fill up the entire tp dispenser area and we can't fit our old cosy's over the spare roll. Now they're naked on top of the toilet tank.
 
I once asked a GM after a Conference, "What pre-school did you rob to get your toilets?" His quizzical look made me elaborate that he should look at his guests - how many of them can take the tiny low toilets in his facility comfortably. I saw him several years later and he came up to me to say they DID replace all of them. He GOT it.
 
We've decided that if we need to replace any toilets it will be with the taller units. I just can't justify the cost/land fill of pulling up perfectly fine shorter ones if they're still in good condition.
We buy the costco brand tp which is very plush and they have gone to a bigger roll. I swear those bigger rolls don't last any longer than the old ones. My complaint is that they are so big, they fill up the entire tp dispenser area and we can't fit our old cosy's over the spare roll. Now they're naked on top of the toilet tank..
Breakfast Diva said:
We've decided that if we need to replace any toilets it will be with the taller units. I just can't justify the cost/land fill of pulling up perfectly fine shorter ones if they're still in good condition.
We buy the costco brand tp which is very plush and they have gone to a bigger roll. I swear those bigger rolls don't last any longer than the old ones. My complaint is that they are so big, they fill up the entire tp dispenser area and we can't fit our old cosy's over the spare roll. Now they're naked on top of the toilet tank.
Okay this is just going to get weird, but okay...so we had a guest break a shower head (holder) so the piece which is plastic broke, but of course, it will.
Raced off to Lowe's last night, and walked past a toilet and we both stopped and said "oooooh" I think people may have thought we were mad! It had the no slam lid, so we stood there and opened and then it fall slowlyyyyy...so slowlyyyyy over and over again. We were in love!
Meanwhile, we had to buy a whole new shower head, which took 10 minutes od debate to get the right one, and win, ahem, I mean choose one...of course, as you can imagine.
 
I once asked a GM after a Conference, "What pre-school did you rob to get your toilets?" His quizzical look made me elaborate that he should look at his guests - how many of them can take the tiny low toilets in his facility comfortably. I saw him several years later and he came up to me to say they DID replace all of them. He GOT it..
gillumhouse said:
I once asked a GM after a Conference, "What pre-school did you rob to get your toilets?" His quizzical look made me elaborate that he should look at his guests - how many of them can take the tiny low toilets in his facility comfortably. I saw him several years later and he came up to me to say they DID replace all of them. He GOT it.
When my inlaws built a house in Queensland Australia, it was nearly done when we were there for a visit. I walked in and thought WHAT THE HECK? The vanity mirror only came to my chest and shoulders, and nowhere to back up to see my face.
Then I went into the loo (always separate from the bathroom) and had to reach DOWN to grab the door knob. What the heck? and the light switch? Where the heck is it? LOW. Toilet, low.
I am tall, but felt like a giant. A NEW house.
I inquired, as you know I would. Why so low? Asian market. At this time, the whole market was catering to Asians who were buying up all the large houses in the area.
DOH!
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Meanwhile have you seen the height of some of these Japanese who visit? Very tall, many taller than I am. My niece lives in Japan now and teaches school, she emailed a photo and she is shorter than ALL in her class. She is 5'5". Sapporo Japan
 
I once asked a GM after a Conference, "What pre-school did you rob to get your toilets?" His quizzical look made me elaborate that he should look at his guests - how many of them can take the tiny low toilets in his facility comfortably. I saw him several years later and he came up to me to say they DID replace all of them. He GOT it..
gillumhouse said:
I once asked a GM after a Conference, "What pre-school did you rob to get your toilets?" His quizzical look made me elaborate that he should look at his guests - how many of them can take the tiny low toilets in his facility comfortably. I saw him several years later and he came up to me to say they DID replace all of them. He GOT it.
When my inlaws built a house in Queensland Australia, it was nearly done when we were there for a visit. I walked in and thought WHAT THE HECK? The vanity mirror only came to my chest and shoulders, and nowhere to back up to see my face.
Then I went into the loo (always separate from the bathroom) and had to reach DOWN to grab the door knob. What the heck? and the light switch? Where the heck is it? LOW. Toilet, low.
I am tall, but felt like a giant. A NEW house.
I inquired, as you know I would. Why so low? Asian market. At this time, the whole market was catering to Asians who were buying up all the large houses in the area.
DOH!
omg_smile.gif

