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12 different types of Toilets 2

Here’s an overview of each of these 12 broad types of toilets: 4


Water Efficient Toilet 4
WC Health 4
Western or European Water Closet 5
One-piece toilet 6
Two-piece Toilet 6
Squatting Pan 7
Anglo-Indian type of Toilet 8
Rimless Toilet 8
Elderly Toilet 9
Kids Toilet 9
Smart Toilet 9
Tornado Toilet 10
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12 different types of Toilets

Ever since human beings started organizing their dwelling places by putting a

well-planned system in place, the need for toilets must have been more

evident than most other things. With the first toilet being invented a long time

ago, we humans have since modernized its design and working, every step of

the way. Whether it’s the sitting position, or technologically superior seat

covers, or the comfort of the kids and the elderly, or some other classification

feature – today we have at least 12 major toilet types that we know are being

used across the globe.


Here’s an overview of each of 
these 12 broad types of toilets: 
Water Efficient Toilet 
Just like the name suggests, this is the kind of toilet that helps save water,

every single time you flush. The design of its toilet bowl, as well as the trap

way, help in flush down the waste using less water, with newer designs

making use of no more than 2 liters of water. By reducing the diameter of the

drain, in addition to this being a bent design, helps in creating a vacuum

when water flows through it. This is primarily how the design incorporates its

unique water saving feature. This is just the kind of futuristic design being

offered by many ​floor standing toilets manufacturers in India​, that takes

water conservation into account, that makes it a popular choice among

people.

WC Health 
The WC has a unique design that combines the comfort of the water closet

and the health benefits of squatting. As per the standards followed by the
floor standing toilets manufacturers in India, it should weigh around 40 kg,

standing around 22 to 25 cm tall from the ground up. This height is nearly

half of what you see in your average European water closet which happens to

stand 50 to 56 cm from the floor. This toilet also comes coated with an

antibacterial glaze.

Western or European Water Closet 


These are toilets that come with their own seat & cover as part of the overall

design, with the cover used every single time you flush. There is a flush tank

that comes attached, as per the design of Western-style toilet, for one to flush

after every usage. This flush tank can either be plastic-made or be made in

ceramic. By the virtue of the water seal present, there is always a small

amount of water that gets trapped inside the toilet itself; usually, this water

seal height tends to be 50mm. Also, water closets are normally open rim

because the flushing tanks are kept high in position for the flushing to be

effective. These are quite common everywhere in the world, with many

floor-mounted as well as ​wall-hung toilets manufacturers in India​opting for

this design; not just comfortable, but these go really well with any other

bathroom design element, such as ​under-counter wash basins​, and so on. An


average European water closet stands about 500 to 550 mm from the ground

up and its weight varies from 12 to 20 kg, as per the design. Every water

closet must be able to withstand a minimum of 400 kg without it breaking.

One-piece toilet 
These are the type of toilets that do not require a separate flush tank. The

flush tank comes attached with the body of water closet itself. The tank as

well as the body are both made from ceramic and are finally fused together.

This is also why the problem of leakage is minimal in this design. One-piece

toilet design usually comes only with a floor-mount type model. Due to the

fact that the weight of this kind of toilet is relatively more (roughly between

38 and 50 kg), therefore, one rarely ever sees a single-piece toilet made with

a wall-hung model. Nevertheless, this design is made available in both ‘S’ as

well as ‘P’ trap models. This type of toilet is only designed as a closed-rim

model, due to the requirement of maintaining the right water pressure during

flushing.

Two-piece Toilet 
Then there are toilets which come in two-piece designs. The normal

European water closet is extended in order to fit a ceramic tank in the toilet

itself. This name comes from the design, as the toilet bowl, and the ceramic

tank, are both coupled by using bolts, giving it the design its name – a

two-piece toilet. A two-piece toilet also goes by the name of the coupled

closet, again owing to its design. Also, the weight of a two-piece toilet is

supposed to be somewhere between 25 and 45 kg, depending upon the

product design. Furthermore, these are designed in a closed-rim method so as

to ensure that water pressure is just right when it’s time to flush. These are

available in both ‘S’ and ‘P’ trap; floor-mount, as well as wall-hung toilets

manufacturers in India make use of this design.

Squatting Pan 
This is your classic type of toilet, which combined with a ​corner wash basin​,

must be found in countless Indian homes. Even though it is increasingly

being replaced by the water closets with modern design, this type is still

considered the healthier option amongst all. The squatting pan is aptly known

as the Indian pan, or Orissa pan, or even Asian pan toilet in a lot of countries

abroad. These squatting pans are made in several designs, with variations
seen from country to country, as you’ll find the Indian, Chinese, as well as

Japanese squatting pans vastly different in their designs from each other.

These kinds of toilets are also found to be comparatively cheaper than most

other water closet-type toilets.

Anglo-Indian type of Toilet 


This is the kind that combines a squatting pan (i.e. Indian) as well as the

western water closet style toilets. You can either squat or else sit on this

toilet, howsoever you feel comfortable. These kinds of toilets also go by the

names – combination toilet, and universal toilet.

Rimless Toilet 
Rimless Toilet is a new model of a toilet which allows an easy cleaning

process as the design completely eliminates the corners one would find in the

rim area of the toilet. This model has been introduced in water closets that are

wall-hung as well as ​floor standing toilets​, irrespective of whether they come

in an oval or a round shape. There’s a small step included just below the rim

in order to make the flushing ore effective. In the near future, one may expect
to find this model as part of the One-piece toilet design and some other types

too.

Elderly Toilet 
These are toilets designed in a way that allows older people to easily sit and

rise. The pedestal height of this toilet is kept a bit higher than an average

water closet, with its overall height being around 70 cm.

Kids Toilet 
This one has been specially designed for kids. The size of this kind of toilet is

kept smaller so that even kids below the age of 12 can use it without help.

Nowadays, there are such seat covers available in the market that make it

easy for children to sit even on a regular floor standing toilets.

Smart Toilet 
Smart toilets are exactly how they sound – intelligent by nature. In a

bathroom space that has a chic ​console wash basin​, or a sleek ​semi-recessed

wash basin​, this very state-of-the-art specially-designed ceramic toilet

attached to an electronic seat cover would look utterly luxurious at the least!
Everything intelligent or smart about this toilet is all because of the features

offered by the seat cover. With a remote that helps set various functions as

well as parameters, a few of the many features that a smart toilet are seat

cover opening up automatically as one approaches the toilet, distinguishing

between men and women, playing pre-set music lyrics automatically as

someone approaches, saving previous user choices, having a dual flush

system – an option between eco flush and full flush, allowing one to set the

temperature and pressure of the water as well as the position of the water jet.

Tornado Toilet 
Another one of the newer models among current water closets, the design of

Tornado toilet allows it to both flush as well as clean, simultaneously. The

water is supposed to circle in the water closet to make sure the toilet gets

flushed and cleaned easily, making this type of flushing possible only in

round-shaped toilets. You must have seen these in many of the newly-made

or recently renovated airport or mall toilets, combined with mostly​ ​pedestal

wash basins​, to give an overall clean and sharp look.


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