Lots of questions on bathroom under stairs

[myfs_149375]

It's very possible that what seem to me, a beginner, to be contradictions in feng shui, really aren't contradictions.?
I think you could spend years studying this and never stop learning
something new.? And I truly have tried to work this out by studying
harder, and more. But here are a few questions that I just can't seem to
find the answers for.? You almost always learn more when you can tap
into the collective wisdom of a group.? I was glad to find you.
I
have been combing the internet, and referring to my books, to find out
WHY a bathroom under a staircase is so serious.? I simply can't find the
answer.? What I find, over and over and over, is very consistent
information about where bathrooms should not be located and why, with
bathrooms under a staircase always listed as one of the worst places a
bathroom can be -- but the reason a bathroom under a staircase is more
serious than a bathroom anyplace else is simply never, ever given.? I'm
just dying to know the reason, because? if I knew it, I could apply
remedies to my own bathroom (it's actually only a half-bath but I doubt
if that matters) under the staircase in a far more effective way.? Can
anyone here help me understand what it is about a bathroom under a
staircase that is so catastrophic?? And are cures for such a bathroom
any different from cures for a bathroom anywhere else in the house?
I
have also read that soft greens and blues are good colors for
bathrooms, AND? that they are bad colors -- that earth colors are
better.? I also read that red is a good bathroom color.? They can't all
be right.? Any insight on this one?
Another oft-suggested
bathroom cure that confuses me is putting a mirror on the outside of the
door.? I understand the reasoning behind that -- you're discouraging
chi from entering the bathroom.? But if you're careful to always keep
the toilet lid down, and the bathroom door closed, Which supposedly
keeps chi from entering the bathroom and getting washed down one of the
various drains in the bathroom, why would you bother with the mirror?

[Cecil Lee]

1. In my opinion, often we should get to the root source.
2. One of the best ways to try to determine the root source is to try to see if we can associate or link it to pure "common sense."
3. For example, why it is inauspicious to have a toilet below the staircase?
3.1. Based on pure common sense, the adage " a toilet MUST or SHOULD share an external wall" is common sense!
3.2. If the toilet shares an external wall and if the home does not have a air-well; most likely the toilet CANNOT be located right in the middle of the home.
3.3. Common sense is that the toilet should be airy. And since the toilet is a depository; often, after a deposit of sorts; the toilet may have some smell. And if the toilet shares an external wall; implies that at least the smell can be refreshed or simply install an exhaust fan.
4. Ain't all these common sense. If the toilet is in an enclosed area e.g. below the stairs, not much ventilation may get to it especially if it is not sharing an external wall.
5. Don't need a degree or doctorate to know this.
6. Furthermore, I understand that many homes in the sub-urban areas in America, many homes are not fully built with concrete. Many homes are lined with wooden frames, plywood panels.
7. If the toilet is not airy or shares an external wall, and if the toilet is daily wet, the damp would result in the growth of moulds or even dangerous fungus etc... Again, it boils down to common sense!

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On 11/8/2011 7:39:21 AM, Anonymous wrote:
It's very possible that what
seem to me, a beginner, to be
contradictions in feng shui,
really aren't contradictions.
I think you could spend years
studying this and never stop
learning
something new. And I truly
have tried to work this out by
studying
harder, and more. But here are
a few questions that I just
can't seem to
find the answers for. You
almost always learn more when
you can tap
into the collective wisdom of
a group. I was glad to find
you.I
have been combing the
internet, and referring to my
books, to find out
WHY a bathroom under a
staircase is so serious. I
simply can't find the
answer. What I find, over and
over and over, is very
consistent
information about where
bathrooms should not be
located and why, with
bathrooms under a staircase
always listed as one of the
worst places a
bathroom can be -- but the
reason a bathroom under a
staircase is more
serious than a bathroom
anyplace else is simply never,
ever given. I'm
just dying to know the reason,
because if I knew it, I could
apply
remedies to my own bathroom
(it's actually only a
half-bath but I doubt
if that matters) under the
staircase in a far more
effective way. Can
anyone here help me understand
what it is about a bathroom
under a
staircase that is so
catastrophic? And are cures
for such a bathroom
any different from cures for a
bathroom anywhere else in the
house?I
have also read that soft
greens and blues are good
colors for
bathrooms, AND that they are
bad colors -- that earth
colors are
better. I also read that red
is a good bathroom color.
They can't all
be right. Any insight on this
one?Another oft-suggested
bathroom cure that confuses me
is putting a mirror on the
outside of the
door. I understand the
reasoning behind that --
you're discouraging
chi from entering the
bathroom. But if you're
careful to always keep
the toilet lid down, and the
bathroom door closed, Which
supposedly
keeps chi from entering the
bathroom and getting washed
down one of the
various drains in the
bathroom, why would you bother
with the mirror?