Meanwhile have you seen the height of some of these Japanese who visit? Very tall, many taller than I am. My niece lives in Japan now and teaches school, she emailed a photo and she is shorter than ALL in her class. She is 5'5". Sapporo Japan
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Joey Bloggs said:
The vanity mirror only came to my chest and shoulders, and nowhere to back up to see my face.
Then I went into the loo (always separate from the bathroom) and had to reach DOWN to grab the door knob. What the heck? and the light switch? Where the heck is it? LOW. Toilet, low.
I was going to guess hobbits since Australia is so close to New Zealand. But Asians makes sense. I think the height increase in Asia is related to better nutrition.
The toilet seats I'm now looking at have heated seat, slow close feature, and they warm the water for the bidet feature. I might not get them now, but they're on the wish list! May be the type thing that people have never seen before and will rave about to their friends back home.
 
I once asked a GM after a Conference, "What pre-school did you rob to get your toilets?" His quizzical look made me elaborate that he should look at his guests - how many of them can take the tiny low toilets in his facility comfortably. I saw him several years later and he came up to me to say they DID replace all of them. He GOT it..
gillumhouse said:
I once asked a GM after a Conference, "What pre-school did you rob to get your toilets?" His quizzical look made me elaborate that he should look at his guests - how many of them can take the tiny low toilets in his facility comfortably. I saw him several years later and he came up to me to say they DID replace all of them. He GOT it.
When my inlaws built a house in Queensland Australia, it was nearly done when we were there for a visit. I walked in and thought WHAT THE HECK? The vanity mirror only came to my chest and shoulders, and nowhere to back up to see my face.
Then I went into the loo (always separate from the bathroom) and had to reach DOWN to grab the door knob. What the heck? and the light switch? Where the heck is it? LOW. Toilet, low.
I am tall, but felt like a giant. A NEW house.
I inquired, as you know I would. Why so low? Asian market. At this time, the whole market was catering to Asians who were buying up all the large houses in the area.
DOH!
omg_smile.gif

Meanwhile have you seen the height of some of these Japanese who visit? Very tall, many taller than I am. My niece lives in Japan now and teaches school, she emailed a photo and she is shorter than ALL in her class. She is 5'5". Sapporo Japan
.
Joey Bloggs said:
The vanity mirror only came to my chest and shoulders, and nowhere to back up to see my face.
Then I went into the loo (always separate from the bathroom) and had to reach DOWN to grab the door knob. What the heck? and the light switch? Where the heck is it? LOW. Toilet, low.
I was going to guess hobbits since Australia is so close to New Zealand. But Asians makes sense. I think the height increase in Asia is related to better nutrition.
The toilet seats I'm now looking at have heated seat, slow close feature, and they warm the water for the bidet feature. I might not get them now, but they're on the wish list! May be the type thing that people have never seen before and will rave about to their friends back home.
.
Wish I could remember the sit-com that had an episode that referred to a bidet calling it a water fountain in the bathroom.
 
We've decided that if we need to replace any toilets it will be with the taller units. I just can't justify the cost/land fill of pulling up perfectly fine shorter ones if they're still in good condition.
We buy the costco brand tp which is very plush and they have gone to a bigger roll. I swear those bigger rolls don't last any longer than the old ones. My complaint is that they are so big, they fill up the entire tp dispenser area and we can't fit our old cosy's over the spare roll. Now they're naked on top of the toilet tank..
Breakfast Diva said:
We've decided that if we need to replace any toilets it will be with the taller units. I just can't justify the cost/land fill of pulling up perfectly fine shorter ones if they're still in good condition.
We buy the costco brand tp which is very plush and they have gone to a bigger roll. I swear those bigger rolls don't last any longer than the old ones. My complaint is that they are so big, they fill up the entire tp dispenser area and we can't fit our old cosy's over the spare roll. Now they're naked on top of the toilet tank.
Okay this is just going to get weird, but okay...so we had a guest break a shower head (holder) so the piece which is plastic broke, but of course, it will.
Raced off to Lowe's last night, and walked past a toilet and we both stopped and said "oooooh" I think people may have thought we were mad! It had the no slam lid, so we stood there and opened and then it fall slowlyyyyy...so slowlyyyyy over and over again. We were in love!
Meanwhile, we had to buy a whole new shower head, which took 10 minutes od debate to get the right one, and win, ahem, I mean choose one...of course, as you can imagine.
.
We use the toilet seats that slowly close. No slams. I do understand your 'attraction' to the toilets! I look at some of them lovingly too!
 
