A urinal is a sanitary plumbing fixture for urination only that is used in a standing position and is popular with male users. Urinals can be with automatic or manual flushing, or without flush water as is the case for waterless urinals. They can be arranged as single sanitary fixtures (with or without privacy walls) or in a trough design. Both boys and men use them. Female urinals also exist on the market, but are not widespread. In busy male washrooms, urinals are installed for efficiency.
Compared
with urination in a general-purpose
toilet, usage is faster and more sanitary because at the urinal there are no
fecal germs, no additional doors or locks to touch, and no seat to turn up.
Consistent use of urinals also keeps the toilet stalls cleaner and more
available for males who need to defecate. A urinal takes less space, is
simpler, and consumes less water per flush than a flush toilet. Large numbers of
them are usually installed along a common supply pipe and drain. Urinals may
also come in different heights, to accommodate tall and short users. Did you
know these interesting few facts about urinals?
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The oldest waterless urinal was found in Sri Lanka. The
urinal dates back to the 9th century.
The U.S. industrial revolution made urinals famous. Factories hired hundreds of men, which meant large areas of the factory floor had to be designated for restrooms. By installing urinals less restroom space was necessary.
The U.S. industrial revolution made urinals famous. Factories hired hundreds of men, which meant large areas of the factory floor had to be designated for restrooms. By installing urinals less restroom space was necessary.
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The women's suffrage movement played a role in the
growing popularity of urinals. Many men believed standing up symbolically
elevated them above women seeking equal rights so they preferred using urinals.
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Urinals developed a French flavor. Pissoirs were
introduced in Paris in the 1900s. They were an immediate success causing other
European city planners to install similar outdoor public urinals.
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Urinals invaded politics in 1933. Outgoing President
Herbert Hoover had the toilet removed from the Oval Office bathroom and
installed a urinal for incoming President Franklin Roosevelt. This turned out
to be a bit nasty. While most people were unaware of it at the time, Roosevelt
was bound to a wheelchair during most of his presidency and did not use a
urinal.
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Urinals made it into the art world in 1917. Marcel
Duchamp created La Fontaine, a conceptualized porcelain urinal, which became
his most famous work. He signed it, "R Mutt."
If you’re a man who has often
dreamed of having a urinal in the bathroom of your home, you may need the
explanations to get your wife (or girl friend) committed to this installation.
1.
A urinal means
that the toilet is now essentially hers It’s
not like you’ll stop using the toilet entirely. But now you’ll only be using it
for pooping. For all intents and purposes, the toilet is hers. She can
turn the sit-down commode into a personal craft project, if she wants.
Encourage her to paint it, or add little curtains around it, or color
coordinate it any way she likes. Hey, fair is fair. You got the toilet of your
dreams so she might as well get the toilet of hers.
2.
A urinal will
end the eternal “Seat up Wars” For
many women, a man’s unwillingness to put a toilet seat down after relieving
himself is a greater tragedy than the sinking of the Titanic. With the addition
of a urinal, the toilets in your home will suddenly become a seated-only
use. There isn’t a man alive who will use a toilet for peeing if a urinal
is available. There’s no need for the seat to be anywhere but down.
3.
A urinal will
increase your home’s property value This
is a difficult one to prove on paper. Technically, it’s not true. The resale
value of your house won’t be going up because of the addition of a urinal. At
least not until prospective buyers show up to see the house, and one of those
buyers is male. Think about it: You’re looking for a new house with your wife.
You spend the
week touring countless properties. They all start to blur together after
awhile. But there was that one house that had a urinal. You can’t get it out of
your mind. When the time comes to discuss the options with your wife, which one
do you think you’ll be rooting for? It is the urinal house of course.
4.
A urinal will
preserve the bathroom floor Yes,
we’re all well aware that guys can occasionally be terrible shots. (We’re
talking pee, not guns, in case that wasn’t clear.) Whether we’re groggy from
sleep or just not paying attention, sometimes we miss, and our pee ends up on
the floor, on the toilet seat, and anywhere else that happens to be within
range. The ergonomics of a urinal make it nigh impossible for our urine to end up
anywhere but where it’s supposed to go. That translates to better bathroom
hygiene for everybody.
“Gentlemen, your aim will help. Stand closer. It’s
shorter than you think.”
(Fresh Quotes)[i]
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[i] Sources used: “4 Reasons to Put a Urinal
in Your Home” By John Scott Lewinski
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