[Cecil Lee]

1. As mentioned, under Part 1: the concerns of a toilet below the staircase all boils down to Common sense.
2. If this is only a visit's toilet and only a "half-bathroom"; or often commonly called a power room; I don't see any problem with it. Given that it should be "dry" most of the time.
3. Do a search for "Dangerous of underground water".
3.1. Here, the concern is how does the sewerage pipe run into this toilet? For example, it is best not to have the sewerage pipe running through the living room area towards this toilet.
3.2. In Germany, it was found that if one places a bed above a sewerage pipe running into the home, there was a high probability of cancer if one is above this pipe for a prolonged period.

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On 11/8/2011 7:39:21 AM, Anonymous wrote:
It's very possible that what
seem to me, a beginner, to be
contradictions in feng shui,
really aren't contradictions.
I think you could spend years
studying this and never stop
learning
something new. And I truly
have tried to work this out by
studying
harder, and more. But here are
a few questions that I just
can't seem to
find the answers for. You
almost always learn more when
you can tap
into the collective wisdom of
a group. I was glad to find
you.I
have been combing the
internet, and referring to my
books, to find out
WHY a bathroom under a
staircase is so serious. I
simply can't find the
answer. What I find, over and
over and over, is very
consistent
information about where
bathrooms should not be
located and why, with
bathrooms under a staircase
always listed as one of the
worst places a
bathroom can be -- but the
reason a bathroom under a
staircase is more
serious than a bathroom
anyplace else is simply never,
ever given. I'm
just dying to know the reason,
because if I knew it, I could
apply
remedies to my own bathroom
(it's actually only a
half-bath but I doubt
if that matters) under the
staircase in a far more
effective way. Can
anyone here help me understand
what it is about a bathroom
under a
staircase that is so
catastrophic? And are cures
for such a bathroom
any different from cures for a
bathroom anywhere else in the
house?I
have also read that soft
greens and blues are good
colors for
bathrooms, AND that they are
bad colors -- that earth
colors are
better. I also read that red
is a good bathroom color.
They can't all
be right. Any insight on this
one?Another oft-suggested
bathroom cure that confuses me
is putting a mirror on the
outside of the
door. I understand the
reasoning behind that --
you're discouraging
chi from entering the
bathroom. But if you're
careful to always keep
the toilet lid down, and the
bathroom door closed, Which
supposedly
keeps chi from entering the
bathroom and getting washed
down one of the
various drains in the
bathroom, why would you bother
with the mirror?

[Cecil Lee]

