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Re:Toilets of the World by erikpukinskis on Tuesday July 23, 2019 @09:17PM (#20511616)
Panel gaps are just a feature of installation and manufacturing irregularities. You’re often drilling into concrete and people just don’t know what they’re doing. Better too loose (big gap) than too tight (door doesn’t close, need to re-drill the holes) is the thinking.

You can install the doors properly with no gap, but it requires everything be square and plumb and all that. And then not get damaged.

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Re:Toilets of the World by Macha on Tuesday July 23, 2019 @10:02PM (#20511837)
Why is this gap standard in America and basically absent in europe? It's not like these concerns are US-exclusive.
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Re:Toilets of the World by erikpukinskis on Thursday July 25, 2019 @12:00PM (#20526487)
Europe tends to like good standards.

Americans tend to question them and then do whatever they want to do.

Europe also tends to cultivate a village mentality where people trust each other to follow decorum.

America tends to operate as if vaguely hostile strangers are rolling through town all the time.

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