We've decided that if we need to replace any toilets it will be with the taller units. I just can't justify the cost/land fill of pulling up perfectly fine shorter ones if they're still in good condition.
We buy the costco brand tp which is very plush and they have gone to a bigger roll. I swear those bigger rolls don't last any longer than the old ones. My complaint is that they are so big, they fill up the entire tp dispenser area and we can't fit our old cosy's over the spare roll. Now they're naked on top of the toilet tank..
Breakfast Diva said:
We've decided that if we need to replace any toilets it will be with the taller units. I just can't justify the cost/land fill of pulling up perfectly fine shorter ones if they're still in good condition.
We buy the costco brand tp which is very plush and they have gone to a bigger roll. I swear those bigger rolls don't last any longer than the old ones. My complaint is that they are so big, they fill up the entire tp dispenser area and we can't fit our old cosy's over the spare roll. Now they're naked on top of the toilet tank.
Okay this is just going to get weird, but okay...so we had a guest break a shower head (holder) so the piece which is plastic broke, but of course, it will.
Raced off to Lowe's last night, and walked past a toilet and we both stopped and said "oooooh" I think people may have thought we were mad! It had the no slam lid, so we stood there and opened and then it fall slowlyyyyy...so slowlyyyyy over and over again. We were in love!
Meanwhile, we had to buy a whole new shower head, which took 10 minutes od debate to get the right one, and win, ahem, I mean choose one...of course, as you can imagine.
.
I didn't just look at them, I purchased! I prefer the painted wood ones but for the B&B I actually buy the plastic ones. We had trouble with the evenness of the paint on the regular wood ones. Either they would get stained from well... missed target or they would discolour from cleaning the missed targets. The plastic ones (and these aren't cheap plastic, these are damn expensive and very very solid ones) are coloured through and through and last much longer. Some people thought that I was crazy, buying new seats annually because of the discolouration.
 
We've decided that if we need to replace any toilets it will be with the taller units. I just can't justify the cost/land fill of pulling up perfectly fine shorter ones if they're still in good condition.
We buy the costco brand tp which is very plush and they have gone to a bigger roll. I swear those bigger rolls don't last any longer than the old ones. My complaint is that they are so big, they fill up the entire tp dispenser area and we can't fit our old cosy's over the spare roll. Now they're naked on top of the toilet tank..
Breakfast Diva said:
We've decided that if we need to replace any toilets it will be with the taller units. I just can't justify the cost/land fill of pulling up perfectly fine shorter ones if they're still in good condition.
We buy the costco brand tp which is very plush and they have gone to a bigger roll. I swear those bigger rolls don't last any longer than the old ones. My complaint is that they are so big, they fill up the entire tp dispenser area and we can't fit our old cosy's over the spare roll. Now they're naked on top of the toilet tank.
Okay this is just going to get weird, but okay...so we had a guest break a shower head (holder) so the piece which is plastic broke, but of course, it will.
Raced off to Lowe's last night, and walked past a toilet and we both stopped and said "oooooh" I think people may have thought we were mad! It had the no slam lid, so we stood there and opened and then it fall slowlyyyyy...so slowlyyyyy over and over again. We were in love!
Meanwhile, we had to buy a whole new shower head, which took 10 minutes od debate to get the right one, and win, ahem, I mean choose one...of course, as you can imagine.
.
I didn't just look at them, I purchased! I prefer the painted wood ones but for the B&B I actually buy the plastic ones. We had trouble with the evenness of the paint on the regular wood ones. Either they would get stained from well... missed target or they would discolour from cleaning the missed targets. The plastic ones (and these aren't cheap plastic, these are damn expensive and very very solid ones) are coloured through and through and last much longer. Some people thought that I was crazy, buying new seats annually because of the discolouration.
.
We get new seats, too. I had to go to wood because the plastic ones I can get here are so flimsy you can't put the lid down and sit on it without the whole thing caving in and then sliding all over because it has come loose.
But we go thru and really give them the once over and replace them as you do- when they start looking stained or we've scrubbed the paint off. We have spares in boxes in the basement.
 
