I have to reach the ceiling above the toilet but the space between the sink and the toilet is too narrow for my step ladder to fit. It would be for just a couple minutes.
If you dont have a stool just get a chair
Buy a step stool. Toilets are expensive.
Legit, I saw one break once with a patient just leaning on it with one hand to reach a cabinet above the toilet.
It wasn’t really catastrophic, but if a 200lb dude leaning against one with only part of their weight can crack the ceramic, there’s no way standing on one is at all acceptable.
You are really asking for it, when you use anything as a ladder that is not a ladder.
not only can you destroy that thing, such as a toilet, you can really fuck yourself up FOREVER.
I get that awkward angle is a hassle.
Hey I engage in all sorts of bullshit risky DIY shenanigans but… the only answer anyone can really give you is “no, it’s not safe”.
In this particular case though I’d give you a “hard no, do not attempt”.
IDK what your cistern is like but generally the fixtures just arent going to support an additional 60 to 100kg.
As a bonus, if it goes then it will shatter on the floor and you’ll come down on top of all those wicked sharp edges. Fuck that.
Kinda curious why you have to reach the ceiling there, but… find another way, like a longer tool or whatever.
What are you even trying to do?
Absolutely not! Doesn’t matter if you’re 100 lbs. soaking wet! If you shift your weight wrong, it’ll break both the tank and bowl. And ceramic is incredibly sharp when broken, think of it like non tempered glass.
This sounds like a bad idea.
Unfortunately no.
don’t. it’s gonna break and get water everywhere
And worse, ceramic shards everywhere if you catch my drift.
I broke my big toe that way.
Im not 100% sure how it all went down. But. I was standing on the toilet bowl. Lid closed (of course). I was leaning off to the left to reach a light bulb over the sink I was trying to get to .
Something happened where the seat came loose somehow. Slid sideways. In an attempt not to hit my head on the ceramic sink I over corrected my right foot. It went into the now open toilet. Big toe first. Full body weight.
Took like 3-4 months to heal.
Pretty sure it was just hairline fracture. Not a compound fracture.
But I was honestly lucky it was my big toe and not my head and the sink.
The lid was tight before I did this.
I thought the amount I had to lean over was not very much and it honestly didn’t look like a risk. I was wrong.I’m super lucky as I live alone. No one would have found me for at least a week.
Don’t be playing around in the bathroom. Every surface is a death trap.
My friend who is a mortician told me a lot of people die in bathrooms. Like way more than you would think.
somehow I found this (but didn’t see anything related to standing on the seat):
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toilet-related_injuries_and_deaths
In the past, this number would have been much higher, due to the material from which toilet paper was made. This was shown in a 1935 Northern Tissue advertisement, which depicted splinter-free toilet paper.
New fear unlocked. Good thing I have a bidet now
It’s really not. It’s not only probably gonna break and you have to deal with a broken toilet and water, ceramic is very sharp and it can fuck you up
No. Tank has a rubber gasket connection to the bowl, and some bolts that maintain tension. Compromising that seal will flood your place, slowly.
Safe for you, probably, maybe. Terrible for the toilet.
Definitely not designed to hold human weight
But… You sit on it, with almost your whole weight? I’m sure a person like 30% heavier than me sitting is equal to me standing on the toilet.
I would say the dangerous part is that it’s not designed to be stood on, i.e. it’s slippery, uneven, not big enough, rather than the weight being the real problem.
They’re designed for the seat to be sat on. It’s not so much the weight, but where it is, like you said. Not even the properties of the surface you’d be standing on, but that it’s the part not over anything. It’ll cause some rotation-y force the toilet isn’t designed to handle.
If you have a ruler that’s half on a table and half hanging off, it doesn’t matter if you put an empty cup or a cup full of water on the side that’s on the table, it isn’t likely to fall. Likewise, if you put an empty or full cup on the end hanging off the table, the ruler will fall.
If you have to stand on a toilet, your best bet is across the bowl; they’re sturdy and hold bodyweight regularly. But just like the previous statement, there’s a gasket and bolts to the floor plumbing and they are NOT designed for ANY off-axis loading. Definitely best to figure out an alternative solution if possible.
Not even a little. That stuff is brittle and if it breaks you’re going to have deep cuts up your legs. You’ve got important arteries in your legs, you could be dead by the time you reach a phone to call for help.
