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Toilets & Bidets
Siphonic Flush System
Let’s be honest, everyone can fully comprehend the benefits of owning and using a modern toilet. They are a requirement in any home or business in the western world solely for the purpose of hygiene let alone convenience and privacy!
This section intends to highlight the features and benefits of our particular products. For example all our toilets incorporate our advanced ‘Out & Out’ flush system. The siphonic flushing action ensures that your Springwave toilet will flush everything away.
The siphon-flush-valve system (invented by Albert Giblin), utilises a lever or button, forcing the water up into the tank siphon passageway which then empties the water in the tank into the bowl. The advantage of a siphon over the flush valve is that is has no sealing washers that can wear out and cause leaks, so it is favoured in places where there is a need to conserve water.
Inner Glazed
This literally 'sucks' any water and waste out of the bottom of the toilet rather than slowly pushing it out as the traditional gravity feed method would. This uses less water and allows you to flush again in 3-4 seconds rather than waiting for around 20 seconds as you would have to for a traditional gravity fed cistern to re-fill.
As well as our advanced flushing system, all of our toilets are fully glazed inside and out. This prevents any build up of dirt and bacteria and keeps the interior pipes spotless and hygienic.
All of these factors mean lower maintenance costs - be it cleaning or replacement of seals as well as reduced water usage meaning less wastage and lower water bills.
The toilets all feature button flushes, so no ugly handles, as well as soft close lids which prevent any accidents with slamming lids.
ADL 2 Toilet
A sleek and stylish toilet which combines elegant angles and curves for a smart and minimalist look, which adds to any bathroom. With its siphonic flush system, it will save on water, reducing impact on the environment and reducing water bills. The soft close lid and subtle flush buttons finish of the design perfectly, making it beautiful and highly functional.
DIMENSIONS: 694MM × 380MM × 795MM
History of Sanitary Ware
Outhouse
The next time you reach over to pull the lever (or push the button) to flush a toilet, take a moment to think about a world without these marvels of human engineering. It’s never thought of being on the same level as the invention of the wheel or the light bulb, but if you think about it, it really is one of the most important inventions around. Can you imagine a modern world without the flushable toilet? I don't think I want to really.
Non flushing water closets, portable pieces of furniture with removable containers for waste, became the standard in pre-Victorian England, though many households continued to rely on the backyard privy. The problem of automatic, hygienic waste disposal, whether from a chamber pot or from an overused hole in the ground, remained.
Almost everyone will have heard of Thomas Crapper, who often gets all the credit for designing/inventing the flushable toilet as we know today. It’s fair to say that he did play a large part in the task, however his design was simply an improvement on an earlier model which he then patented and started producing. His toilets, imprinted with “T. Crapper Brass & Co., Ltd.”, inspired a generation of young American soldiers stationed in England during World War I, and they returned to America with a new slang term for the relatively new household fixture.
Thomas Crapper's Design
With the invention of the sanitary flushable toilet, the fixture that made the modern bathroom possible, the crowded urban masses no longer needed to rely on chamber pots and open windows and backyards to dispose of their waste. Nor did they have to fear sewer gases, such as methane, seeping back up into their homes and igniting explosively.
The first indoor bathrooms that were made possible by the refinement of the toilet were communal affairs shared by many people. Previously, water closets were portable, so a dedicated space for their use wasn’t necessary. It didn’t take long for indoor plumbing to gain acceptance as a good idea, and by the 1920s, American building codes required indoor bathrooms in all new single-family residential construction.
Interestingly, the modern toilet and its associated plumbing was as much a response to urban industrialization as it was a result of the manufacturing technology that industrialization made possible. In a rural society, an indoor toilet may be a convenience, but it isn’t essential. Basically the more densely populated an area becomes, the greater the need for efficient plumbing, sewage and toilet facilities.
Nowadays, the design of toilets revolves around the reduction of water waste as we are constantly encouraged to save water. This is one of the reasons that all of our toilets have siphonic flush systems which reduce water wastage and are more efficient.
ADL 1 Toilet
ADL 1 Toilet
This stunning, siphonic toilet has an excellent effect on any bathroom, creating a visual masterpiece and spreading the focus in the room. The soft close lid and subtle flush buttons make it a beautiful addition to any bathroom.
DIMENSIONS: 695MM × 360MM × 830MM