We've decided that if we need to replace any toilets it will be with the taller units. I just can't justify the cost/land fill of pulling up perfectly fine shorter ones if they're still in good condition.
We buy the costco brand tp which is very plush and they have gone to a bigger roll. I swear those bigger rolls don't last any longer than the old ones. My complaint is that they are so big, they fill up the entire tp dispenser area and we can't fit our old cosy's over the spare roll. Now they're naked on top of the toilet tank..
Breakfast Diva said:
We've decided that if we need to replace any toilets it will be with the taller units. I just can't justify the cost/land fill of pulling up perfectly fine shorter ones if they're still in good condition.
We buy the costco brand tp which is very plush and they have gone to a bigger roll. I swear those bigger rolls don't last any longer than the old ones. My complaint is that they are so big, they fill up the entire tp dispenser area and we can't fit our old cosy's over the spare roll. Now they're naked on top of the toilet tank.
Okay this is just going to get weird, but okay...so we had a guest break a shower head (holder) so the piece which is plastic broke, but of course, it will.
Raced off to Lowe's last night, and walked past a toilet and we both stopped and said "oooooh" I think people may have thought we were mad! It had the no slam lid, so we stood there and opened and then it fall slowlyyyyy...so slowlyyyyy over and over again. We were in love!
Meanwhile, we had to buy a whole new shower head, which took 10 minutes od debate to get the right one, and win, ahem, I mean choose one...of course, as you can imagine.
.
I didn't just look at them, I purchased! I prefer the painted wood ones but for the B&B I actually buy the plastic ones. We had trouble with the evenness of the paint on the regular wood ones. Either they would get stained from well... missed target or they would discolour from cleaning the missed targets. The plastic ones (and these aren't cheap plastic, these are damn expensive and very very solid ones) are coloured through and through and last much longer. Some people thought that I was crazy, buying new seats annually because of the discolouration.
.
We get new seats, too. I had to go to wood because the plastic ones I can get here are so flimsy you can't put the lid down and sit on it without the whole thing caving in and then sliding all over because it has come loose.
But we go thru and really give them the once over and replace them as you do- when they start looking stained or we've scrubbed the paint off. We have spares in boxes in the basement.
.
I think this is the one I bought. http://www.homedepot.ca/product/nextstep-round-toilet-seat-with-whisper-close-with-easy-clean-change-hinges/981501
It was sold as staying tightly in place, has the latches to remove for cleaning and whisper close all in heavy plastic. And it's a dream! A dream!
 
We've decided that if we need to replace any toilets it will be with the taller units. I just can't justify the cost/land fill of pulling up perfectly fine shorter ones if they're still in good condition.
We buy the costco brand tp which is very plush and they have gone to a bigger roll. I swear those bigger rolls don't last any longer than the old ones. My complaint is that they are so big, they fill up the entire tp dispenser area and we can't fit our old cosy's over the spare roll. Now they're naked on top of the toilet tank..
Breakfast Diva said:
We've decided that if we need to replace any toilets it will be with the taller units. I just can't justify the cost/land fill of pulling up perfectly fine shorter ones if they're still in good condition.
We buy the costco brand tp which is very plush and they have gone to a bigger roll. I swear those bigger rolls don't last any longer than the old ones. My complaint is that they are so big, they fill up the entire tp dispenser area and we can't fit our old cosy's over the spare roll. Now they're naked on top of the toilet tank.
Okay this is just going to get weird, but okay...so we had a guest break a shower head (holder) so the piece which is plastic broke, but of course, it will.
Raced off to Lowe's last night, and walked past a toilet and we both stopped and said "oooooh" I think people may have thought we were mad! It had the no slam lid, so we stood there and opened and then it fall slowlyyyyy...so slowlyyyyy over and over again. We were in love!
Meanwhile, we had to buy a whole new shower head, which took 10 minutes od debate to get the right one, and win, ahem, I mean choose one...of course, as you can imagine.
.
I didn't just look at them, I purchased! I prefer the painted wood ones but for the B&B I actually buy the plastic ones. We had trouble with the evenness of the paint on the regular wood ones. Either they would get stained from well... missed target or they would discolour from cleaning the missed targets. The plastic ones (and these aren't cheap plastic, these are damn expensive and very very solid ones) are coloured through and through and last much longer. Some people thought that I was crazy, buying new seats annually because of the discolouration.
.
We get new seats, too. I had to go to wood because the plastic ones I can get here are so flimsy you can't put the lid down and sit on it without the whole thing caving in and then sliding all over because it has come loose.
But we go thru and really give them the once over and replace them as you do- when they start looking stained or we've scrubbed the paint off. We have spares in boxes in the basement.
.
I think this is the one I bought. http://www.homedepot.ca/product/nextstep-round-toilet-seat-with-whisper-close-with-easy-clean-change-hinges/981501
It was sold as staying tightly in place, has the latches to remove for cleaning and whisper close all in heavy plastic. And it's a dream! A dream!
.
Eric Arthur Blair said:
I think this is the one I bought. http://www.homedepot.ca/product/nextstep-round-toilet-seat-with-whisper-close-with-easy-clean-change-hinges/981501
It was sold as staying tightly in place, has the latches to remove for cleaning and whisper close all in heavy plastic. And it's a dream! A dream!
That's the same one we use!
 
