Why do chain pub toilets have two doors to get into them ?

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GlitchingGecko@reddit

Building regulations used to have a rule that said you had to have two doors in a house, between a bathroom and a kitchen.

Obviously not applicable in a pub, but maybe there is a similar regulation, or used to be?

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ComprehensiveAd8815@reddit

Those building regs are long gone, as long as the toilet room has hand washing facilities you are fine with one door.

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We had a Chinese takeaway locally fail it's council food hygiene scoring for one having one door in the last six months. The owners were not particularly impressed as it's been like it for around 40 years and that was the first inspection that picked up on it...

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Elliminality@reddit

Lol I don’t think people realise just how feral a place has to be to outright fail a cleanliness check

It’s definitely more than the door

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i_like_it_eilat@reddit

A creep who uses the wrong bathroom shouldn't even be judging them.

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ComprehensiveAd8815@reddit

Clearly the old inspector had retired 😜

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dolphineclipse@reddit

A lot of pubs are in very old buildings though

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GlitchingGecko@reddit

I know that, but like I said, maybe there are similar ones for pubs, or they're still basing their designs off of those regs?

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IntelligentDeal9721@reddit

Part T says no line of sight between corridor and washbasins

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Equivalent_Parking_8@reddit

Food regs state you need two doors. Also you need to prevent a pine of sight to the urinals.

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Dogtoddy@reddit (OP)

That's just not true, I've been in a green king pub tonight where the second door opens straight onto guys talking a tinkle.

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Equivalent_Parking_8@reddit

The second door, not the first door. So what part wasn't true?

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Accurate_Prompt_8800@reddit

To contain odours / spread of germs from getting to the restaurant, noise control (hand dryers, conversations etc), and to create a privacy buffer to prevent direct views into the toilet.

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Over_Charity_3282@reddit

A basin. A sink is in the kitchen.

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Broccoliholic@reddit

Possibly a regional thing, but in the south east we have a bathroom sink and a kitchen sink

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Over_Charity_3282@reddit

I’m in the south east, a sink is in the kitchen, anything outside a kitchen/food prep area and purely for washing hands is a basin.

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LordGeni@reddit

My assumption is that originally a sink was a basin with a plughole.

Total guess, but it makes sense in my head at least.

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Flibertygibbert@reddit

That brings back memories! We were refused a mortgage on a converted flat in 1983 because the bathroom opened straight off the kitchen.

Palace Gates Road N22 if I remember correctly 😂

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ComprehensiveAd8815@reddit

So your general pub punter doesn’t get a flash of drunk Terrys mushroom when the door opens.

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dylsreddit@reddit

The pub in the town I grew up in (actually one of four in a small town, but we'll gloss over that) had the men's toilets directly across from the pool table.

It had one door and urinals opposite the door.

Whenever you would get down to play a shot, facing the door, there was the very real prospect of getting an eyeful as the perpetually drunk regulars would exit the loos.

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ComprehensiveAd8815@reddit

🤮🤣

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IntelligentDeal9721@reddit

Building Regulations Part T 2.8 put's it a bit more elegantly

"Direct sight lines from a corridor to the WC and washbasin should be avoided, while reducing the number of lobbies where possible (as this restricts access)."

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