Toilet paper over or under debate...

[VacationForever]

There is a sanitary issue when rolls are left on top of the water cistern.

 

[Eric B]

There is a sanitary issue when rolls are left on top of the water cistern.

... Or if they aren't left at all! I'm just saying....

 

[Talent312]

I want an Alexa enabled TP holder, so I can tell it to roll off 'x' sheets.
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[clifffaith]

Over; same goes for paper towels. It bugs Cliff that I will set a new roll on the edge of the tub and leave the room -- but if I've used the previous roll up I won't install the new roll until I'm sitting again because it is easier on my back not to have to bend over to do it. In the master bathroom we have our first ever free standing toilet paper holder; allowed us to not have to drill into the tile surrounding the shower. Guess I'll donate that to the new owners when moving time comes.

ETA: only once that I recall did we have a kitten that liked to unfurl the toilet paper, and she only did it once or twice. Far better streamers on the floor that can be more or less rolled back up in a bathroom where guests won't be, than a big torn pompom created by clawing at a roll that won't unspool. Those need to be trashed.

 

[bbodb1]

This seems to be the perfect thread to address this assault on human kind:

In public restrooms, why is the toilet paper holder so often installed so that when you sit on the toilet, the holder is at (or below) leg height and often behind you as you sit?
When I am doing what must be done, I really don't want to have to be a contortionist to reach the toilet paper.

 

[VacationForever]

This seems to be the perfect thread to address this assault on human kind:

In public restrooms, why is the toilet paper holder so often installed so that when you sit on the toilet, the holder is at (or below) leg height and often behind you as you sit?
When I am doing what must be done, I really don't want to have to be a contortionist to reach the toilet paper.

Amen!

 

[riverdees05]

 

[easyrider]

Either way if fine as far I'm concerned so long as it is there when I need it with more than 1 ply left. lol

Bill

 

[WVBaker]

Perhaps the Bidet was invented to address these issues?

 

[bbodb1]

Perhaps the Bidet was invented to address these issues?

How is one supposed to dry one's self after using a bidet?
Also, is just water sufficient to do the trick with the bidet?

 

[Eric B]

Then we'd be arguing about the water temperature....

 

[RonB]

A debate as old as time, or at least toilet paper.

Aaand before tp, it was which side of the leaf to use. And everyone learned early to identify poison ivy...

 

[DaveNV]

Then we'd be arguing about the water temperature....

And should the water spray Over or Under??? Egads!!!

Dave

 

[Panina]

I am trying to remember at the different timeshares how they hang them. I can’t, next time I will take pictures and report.

I myself hang them over but really ok when my other half hangs them under. Just happy it’s there.

 

[Eric B]

I am trying to remember at the different timeshares how they hang them. I can’t, next time I will take pictures and report.

I myself hang them over but really ok when my other half hangs them under. Just happy it’s there.

You could always just call and ask them "How's it hanging?"

 

[WinniWoman]

How about sideways? No one ever suggests that. LOL!

We have a free standing holder across from the toilet in one of our bathrooms and over is much more convenient.

In our master bath we just lay the toilet paper on top of a floor cabinet (which holds our steam shower generator) next to the toilet, so we just pick it up and unravel it however we want to.

In the third bathroom that no one uses anyway, it is usually over as well, though it is right next to the toilet and could be installed either way and would work fine.

 

[easyrider]

Aaand before tp, it was which side of the leaf to use. And everyone learned early to identify poison ivy...

We would have to use pine cones which is better than the desert people using cactus,lol.

Bill

 

[clifffaith]

How is one supposed to dry one's self after using a bidet?
Also, is just water sufficient to do the trick with the bidet?

You buy a Toto Washlet instead (known as the "butt washer" in our house) and it blows your ass dry once it's done hosing you down. Water pressure can be adjusted up to enema strength. It has spoiled us for regular toilets which now always seem the temperature of ice after the heated seat on the Toto.

 

[VacationForever]

In the house that we sold which had the whole she-bang, we had a bidet next to the toilet. I loved the bidet. Initially I had the eek reaction but when I started using it, I loved it. Now I miss it in our home.

 

[PGtime]

Shouldn't this be a poll?

Agreed.

Poll has been added...

 

[PigsDad]

We would have to use pine cones which is better than the desert people using cactus,lol.

In midwest farm country, I was told shelled corn cobs were used in the outhouse! They actually were a bit soft, so I can imagine it not being so bad.

Kurt

 

[Talent312]

How about sideways? No one ever suggests that.

Then the debate would be left or right?

 

[Eric B]

In midwest farm country, I was told shelled corn cobs were used in the outhouse! They actually were a bit soft, so I can imagine it not being so bad.

Kurt

I had heard they also used pages from old sears catalogs.

 

[Eric B]

Then the debate would be left or right?

Not necessarily; I’ve seen TP dispensers in public restrooms where it’s fed from a sideways roll to a hole in a plastic cover and you pull it straight out. If that set up isn’t available, though, I would suggest a vertical tube orientation with the TP rotation being clockwise in order to harmonize with the flush direction in the northern hemisphere. Might have to switch it south of the equator, though....

 

[pedro47]

I liked over but I just want some toilet paper in the bathroom at right moment. LOL.