What is the Pittsburgh Potty?

Every house needs a Pittsburgh Potty!

[monrosj]

A real Pgh Potty is mounted on a pedestal cause the Yinzer that installed it didn't want to bust no concrete.

[AlanLaQuay]

When I was shopping for a house with my move from Pittsburgh to NC, we found one that we were pretty much sold on even before going inside. When we were touring the house and made our way to the basement - there it was: the Pittsburgh Potty. We knew it was the house for us!
Been here 16 years.
And yes, "I'm dahn here", is the signal we use.

[briangarrett]

"C'mon Bonds, ya jagoff, show some hustle" 😄

[crisservin]

Talk about time machine, check out that ZIMA sign 😂😂😂

[NSHorseheadSD]

This is the Pittsburgh Dad content I look forward to. Hopefully you guys go back to this format more often

[elizabethorsillo]

That’s the nicest Pittsburgh Potty I’ve ever seen! Ours was surrounded by dust and cobwebs!

[aprilrichards]

I grew up with Pittsburgh Potties and I was horrified to learn other parts of the country haven't realized how great this invention is!

[mhyzon]

Also called a Cleveland Crapper, and I don’t mean the Browns!

[draufganger]

I'm literally on a Pittsburgh potty while watching a video about the Pittsburgh potty

[andrewfyakim]

I hate to admit this, but my Dad built walls around ours. He used 2-sided glazed 16" X 8" X 4" thick concrete blocks, (That he got from a block company in Ellwood City) and also added a sink and shower. He even put a door on the room. This Pittsburgh Potty, became a real bathroom; he had to bust up the concrete floor to add the cast iron DWV system. This was a big DYI project for the 1950's.

[The_Bad_Guy.]

My first house had a Pittsburgh potty. Never heard of or had seen them before... Thought it was a bit ridiculous at first. Then I came to love it. Now I'm on to my 2nd house with no toilet in the basement and I really miss it haha.

[davidmathay]

Dont forget the shower and canning stove too!

[obviouslyPSM]

The Christmas towel next the beach theme shells is too accurate

[ShadoeLandman]

Wow, our house is high class. We have chipboard walls around the basement pot and sink 😂. (The poor sink is rusting and still has separate hot and cold taps) There’s even a trouble light so you can see. And, amazingly, a toilet paper dispenser attached to the wall.

We also have a spare shower in the garage.

[DrummerDanVa]

The house I grew up in in Penn Hills didn't have the Pittsburgh Potty but I am pretty sure it does now as it says a bath and a half. As a side note my family lived in it from 1955 - 1979 and I believe the people my parents sold too still live there. 69 years and two owners. Pretty amazing.

[dscott]

I'm originally from Pittsburgh and it wasn't until I left for the navy that I realized that this was a Pittsburgh thing. I miss my potty 😢

[terry]

Last summer, a pipe burst in my "good" bathroom. Had to gut the whole room. If it hadn't been for that Pittsburgh Potty, I'd have been in a hotel for a month!

[Thefnafgeek]

I remember visiting grandma’s haus with the potty and shower in basement. My brother, my Dad and I had to use the shower down there so the girls got upstairs, eventually was 10 of us. That cold water splashing up and off the cinder blocks was freezing.

[Noneyabiz]

Gotta love PGH dad 👨🏻 I want him to another street lights episode

[arkwill]

We have a Pittsburgh Potty -- and we're in Denver. But it's probably because dad was from up round Pittsburgh.