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<\/a> Here, you see? A shelf. I really wasn\u2019t kidding.<\/p>\nYou don\u2019t notice anything really abnormal about it until your first poo, then it hits you. That\u2019s the moment when you get the full impact of the toilet observation shelf.<\/p>\n
Your poo is sitting there in a pile, ripe and ready for your inspection. For me, this wasn\u2019t really necessary\u2026 but I guess there are circumstances where it comes in handy. For example, if you were a drug smuggler or if you have a child who is in the habit of eating things he shouldn\u2019t and one day he gets his hands on your wedding rings. I prefer to think that these are the things the Dutch had in mind when they brought these toilets into play. Not that they just enjoy being able to inspect their feces regularly.<\/p>\n
The above photo shows you the difference between a normal toilet and the observation shelf toilet. Apparently they have them in Germany too because I know the word Flachspueler isn\u2019t Dutch, at least I don\u2019t think it is.<\/p>\n In any case, you get what I\u2019m saying.<\/p>\n The Dutch are very good about giving you handy tips about the toilet shelf though. When I first arrived here and commented about the odd toilets, one cloggy was kind enough to tell me that if you put toilet paper on the shelf before having a poo, it flushes away easier. Good to know!<\/p>\n So, in renovating our toilet room\u2026 the toilet observation shelf was the first to go! My poo was to be hidden in a pool of murky toilet water an paper where it belonged.<\/p>\n I didn\u2019t take a \u2018before\u2019 photo of our toilet but I did remember to start snapping photos part way through. Probably due to the excitement that the old toilet was gone.<\/p>\n At this point the toilet was out and we had ripped out the ugly yellow tiles (the same as the ones that were in the shower<\/a>). We had also started building the wooden frame to build in the pipes.<\/p>\n Oh yeah that\u2019s another thing I forgot to mention. Here the pipes are all outside the wall, again \u2013 probably practical. Still though, it\u2019s BUTT UGLY. So in both the shower and the toilet we had them put into the wall.<\/p>\n Some plastering, new tiles, new walls and a NEW NO-SHELF TOILET later, this is the final result.<\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n