A serious question!

A few reasons against urinals:

1) Extra cost
2) Extra space requirement

Reasons for a urinal:


Cheers,
Casa

Totally fair comments there....

I'm not necessarily saying to put one in the bathroom, but one placed in a stategic position (like Fiona suggested) can have a lot of practical value.

My main reason for making the comment was to get people thinking outside the square, as I don't think anyone has considered it. I like Michelle's signature, "dare to be different".

Also, if any of you have seen around the typical toilet under a UV light, you will see how foul the area becomes due to us bloke's tendency to spray and splatter all around the place. Modern wall mounted urinals envelope the activity and contain much of this, so by keeping us out of the normal toilets, there could be a lot cleaner bathrooms etc.

Ash.

Maybe we could combine this thread with the "your dream garage" thread ?

I would have thought if you're older than about 5, and cant get it in the toilet then you have some serious control issues!!!!!

Vanderlay, you would be surprised, no SHOCKED to see what accumulates.....

Here's a challenge for you and anyone else that's inclined......

Go to Bunnings and buy a 15 watt compact fluoro UV bulb. Plug it into a portable trouble light or lamp. At night time with other lights off, go and inspect around the dunny, especially up the walls. You'll see what I mean!

Its not so much the aim into the bowl but the flicking afterwards that goes everywhere.

Ash.

actually, I'm now fairly sure i'd rather not know!

I couldn't agree more with you Ash,

I am not a big fan of cleaning...being allergic to chemicals and all...but I am under no illusions regarding the cleaning needs in a domestic environment.

Contemporary Kitchens and Bathrooms are woefully underdesigned when it comes to EFFECTIVE cleaning.
Even wall mounted urinals still have drip marks on the floor (and probably the walls as well...maybe you could hang out in a few public toilets with your lamp?)

If any one really needs to test this (who is living with a male above five years old in the house) try cleaning ONLY the inside of the toilet for a month or so, you won't even need to buy the UV lamp, just give the room a sniff...

My objective is to have a kitchen that can be cleaned out with a high pressure hose and a bathroom that is cleaned by sealing a door and pressing a switch - the bathroom/toilet would be cleaned like the inside of a dishwasher (just have to remember to take the towels and the toilet paper out first).

I know this concept already exists for public toilets - I saw my first one in Paris in the early nineties and later on in Australia as well...
But I am convinced that the principle can be adapted to domestic applications, in one sort of refined form or another.

If anyone is interested in funding and installing a prototype just get in touch!

Cheers,

Earl

I been thinking of how to integrate a urinal, but mainly for the idea of saving water and using those desert stones that do not need to be flushed except once a day.
Or how about a tube that we pee into beside the dunny that does not require as much flushing.
Or what about a composting toilet.
Or a funnell in the wall that runs to the lemon tree
Hey - my gran used to have a bed pan that she emptied every morning becaseu it was too far to walk at night to the downstairs flushing toilet.
Maybe we could go back to the 60's Talk about retro!!!!!
Re the 5 year olds, well that's always going to be an issue.
It's all part of education and life.
Steve

Don't you know Adrian - all citrus - particularly lemon trees, benefit big time from the uric acid in our wee
Yes the Lemon tree

Ohh Come on Michelle - We're not that bad !!!!