Hacker News Board Hacker News, browsed like a classic message board
Live data from Hacker News

Bring bathroom doors back to hotels

bringbackdoors.com

Post reply on HN
Print view View original

81–90 of 690 posts

Re: Bring bathroom doors back to hotels

#81

Post by mitthrowaway2 »

rjdj377dhabsn wrote: post #31

Huh.. I've stayed in over 1,000 hotels and Airbnbs over the last 15 years and not once saw a bathroom with no door. Lots of bathroom windows, but always some kind of door.

I recently stayed at a hotel in San Francisco that had no bathroom door. I'd even upgraded to the queen size room specifically because their layout map showed a door while the smaller rooms did not. I was pretty annoyed by that. (Edit: Despite being a single traveller. I think doors are important for hygiene).

Happy to see someone is trying to fix this trend.

Re: Bring bathroom doors back to hotels

#83

Post by zeroonetwothree »

rjdj377dhabsn wrote: post #31

Huh.. I've stayed in over 1,000 hotels and Airbnbs over the last 15 years and not once saw a bathroom with no door. Lots of bathroom windows, but always some kind of door.

Really? I stayed in far fewer and maybe 10% have no doors. And then another 30% have no locks or doors that don’t close all the way (barn doors)

Re: Bring bathroom doors back to hotels

#84

Post by m463 »

op00to wrote: post #58
echelon wrote: post #11

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Why? I'd prefer a doorless bathroom. One of my bedrooms at home opens into an open concept bathroom. No doors, vaulted ceilings, open. I really don't get this. I don't want to feel claustrophobic. Edit: Like these - https://34stjohn.com/blogs/inspiration/how-to-pull-off-an-op...

I love pooping and having my dog visit. A little someone to talk to rather than scroll.

apparently not having doors prevents hemorrhoids.

Re: Bring bathroom doors back to hotels

#85

Post by idiotsecant »

akersten wrote: post #3

It's not about saving a few bucks on a door. It's about discouraging you and your friends from sharing a single room. Hotel sees the money they're leaving on the table and will trade you for it for the low price of watching your buddies do their business.

Oh wow, I actually never realized this was the motivation. I thought there was just a hotel convention somewhere and they decided bathroom doors don't look good on social media so they're not gonna do them anymore.

This makes much more sense.

Re: Bring bathroom doors back to hotels

#86

Post by refulgentis »

moralestapia wrote: post #79
refulgentis wrote: post #60

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I hate to say it, but lowkey airflow is not stopped by doors.

It probably is. Door closed + extractor makes gaps have negative pressure, no way anything goes into the room.

Extractor, what I’d call a bathroom fan, fair that effectively stops airflow, I’ll go with “close enough to negative pressure for civvies that they fool themselves” (I.e. ain’t actual negative pressure like a cdc lab)

A door stops airflow? No.

Re: Bring bathroom doors back to hotels

#87

Post by Brian_K_White »

op00to wrote: post #55
cammikebrown wrote: post #38

Earlier quoted context omitted.

A lot of them are becoming barn style sliding doors, with large gaps. So if you’re making some noise, everyone will hear you.

People make noise when they piss and shit. It’s not scandalous.

Some people make noise when they eat with their mouth open. It's not scandalous, it's just ignorant and gross. It's always an utter clod that is so unaware of themselves just smucking and squelching away on their open mouth full of gloopy donut muck.

It's not a virtue to be so unselfcounscious. It's not about being ashamed or inhibited or in pathological denial of biological realities. It's about being fucking minimally considerate and just the tiniest bit self-aware.

Re: Bring bathroom doors back to hotels

#88

Post by m463 »

forthwall wrote: post #70

I noticed in East Asia, they also have some tendency to have floor to ceiling windows through the whole bathroom to the bedroom, sometimes with no curtain either. I am not sure who this is for

I've seen that in japan, but they had a switch that would electronically switch off the window (it would become opaque white).

Re: Bring bathroom doors back to hotels

#90

Post by quickthrowman »

Teever wrote: post #8

I'm interested to see where zoning laws permit this kind of stuff.

My state does not require a door on a guest bathroom in a hotel. A bathroom serving employees and the public in a hotel is required to have a self-closing door, but the law does not say anything about doors on guest only bathrooms.

I couldn’t find anything in the International Building Code about bathroom doors aside from minimum opening width, but I don’t have access to the full code. I’d have to ask an architect or GC to verify.

> 4625.1200 TOILET REQUIREMENTS.

> Every hotel, motel, and lodging house shall be equipped with adequate and conveniently located water closets for the accommodation of its employees and guests. Water closets, lavatories, and bathtubs or showers shall be available on each floor when not provided in each individual room. Toilet, lavatory, and bath facilities shall be provided in the ratio of one toilet and one lavatory for every ten occupants, or fraction thereof, and one bathtub or shower for every 20 occupants, or fraction thereof. Toilet rooms shall be well ventilated by natural or mechanical methods. The doors of all toilet rooms serving the public and employees shall be self-closing. Toilets and bathrooms shall be kept clean and in good repair and shall be well lighted and ventilated. Hand-washing signs shall be posted in each toilet room used by employees. Every resort shall be equipped with adequate and convenient toilet facilities for its employees and guests. If privies are provided they shall be separate buildings and shall be constructed, equipped, and maintained in conformity with the standards of the commissioner and shall be kept clean.

> https://www.revisor.mn.gov/rules/4625.1200/

Post reply on HN