Why do toilets

always have the plumbing near the closest wall ?

Grumble- Grumble

iceracer said:

always have the plumbing near the closest wall ?

Grumble- Grumble

The real answer? Because toilet plumbing is a giant pain in the ass as it is, and trying to run a feed line out of the floor next to a dump line would be ridiculous. Also, it would be extremely weird to poop in the middle of a room. 

Can I put a swivel on my middle of the room toilet like some sort of turdwater filled lazy susan?

Grizz said:

Can I put a swivel on my middle of the room toilet like some sort of turdwater filled lazy susan?

Technically- sort of. Your bigggest problem is your fresh water feed. As long as you somehow built a bearing into your waste flange post wax ring (I'm sure plumbing exists for this, I just don't have it at work)  giving whole new meaning to the term sit and spin would be possible, Refill is the problem. 

In reply to Mndsm :

You could always run the refill through a hose on a reel. Give you 50 feet of spin that retracts when you're done. It's just fittings to get there, which means potential leaks. 

Don't mind us, we're just over here trying to engineer a spinning toilet. 

A King would never place his throne in the middle of a room.  Imagine people sneaking up behind you. 

Fill line from the ceiling, tees out to a pipe on a ring that moves with the terlit. I'm pretty sure there's some swivel hose adapters you could use easily.

Now that that's solved, we must work on a toilet seat that doesn't make your legs fall asleep after you "accidentally" spend 20 minutes looking at memes.

Coaxial pipes -- waste on the inside, fresh water in a ring around it.

Mndsm said:

Grizz said:

Can I put a swivel on my middle of the room toilet like some sort of turdwater filled lazy susan?

Technically- sort of. Your bigggest problem is your fresh water feed. As long as you somehow built a bearing into your waste flange post wax ring (I'm sure plumbing exists for this, I just don't have it at work)  giving whole new meaning to the term sit and spin would be possible, Refill is the problem. 

Thats silly.  Just figure out a way to divorce the tank and you can make a circular toilet.  You can even mount the seat on bearings so you can spin really fast, but all the plumbing stays still.

Rotary union FTW.

Grizz said:

Fill line from the ceiling, tees out to a pipe on a ring that moves with the terlit. I'm pretty sure there's some swivel hose adapters you could use easily.

Now that that's solved, we must work on a toilet seat that doesn't make your legs fall asleep after you "accidentally" spend 20 minutes looking at memes.

It's a little pricey, but supposed to be one of the most comfortable, combined with lots of features for the ultimate experience. 

In reply to RevRico :

"buy this product as renewed" is a really fancy way of saying "used toilet seat"

ProDarwin said:

Mndsm said:

Grizz said:

Can I put a swivel on my middle of the room toilet like some sort of turdwater filled lazy susan?

Technically- sort of. Your bigggest problem is your fresh water feed. As long as you somehow built a bearing into your waste flange post wax ring (I'm sure plumbing exists for this, I just don't have it at work)  giving whole new meaning to the term sit and spin would be possible, Refill is the problem. 

Thats silly.  Just figure out a way to divorce the tank and you can make a circular toilet.  You can even mount the seat on bearings so you can spin really fast, but all the plumbing stays still.

I mean, if you're gonna do it THAT way- go cone shaped bowl and keep it shallow enough that you can mount the tank UNDER the bowl- do a high efficiency flush (think costco toilet) so it has a forceful flush. Then all you do is use a lazy susan bearing or some other high performance ring bearing and go that way. It might solve the problem of ones legs falling asleep as well, because if mounted right, you wouldn't be pinching off any nerves or blood vessels. a round toilet seat might actually be healthier! I'll dig through my parts bin tomorrow and see what. I come up with. 

Daylan C said:

Don't mind us, we're just over here trying to engineer a spinning toilet. 

You got anything better to be doing right now? 

I'm still reeling from this 20th Century advance in toilets that I learned about this past week. 

Mndsm said:

ProDarwin said:

Mndsm said:

Grizz said:

Can I put a swivel on my middle of the room toilet like some sort of turdwater filled lazy susan?

Technically- sort of. Your bigggest problem is your fresh water feed. As long as you somehow built a bearing into your waste flange post wax ring (I'm sure plumbing exists for this, I just don't have it at work)  giving whole new meaning to the term sit and spin would be possible, Refill is the problem. 

Thats silly.  Just figure out a way to divorce the tank and you can make a circular toilet.  You can even mount the seat on bearings so you can spin really fast, but all the plumbing stays still.

I mean, if you're gonna do it THAT way- go cone shaped bowl and keep it shallow enough that you can mount the tank UNDER the bowl- do a high efficiency flush (think costco toilet) so it has a forceful flush. Then all you do is use a lazy susan bearing or some other high performance ring bearing and go that way. It might solve the problem of ones legs falling asleep as well, because if mounted right, you wouldn't be pinching off any nerves or blood vessels. a round toilet seat might actually be healthier! I'll dig through my parts bin tomorrow and see what. I come up with. 

I'll get the patent paperwork started

Mndsm said:

Daylan C said:

Don't mind us, we're just over here trying to engineer a spinning toilet. 

You got anything better to be doing right now? 

I mean, work. That's lame though.

If you used a "straw" hose, you could shoot water into the bowl from the ceiling like the dancing waters at Epcot. With that style nozzle/hose, the water stays in one steady stream with little splashing. Then you just need a swivle wax seal

In reply to nutherjrfan :

I wanted a grey water sink tank really badly when we remodeled the bathroom in my old house.

I couldn't find one anywhere.

There's nothing stopping you from just have a rain fall shower head and a drain in the middle of a tile floor.

Except this conundrum:

Why assume toilets need water?  Or even a drain, for that matter?

Composting toilets and incinerating toilets have neither. 

In reply to SVreX :

Yeah, but what is the cat supposed to drink when I forget to fill his bowl?

Take a lead out of a bears book and you can swivel 360degrees in comfort. No plumbing needed. 

The0retical said:

In reply to nutherjrfan :

I wanted a grey water sink tank really badly when we remodeled the bathroom in my old house.

I couldn't find one anywhere.

Prison?