We've decided that if we need to replace any toilets it will be with the taller units. I just can't justify the cost/land fill of pulling up perfectly fine shorter ones if they're still in good condition.
We buy the costco brand tp which is very plush and they have gone to a bigger roll. I swear those bigger rolls don't last any longer than the old ones. My complaint is that they are so big, they fill up the entire tp dispenser area and we can't fit our old cosy's over the spare roll. Now they're naked on top of the toilet tank..
Breakfast Diva said:
We've decided that if we need to replace any toilets it will be with the taller units. I just can't justify the cost/land fill of pulling up perfectly fine shorter ones if they're still in good condition.
We buy the costco brand tp which is very plush and they have gone to a bigger roll. I swear those bigger rolls don't last any longer than the old ones. My complaint is that they are so big, they fill up the entire tp dispenser area and we can't fit our old cosy's over the spare roll. Now they're naked on top of the toilet tank.
Okay this is just going to get weird, but okay...so we had a guest break a shower head (holder) so the piece which is plastic broke, but of course, it will.
Raced off to Lowe's last night, and walked past a toilet and we both stopped and said "oooooh" I think people may have thought we were mad! It had the no slam lid, so we stood there and opened and then it fall slowlyyyyy...so slowlyyyyy over and over again. We were in love!
Meanwhile, we had to buy a whole new shower head, which took 10 minutes od debate to get the right one, and win, ahem, I mean choose one...of course, as you can imagine.
.
I didn't just look at them, I purchased! I prefer the painted wood ones but for the B&B I actually buy the plastic ones. We had trouble with the evenness of the paint on the regular wood ones. Either they would get stained from well... missed target or they would discolour from cleaning the missed targets. The plastic ones (and these aren't cheap plastic, these are damn expensive and very very solid ones) are coloured through and through and last much longer. Some people thought that I was crazy, buying new seats annually because of the discolouration.
.
We get new seats, too. I had to go to wood because the plastic ones I can get here are so flimsy you can't put the lid down and sit on it without the whole thing caving in and then sliding all over because it has come loose.
But we go thru and really give them the once over and replace them as you do- when they start looking stained or we've scrubbed the paint off. We have spares in boxes in the basement.
.
I think this is the one I bought. http://www.homedepot.ca/product/nextstep-round-toilet-seat-with-whisper-close-with-easy-clean-change-hinges/981501
It was sold as staying tightly in place, has the latches to remove for cleaning and whisper close all in heavy plastic. And it's a dream! A dream!
.
Eric Arthur Blair said:
I think this is the one I bought. http://www.homedepot.ca/product/nextstep-round-toilet-seat-with-whisper-close-with-easy-clean-change-hinges/981501
It was sold as staying tightly in place, has the latches to remove for cleaning and whisper close all in heavy plastic. And it's a dream! A dream!
That's the same one we use!
.
Breakfast Diva said:
Eric Arthur Blair said:
I think this is the one I bought. http://www.homedepot.ca/product/nextstep-round-toilet-seat-with-whisper-close-with-easy-clean-change-hinges/981501
It was sold as staying tightly in place, has the latches to remove for cleaning and whisper close all in heavy plastic. And it's a dream! A dream!
That's the same one we use!
Dang, now Canada has access to our whisper close toilet seat technology!
But I guess it all comes from China anyway. Sigh.
 
