Australian Standard - Installation of Toilet/Bathroom Doors

Yep, that's what I thought Another 'oh well' moment

I dont have lift off hinges or a door that opens inwards, but I am not complaining, how many people a year collapse in toilets anyway.

Southies, your hubby ought to be able to add an extra piece of timber on the outside, fill it and paint it to match, and nobody would ever know. There's actually a height difference between the doorway of our toilet and the other rooms, but I never noticed until today. It's about 15mm, I'd say.

Cardiac incidents in the toilet when doing no 2's are more common than you might think.

Quite a few actually - thats why the requirement was brought in in the first place

Cardiac incidents in the toilet when doing no 2's are more common than you might think.

Yes kek, that would be one option but I think he's so over working on the house that it's not even on his radar

I dunno Southies... the Building Code doesn't mention any exemptions for windows/no windows. Our window is big enough to get through, but you'd have to break the chain thingie on the winder mechanism and cut through the flyscreen - that could take minutes that make a difference in an emergency.

The point is, you shouldn't HAVE a gap. They ought to have used a deeper piece of timber to cover the gap on the outside of the door, so there's still space on the inside to lift the door up enough to release the hinge. Leaving a gap is just lazy.

So, if you can get into the toilet or bathroom by some other means (for example, a window) then you don't need ugly lift off hinges and a gap from the top of the door to the door frame.

then you don't need ugly lift off hinges and a gap from the top of the door to the door frame.