That's a bath chair, it's used for sitting on while you clean yourself before getting in the bathtub. Most people prefer to have their toilet in a separate room.
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Is the average European shower different from the average American shower?
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That's a bath chair, it's used for sitting on while you clean yourself before getting in the bathtub. Most people prefer to have their toilet in a separate room.
Detachable is probably way more popular here, that's that. I have a fixed one and it's really annoying.
That's a thing in France, but far from the case in all European countries. It's not a thing in Sweden.
I like that concept. Clean everything at the same time.. seen it in other parts of Asia too.
They stand on their heads to shower in Australia? All those jokes from my childhood are true!
Most houses/apartments in US have cheap head installed by default unless you are customizing during the build. It's up to you to upgrade. I've always had to buy my own detachable heads at stores.
Also if we're going to talk about european showers, how about those small ass corner showers you can't move, or the bathrooms where there's no separator for the shower and water gets all over the floor
Also if we're going to talk about european showers, how about those small ass corner showers you can't move, or the bathrooms where there's no separator for the shower and water gets all over the floor
Yeah, it's stupidly complicated for no reason whatsoever. You have to rotate it to a specific point in order to get the temperature/pressure right, and did I mention that it usually starts off ice cold? Why the heck can't they mount a regular unitap?
I've never seen that, tbh. Tubs are no longer in vogue, but showers still use a separate area as far as I've noticed.Most houses/apartments in US have cheap head installed by default unless you are customizing during the build. It's up to you to upgrade. I've always had to buy my own detachable heads at stores.
Also if we're going to talk about european showers, how about those small ass corner showers you can't move, or the bathrooms where there's no separator for the shower and water gets all over the floor
Lots of people are not aware that there are vast differences in terms of building customs, traditions and even codes across Europe. The bathroom is one of the areas where we diverge the most, followed by the kitchen. You can even find some significant variations even within the same country (see: washing machines being installed in the kitchen or the bathroom depending on the region).
Thankfully my apartment has a heated floor in the bathroom so it dries out in a few minutes. Also, the floor is slanted towards the drain so most of the water drains anyways.Most houses/apartments in US have cheap head installed by default unless you are customizing during the build. It's up to you to upgrade. I've always had to buy my own detachable heads at stores.
Also if we're going to talk about european showers, how about those small ass corner showers you can't move, or the bathrooms where there's no separator for the shower and water gets all over the floor
Yeah, that's basically how every shower in Europe looks like, save for some fancier ones. If it's integrated in a bathtub, the tube will go into an opening beneath the faucet, and the faucet will have a switch to select between water going to the faucet or to the showerhead. That's exactly what I have in my place.All showers I ever had looked roughly like this:
So, detachable shower head and a rail to adjust the height of the shower head.
That's a Northern European thing. Here in Spain older houses will have bathtubs with an incorporated shower (Like my place, for instance) while newer single bedroom apartments would usually have a shower cabinet with a sliding door. I prefer the bathtub, but it takes up more space. If you have more than one bathroom, usually one has a bathtub and the other has a shower cabinet.Most houses/apartments in US have cheap head installed by default unless you are customizing during the build. It's up to you to upgrade. I've always had to buy my own detachable heads at stores.
Also if we're going to talk about european showers, how about those small ass corner showers you can't move, or the bathrooms where there's no separator for the shower and water gets all over the floor
The tiny-ass shower cubicles are usually a custom installation for something like a second bathroom where the onwer wanted another shower.Also if we're going to talk about european showers, how about those small ass corner showers you can't move, or the bathrooms where there's no separator for the shower and water gets all over the floor
Also, the tubless showers are reasonably OK with floor heating (dries out quickly), also the floor is tilted toward the grate, so all water is naturally directed into it. Moreover, the shower curtain reaches all the way to the floor and is rubberized on the bottom, so no water escapes the area.
EDIT: However, that installation isn't very efficient. If space truly was at a premium, the folks should have installed a mono-unit for both shower and sink.
I've seen the detachable kind that's labeled "European style" in quite a few places in the US. It's what our household has had for years, too.
That was the setup and some of the hotels in Iceland. Some apartments I've stayed at across Europe had the dinky corner showers. some weren't that small. I've also Airbnb'd some houses with amazing showers. Heated towel racks too!
Like... literally 3 seconds of research will tell you that both exist in the US. Just like the window thread.
Yeah, turn around, bump into them, get a nice icy/scorching surprise. Hate those things. Also never see them in houses, only in hotels.
Do Americans clap after taking a shower?
I have that kind of setup, but I use the fixed one less.We have both, fixed and removable, removable is great for getting your under carraige and rinsing the walls.
Well, toilets are in a separate room becuse Japanese people like taking long baths, so it's inconvenient to have the toilet in the same room. Also, the waft from a freshly dropped log mixing with the steam is crazily disgusting. So I can see why the toilet would be in a different place.But Japan takes "bathroom" too literal and the entire room is the shower.
As for the multiple shower units, from what I understand, in some more traditional families, people bathe together (ex. mother and smaller kids).
The only difference I've found in Europe is that while they are detachable (as many shower heads in the US are), they are mounted at like 5 feet so you have to either be extra short or hold the nozzle to get a decent shower. It's like y'all don't have any tall people at all over there
What ?
What kind of ass backwards idea was it to have a non detachable head ?
So you have to wet / ruin your hair every time you shower ?
Hell
Most of them can slide so you can adjust the height.
What kind of ass backwards idea was it to have a non detachable head ?
So you have to wet / ruin your hair every time you shower ?
Hell
Most of them can slide so you can adjust the height.
Either they haven't had rails or I'd already slid them up at which point it would be at around eye level
Who does that?I mean in which country have you seen people do that?Because I've been to a lot of European countries and I've never seen anyone do that.
I have never seen a fixed showerhead outside of shared showers, such as in bathhouses, here in Sweden.
This is not a thing. At least nowhere in Europe that I have visited.
This is not a thing. At least nowhere in Europe that I have visited.
This isn't normal practice. There is however an ongoing debate in the UK about how to deal with the increased use of wipes which are then flushed. The wipes don't disintegrate into water quickly in the way soft toilet paper does, and they're notorious for mixing with other insoluble waste such as cooking oil, forming "fatbergs" in our ancient Victorian sewers. A reasonable workaround would be to encourage people to pop their used wipes into a bin. A more sustainable solution would be to subsidise the installation of after-market bidet attachments and encourage their use instead of wipes.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fatberg
But Japan takes "bathroom" too literal and the entire room is the shower.
I wish my bathroom were like that. One of my kids had a flat that was adapted for physically disabled people, and it was similar. Unfortunately the installers didn't put a raised lip into the floor, so sometimes shower water would escape from the room.