Pub's great way to save space in toilets - with an ingenious place for the sink





Islington Town House

Islington Town House

Something incredible happened to me in a pub loo yesterday.
I discovered a toilet with a sink on top of the cistern. Impressive. It's an incredibly efficient use of space in a cupboard-sized lavatory squeezed into a winding, 18th century building.
The boozer, the newly opened Islington Town House in London, had two small toilets on the first floor, very deprived of room in which you might manaouvre.
There simply wasn't anywhere for a sink to go, so the pub made use of some innovative engineering.
Now fine, since looking into the loos, I've got to concede that they've have been around for a few years – you can now buy them in the UK, actually, if you've also got limited space to play with.

Here is it


Islington Town House

It was the first time I'd spotted one. The toilet I encountered had a separate flush. Some use the sink water to get rid of the dirty water below, which is probably even more exciting to witness.
If you're wondering quite how the sink fits atop the cistern, with all its mechanisms and cogs, then you might want to visit this interesting website about plumbing .

Emergency plumber Martin briefly explains:

"The all in one toilet hand basin which is most popular to buy was designed in Australia and has gone through ten years of testing.
"The cistern underneath the wash hand basin is filled via the tap you use to wash your hand and is ideal in cloakroom areas.
"The tap is based on cold water only and has a soft closing toilet seat to go with it."

I'm not the only one to have been enamoured/puzzled by these sink-top loos.





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