Toilets: history and modernity

Gone are the days when most apartments toilet room is a tiny square, half of which was occupied by a massive seat hanging over him cistern toilet today took many homes rightful place. A wealth of opportunities for design registration, the harmony of colors and styles she can compete with any other part of the house or apartment. Special expanse for fantasy gives, of course, a toilet room, room with private bathroom. = The toilet ... the unity of its name to the toilet must Spanish firm, Unity, which at the beginning of last century, established a full-scale production of much needed items for each home. In Spanish, the company name sounds like "Unitas" with the accent on "and". Over time the emphasis was lost If you look at history, we see that quite a while sanitation and hygiene are not too worried about our ancestors: in European cities slops and filth were thrown out of windows on the street, and even at Versailles in the XVIII century palaces and balconies surrounding shrubs are often served a place for the administration of natural needs. WC can be considered the ancestor of the night bowl of porcelain, fed aristocracy in France or the usual chair with a carved hole used for the same purpose in Germany. But the toilet in its traditional sense, like a cup with a cistern, which was first coined Englishman Thomas Krepper. American "crapper" to refer to the toilet derived from the name of its creator. This enterprising Englishman, began as a humble plumber in Chelsea, soon established his own company and within a few years supplied the water-and sanitary equipment Buckingham and Windsor Palace. Place in the history of plumbing Krepperu firmly secured them a device invented dosage and cost-effective water drainage in the form of the tank. Since then, as was coined by the first sample, on different continents and different countries is a great variety of sanitary products: toilet bowls, urinals, bidets and sinks in all shapes and purposes. And, at first glance, they all look alike, regardless of country of origin. However, national priorities still viewed: Scandinavians, for example, have relied on improving delivery systems and water drainage, the Americans and Germans traditionally produce large bowls, and product features a unique Italian decor and stucco. Japanese are also smart enough to make a toilet-mini-laboratory, generating a fence test! Toilets were colored, painted, gilded and decorated with stucco. However, still the majority of buyers prefer a traditional white plumbing fixtures and classic form. Porcelain, earthenware All plumbing, as before, mostly made of porcelain and earthenware. To distinguish from one another at first glance it is often difficult even for an expert, because the product is covered with colored glazes or enamels. In terms of performance it is considered that a less porous porcelain, has a lower coefficient of water absorption and, consequently, less absorbs dirt and odors. Structurally, bowls are different connection to the sewer (and it's important to remember when choosing a model for the toilet in your apartment): There are toilet bowls with vertical drain (the floor) and horizontal or oblique (the wall). The latter two occur more frequently. Toilets with the sideburns, as well as bathrooms, are separated when the tank and bowl installed separately and combined, constitute a single unit. Monoblocks are easier to install and lower in height (if important space savings), but significantly more expensive than "isolated" instances. Feature of the cistern can be work in one mode, when all the water is discharged, and in two modes, allowing both to lose all the water, and half of it. This tank has two buttons and flush saves water. Structurally the bowl and can have a so-called horizontal "shelf". This design was created to protect against splash water at the wash, but already out of date. Modern models have a slope in the inner surface of the water, and protects from splashes System Antivsplesk. The classic bowl is always fixed to the floor, but now there hanging model, attached to the wall. They are mounted in a pair with hidden cistern, and the whole system looks very simple and even elegant. Now, as before, can be purchased without a toilet seat (usually the cheapest model), and you can buy a more modern and expensive model, complete seats. In this case, the cost will affect the type of material seats: from more durable materials with fasteners from quality steel seat durable, but expensive. Each is learned in a bidet ... In recent years the trend output toilets complete with bidet. Admittedly, these subjects because of narrowness of the majority of toilets in domestic homes are not yet widespread, some merit. But if you - happy owner of an apartment with a spacious bathroom, a bidet you better buy it complete with a toilet (or the same model, and firms that toilet bowl). There are options for combined toilet with a bidet, a design which includes an electric water heater, the fan (also with a heater, but for air). It is worth such a system is expensive. And finally, in plumbing, as well as in furniture, important point is the design model and its decor. Although, it seems, well, that can drastically change the shape of the toilet? And yet, in sankeramike also have a variety of styles: classic, avant-garde, retro, there and their trends. Among them - the desire to maximize rounded, flowing lines, a return to the peak of popularity in white - a symbol of purity. The fashion for retro - Another steady trend of recent times. This and the creation of direct historical remakes, and appeal to the constructivism of the last century. National traditions of the country of manufacture are also playing a role in creating fashion collections plumbing. This applies to the "little details" that creates an aura of retro-style: all kinds of inscriptions, fasteners, chains. So, on a porcelain toilet tank handle, reproducing one of the first Victorian toilets Kreppera, painted inscription: "pull and go". "After seeing the" market of modern plumbing products and devices, we can only regret our old ancestors who were forced into the frost and rain to run out on the court, purged in booth or endure till the morning in the house at night vases with their contents. Connect to the Internet, the toilet ... What could be nicer than a regular trip to the toilet? Wonder is not worth it, especially if it's toilets from Japanese manufacturers Matsushita or Inax. Japanese companies have dumped on the market of the country's new vysokotehnologichkskie toilets, able to turn so intimate moments of your life in a pleasant and healthy. Smart toilets have all kinds of functions: one at the approach of the host light up "with joy" and can play softly hundreds of songs, depending on your mood, while others approach their service more seriously - urine test measures the blood sugar and cholesterol and even send the results analysis in your medical center. Obviously, this would need further connect the toilet to the Internet, but agree that health is more important.