Bathroom/Toilet Doors

[Cobra]

I hate toilets like the ones in hotels in the USA. You know the ones - where the bowl is full of water and it all goes down in a whirlpool. What was wrong with the normal type?

Cobra

[Capmaster]

I hate toilets like the ones in hotels in the USA. You know the ones - where the bowl is full of water and it all goes down in a whirlpool. What was wrong with the normal type?

Cobra

When I was in the middle east, all the toilets were dry and you hit a button - usually on the wall - and a jet of water would flush it down. I didn't see a single "normal" throne (with water in the bowl) the whole time. It was culture shock Do you chaps in the UK have the same sort there? Seems like those would stink up the room more since all of it's exposed to the air

[flaninacupboard]

they have a little water in the bottom, but i think coby is on about a whole -bowl- of water.

[DVD_Ripper]

Alone -- half closed the door .... still want to allow the more humid air to escape while showering

Not alone -- closed and locked as one of the three kids (all under 5) will want to visit.

[Doramius]

I want to hear what Cobra's normal type is. There is a certain amount of water in the bowl so if you add about a half gallon more the whole thing will flush witout having to flip the handle if there is nothing but liquid in the bowl. The reason the reservoir holds 1.5 (and in some older homes 3-5) gallons of water is to make sure there is enough pressure to allow solid waste to go down. The swirling effect is just because of gravity and rotation of earth. It's direction is reversed in the southern hemisphere. The Jet-Wash where just a pressure stream forces the water through is an excellent type of toilet, but they are a bit more expensive and required a certain pressure level to work. Each toilet would require it's own cistern out here as the water pressure for a standard residence isn't high enough on it's own to do it. The toilets you are viewing are cheap and if the power goes out, you can fill a bucket with the faucet and pour it in the toilet and it's the same as flushing. Try doing it with the Jet-Wash version.

I also dislike chemical toilets. They're just EWW!!! Even just to pee in them.

[flaninacupboard]

Each toilet would require it's own cistern out here as the water pressure for a standard residence isn't high enough on it's own to do it. The toilets you are viewing are cheap and if the power goes out, you can fill a bucket with the faucet and pour it in the toilet and it's the same as flushing. Try doing it with the Jet-Wash version.

I've never seen a toilet here that -didn't- have a cistern!

[Cobra]

The normal type is a toilet with water about 5" deep, holds about 1.5l of water in there. It has a cistern. You can also flush it with a bucket of water.

The swirling effect is just because of gravity and rotation of earth. It's direction is reversed in the southern hemisphere.

That's interesting! How come you know so much about toilets?

Cobra

[flaninacupboard]

The swirling effect is just because of gravity and rotation of earth. It's direction is reversed in the southern hemisphere.

That's interesting! How come you know so much about toilets?

Cobra

Everyone knows THAT! don't you watch the simpsons......?

[Cobra]

Not really. I don't ever get into watching TV programs - I never make time for them.

[flaninacupboard]

Not really. I don't ever get into watching TV programs - I never make time for them.

but..................

It's the Simpsons...

[Cobra]

What happens to the water if you're directly on the equator? Does it not swirl, and so will these toilets just not work?

[flaninacupboard]

half the bowl swirls one way, the other half swirls the other way?

[Doramius]

The swirling isn't what's moves the S**t down the drain, it's the water pressure. The swirling is just an affect of gravity and rotation of the earth. My father is a landlord and When I was younger, the easiest thing to fix were the toilets, so I would pick those over working on a water heater or furnace. And the Simpsons helped reinforce the facts later.

[Cobra]

I know it's the water pressure that does it, but the hole at the bottom is often tiny on those toilets so everything seems to need to be swirled into a long line to go through. That's not like the toilets here in the UK where the hole is huge and it's purely water pressure forcing it thorugh the U-bend.

[Doramius]

I've never taken a european toilet apart to know the diameter of the hole the water goes through, but the hole that leads to the U-bend is 2 1/2-3 1/2" in dia. at the smallest, by law. There is usually a little hole, towards the front of the cupping, on some bowls that's about 1-2cm in dia. that aids in providing direct pressure on stubborn turds. If that's the hole you're talking about, I'd clog it with a half sitting. Nobody here would be able to flush until 30min. after they've had west coast beef products to soften the stool. Some of the industrial toilets have a 5" poop chute to the U-bend. Now how big of poops are you squatting out to have a problem with the american toilets? I've clogged industrial toilets myself and left severe streaks & skid marks in the bowl, but a little plunging on a rare occasion helps the process flow smoothly.

[northcat_8]

YOU DON'T WATCH THE SIMPSONS??????????????

Oh no...say it ain't so

As per the original topic....

Door??? Oh yea...that thing I never close.