We've decided that if we need to replace any toilets it will be with the taller units. I just can't justify the cost/land fill of pulling up perfectly fine shorter ones if they're still in good condition.
We buy the costco brand tp which is very plush and they have gone to a bigger roll. I swear those bigger rolls don't last any longer than the old ones. My complaint is that they are so big, they fill up the entire tp dispenser area and we can't fit our old cosy's over the spare roll. Now they're naked on top of the toilet tank..
Breakfast Diva said:
We've decided that if we need to replace any toilets it will be with the taller units. I just can't justify the cost/land fill of pulling up perfectly fine shorter ones if they're still in good condition.
We buy the costco brand tp which is very plush and they have gone to a bigger roll. I swear those bigger rolls don't last any longer than the old ones. My complaint is that they are so big, they fill up the entire tp dispenser area and we can't fit our old cosy's over the spare roll. Now they're naked on top of the toilet tank.
Okay this is just going to get weird, but okay...so we had a guest break a shower head (holder) so the piece which is plastic broke, but of course, it will.
Raced off to Lowe's last night, and walked past a toilet and we both stopped and said "oooooh" I think people may have thought we were mad! It had the no slam lid, so we stood there and opened and then it fall slowlyyyyy...so slowlyyyyy over and over again. We were in love!
Meanwhile, we had to buy a whole new shower head, which took 10 minutes od debate to get the right one, and win, ahem, I mean choose one...of course, as you can imagine.
.
I didn't just look at them, I purchased! I prefer the painted wood ones but for the B&B I actually buy the plastic ones. We had trouble with the evenness of the paint on the regular wood ones. Either they would get stained from well... missed target or they would discolour from cleaning the missed targets. The plastic ones (and these aren't cheap plastic, these are damn expensive and very very solid ones) are coloured through and through and last much longer. Some people thought that I was crazy, buying new seats annually because of the discolouration.
.
We get new seats, too. I had to go to wood because the plastic ones I can get here are so flimsy you can't put the lid down and sit on it without the whole thing caving in and then sliding all over because it has come loose.
But we go thru and really give them the once over and replace them as you do- when they start looking stained or we've scrubbed the paint off. We have spares in boxes in the basement.
.
I think this is the one I bought. http://www.homedepot.ca/product/nextstep-round-toilet-seat-with-whisper-close-with-easy-clean-change-hinges/981501
It was sold as staying tightly in place, has the latches to remove for cleaning and whisper close all in heavy plastic. And it's a dream! A dream!
.
Eric Arthur Blair said:
I think this is the one I bought. http://www.homedepot.ca/product/nextstep-round-toilet-seat-with-whisper-close-with-easy-clean-change-hinges/981501
It was sold as staying tightly in place, has the latches to remove for cleaning and whisper close all in heavy plastic. And it's a dream! A dream!
That's the same one we use!
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Breakfast Diva said:
Eric Arthur Blair said:
I think this is the one I bought. http://www.homedepot.ca/product/nextstep-round-toilet-seat-with-whisper-close-with-easy-clean-change-hinges/981501
It was sold as staying tightly in place, has the latches to remove for cleaning and whisper close all in heavy plastic. And it's a dream! A dream!
That's the same one we use!
Dang, now Canada has access to our whisper close toilet seat technology!
But I guess it all comes from China anyway. Sigh.
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Actually, made in the USA! Actually, I gave the wrong model. The one I have is hard molded plastic. Best toilet seat EVER!
 
We use CostCo TP by the truck load. Good quality. A while bac, locally at least, they went to a bare roll pack (no individual outer wrapping), which makes sense for environmental reasons, but I felt the guests would object hygienically to having the spare rolls under the sink lacking the outer wrapping, so we asked CostCo and they brought back the wrapped pack as a choice.
As for the seat itself, elongated and elevated is part of ADA. Any innkeeper should try as hard as is reasonably possible to meet ADA guidelines even though we are generally exempt at 6 rooms or less. Add a grab bar along side, to help the guest get their balance over their feet.
 
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