Toilets of the World

Re:Toilets of the World by IshKebab on Tuesday July 23, 2019 @08:03PM (#20511284)

I think he's taking about how the stall door doesn't overlap the walls. Instead it is next to the walls and there is a significant (5 mm maybe) gap that lets you see into the stall. No it makes no sense.

I think it's just like that because that's just how it has been traditionally done in America. Their toilets are also a different shape - much wider, lower and shallower. And urinals always have flush handles.

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Re:Toilets of the World by zdragnar on Tuesday July 23, 2019 @09:42PM (#20511748)

> And urinals always have flush handles.

I haven't actually seen many newer urinals with flush handles. Pretty much anywhere with a recent install is sensor based. There's plenty of old equipment around, of course.

Toilets are more hit or miss, though I'd hazard a guess that the majority of new installs are also all motion / sensor based. I can't speak to the bowl differences, though I'd suspect they're due to water efficiency, disabilities compliance and / or our heftier girth.

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