You wrote: I have also read that soft greens and blues are good colors for bathrooms, AND that they are bad colors -- that earth colors are better. I also read that red is a good bathroom color. They can't all be right. Any insight on this one?
1. Those practising the Compass School of Feng Shui especially the Flying Star Feng Shui would plot a Flying Star chart for the whole house or apartment.
2. The practitioner would check the "stars" in that sector and recommend best colours for that sector. Thus it will have to be " IT DEPENDS!"
3. Another area is based on Common sense and the "YIn and Yang" concept.
3.1. Why common sense? And why Yin and Yang? Yin is dark. Yang is bright.
3.2. Thus, often many toilet are pretty dim or dark. And ain't it more practical to use light colours such as porcelain white etc.. in a rather dim toilet. This is pure common sense. If the location of toilet is already dark... why tile the toilet black or dark blue etc... even if one turns on the light; such dark colours "absorb" rather than reflect light.
You wrote: Another oft-suggested bathroom cure that confuses me is putting a mirror on the outside of the door. I understand the reasoning behind that -- you're discouraging chi from entering the bathroom. But if you're careful to always keep the toilet lid down, and the bathroom door closed, Which supposedly keeps chi from entering the bathroom and getting washed down one of the various drains in the bathroom, why would you bother with the mirror?
4. In my opinion, it has more to do with the practitioner's belief, ideas and guess. There is no scientific proof with this. Thus, it is more an ART than a Science of Feng Shui. Here, different practitioners have their own belief on this issue.
4.1. The saying goes: YOUR GUESS is as GOOD as mine! Thus in real life anything goes! Some can easily be convinced that it is good; some ponder over it; some just brush this aside as pure nonsense!

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On 11/8/2011 5:53:44 PM, Anonymous wrote:
1. As mentioned, under Part 1: the
concerns of a toilet below the staircase
all boils down to Common sense.2. If
this is only a visit's toilet and only a
"half-bathroom"; or often commonly
called a power room; I don't see any
problem with it. Given that it should be
"dry" most of the time.3. Do a search
for "Dangerous of underground water".
3.1. Here, the concern is how does the
sewerage pipe run into this toilet? For
example, it is best not to have the
sewerage pipe running through the living
room area towards this toilet. 3.2. In
Germany, it was found that if one places
a bed above a sewerage pipe running into
the home, there was a high probability
of cancer if one is above this pipe for
a prolonged period.On 11/8/2011 7:39:21
AM, K. M. Copeland wrote:
It's very
possible that what
seem to me, a
beginner, to be
contradictions in
feng shui,
really aren't
contradictions.
I think you
could spend years
studying this and
never stop
learning
something
new. And I truly
have tried to
work this out by
studying
harder, and more. But here are
a
few questions that I just
can't seem
to
find the answers for. You
almost always learn more when
you can tap
into the collective
wisdom of
a group. I was glad
to find
you.I
have been combing
the
internet, and referring to my
books, to find out
WHY a
bathroom under a
staircase is so
serious. I
simply can't find
the
answer. What I find, over
and
over and over, is very
consistent
information about
where
bathrooms should not be
located and why, with
bathrooms
under a staircase
always listed as
one of the
worst places a
bathroom can be -- but the
reason a bathroom under a
staircase is more
serious than a
bathroom
anyplace else is simply
never,
ever given. I'm
just dying to know the reason,
because if I knew it, I could
apply
remedies to my own
bathroom
(it's actually only a
half-bath but I doubt
if that
matters) under the
staircase in a
far more
effective way. Can
anyone here help me understand
what it is about a bathroom
under a
staircase that is so
catastrophic? And are cures
for such a bathroom
any
different from cures for a
bathroom
anywhere else in the
house?I
have also read that soft
greens
and blues are good
colors for
bathrooms, AND that they are
bad colors -- that earth
colors
are
better. I also read that
red
is a good bathroom color.
They can't all
be right.
Any insight on this
one?Another
oft-suggested
bathroom cure that
confuses me
is putting a mirror on
the
outside of the
door. I
understand the
reasoning behind that
--
you're discouraging
chi from
entering the
bathroom. But if
you're
careful to always keep
the toilet lid down, and the
bathroom door closed, Which
supposedly
keeps chi from
entering the
bathroom and getting
washed
down one of the
various
drains in the
bathroom, why would
you bother
with the mirror?

[myfs_149375]

Thank you so much for such great answers! I can't tell you how much better I feel.
You're doing a wonderful job. I'll be back, and I will bring lots of friends.