Now the bidet has become very popular.
This is explained by the functionality and practicality of this equipment, which significantly increases the level of human comfort during hygiene procedures.
Bidets differ in appearance, design and method of installation.
What is it for?
A classical bidet is a low bath with which a person can produce a variety of hygiene procedures. Often people draw an analogy between a bidet and a toilet, but this approach is erroneous.
The bidet is much closer in functionality to the washbasin or bathtub. The main thing is to carefully monitor the hygienic condition of this equipment. Also, there is a large number of toilet-bidets, when the bidet and toilet are combined in one subject.
The main direction of use of bidet - rinsing of the genitals and anus. In addition, equipment is often used for washing and other parts of the body, for example, legs. Especially convenient bidet for young children, who due to small growth, it is difficult to reach the washbasin.
Older people and those who are limited in their motor activity, can use a bidet to perform a series of hygienic procedures, avoiding the need to get into the bath once more.
To wash the genitals, the bidet is used after the toilet. From a medical point of view it is much more hygienic to use a bidet, rather than toilet paper.
It is important to understand that the bidet is not a replacement for a standard shower or bath, but it makes it possible not to use it every time it becomes necessary to perform basic hygienic procedures.
Species of the bidet
There are several basic options for bidets:
Ordinary. Traditional equipment is a small sink visually resembling a toilet in its form. Like a standard sink, such a bidet has a faucet, but the faucet looks up vertically.
Attachable mechanical covers. Attached bidets can be attached to the toilet bowl, or initially go with it in the kit. They are not an additional element that needs to be removed after use and then fastened back, but are permanently on the toilet.
Such devices are called bidet covers, because they include the lid and toilet seat. Thus, the presence of the toilet-bidet eliminates the need to purchase a separate seat with a lid for the toilet.
These bidets are suitable for most toilet models, as they are equipped with standard fasteners. Install the equipment is simple enough.
Mechanical bidets can only be connected to cold water, or cold and hot. The presence of a special mixer at the bidet with the connection of cold and hot water allows you to adjust the temperature regime.
Attachable electronic covers. Electronic bidet covers are the most modern and comfortable type of equipment. These instruments have many additional functions, besides the main function of ablution. A large selection of models allows you to choose the most suitable option. Also, different styles of equipment make it possible to choose a bidet that matches the style of the bathroom.
It is important to choose well-known manufacturers and give preference to models at a higher price, since a quality product will not have a low cost.
Portable. Such bidets are very popular among people who lead an active lifestyle and often travel. This bidet looks like a shower head spraying water.
Advantages and disadvantages
The presence of a bidet in the bathroom provides the residents with a whole several advantages:
- The possibility of washing the genitals after going to the toilet, which significantly increases the level of hygiene of the genitals and anus.
- Saving time on the need to use a shower or bath for washing individual parts of the body.
- Saving time on cleaning large plumbing after frequent use.
- The ability for young children to perform basic hygienic procedures on their own.
- The use of children's equipment for various games (launching boats, sea battle, etc.).
- Significant simplification of hygiene procedures for the elderly and disabled.
- Availability of a large selection of models, complete sets.
- Availability of additional functions for electronic models (seat heating, control panel, automatic deodorant, cleaning system, antibacterial coating, etc.).
- Practicality, functionality, durability of quality models.
- Easy to install and operate.
- A way to show your well-being.
Bidets have their own limitations:
- The need for repair work in the bathroom (water supply, etc.).
- The impossibility of installing a conventional bidet in small rooms, as the equipment takes up space and should be at the same time standing next to the toilet.
- Necessity of installation of sockets for electronic models.
- The lack of additional functions for mechanical covers and the possibility of adjusting the water temperature, which can lead to burns, especially in children.
- Lack of service centers for most inexpensive conventional models.
- Significant cost of electronic models.
- Portable options are inconvenient to use.
Equipment selection rules
Before buying a bidet, you need to pay attention to the following points:
- Availability of a license and a warranty card.
- Type of construction. It is necessary to choose the one that is most suitable for the size and shape for a particular bathroom. Bidet can be hanging, floor, corner.
- Material of manufacture (porcelain, plastic, metal, etc.). The most practical are porcelain and faience models that have a long service life (35-50 years) and are easy to clean.
- Method of connection to sewage. The drainage system at the bidet can be horizontal, vertical, oblique.
How to use it correctly?
A single way to use the bidet does not exist. Someone prefers to face the mixer, and someone prefers the standard position as on the toilet. Each person chooses the most convenient way for him.
Since the use of a bidet involves washing the genitals after the toilet, there must always be washing supplies and a towel next to the equipment.
The direction of water flow, its power and temperature regime can be installed manually in cheap models, or exhibited automatically in more expensive versions. Modern models with sensor sensors make the process of using the bidet as comfortable as possible.
Watch a video on how to use the bidet:
The process of installing the equipment
The process of mounting a bidet depends on the type of construction chosen:
So, the classical bidet is a small bath, resembling a toilet. Now there are alternatives to the traditional device - toilet-bidet with mechanical or electronic covers, portable devices. Each model has its advantages and disadvantages.
There are three options for installing the bidet: floor, hanging, corner. The floor version is the most economical and simple, the hanging type of installation allows you to save space, and the corner option allows you to use the corner of the bathroom.
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Do not be surprised, but to write an article on the topic of how to use the bidet on the threshold of the 22nd century, we were motivated not so high by the enlightenment of people in the question, for which we need a bidet. Moreover, the education of many of us does not allow us to ask how to use the bidet, as it is implied that even a child should know about the bidet appointment in a civilized country!
As in the notorious fairy tale "Gulliver in the Land of the Lilliputians", the whole dispute, as a rule, unfolds around the question "from which end to break the egg" - how to sit on the bidet. Whether to sit on the bidet facing the faucet, or the bidet usage rules imply a landing with the "back to the wall" (and the mixer, respectively) as on the toilet. And some, as it turned out, buy a bidet "for beauty" and demonstrate their own "advancement", they never use it, and only young offspring find a worthy use of a bidet, arranging sea fights in it.
What is a bidet and what does it need?
The purpose of the bidet is extremely wide, including, for washing feet. So, what is a bidet? A bidet is a low sink or a small bath. And contrary to the prevailing opinion in Russia, the bidet's purpose is extremely wide. Of course, if you do not forget about the regular hygiene of this very subject of personal hygiene. Again, despite the seeming similarity to the toilet, it is more correct to compare the bidet with a washbasin or bathtub.
The main purpose of the bidet is to wash and clean the external genitalia and anus, as well as the skin around these areas. Do not be surprised, but the rules for using a bidet allow you to use it for washing and other parts of the body. In particular, bidets are extremely convenient for washing feet, for example. Bidet itself is also an excellent bath for the needs of the smallest members of the family.
Those who have certain limitations of physical activity, for example, elderly people and people with trauma, have extraordinary difficulties in using the bathroom. Analogous, but purely psychological problems have people who are pathologically afraid to slip in the shower. All of them can find in the use of bidet an excellent solution for maintaining personal hygiene.
Instruction how to use the bidet
The bidet usage rules imply that it is necessary to use the toilet before BID; the main purpose of a bidet is to wash yourself afterwards.
It is believed that you need to sit on the bidet facing the mixer. Nevertheless, this is a matter of taste and is not a canon. This is just a matter of rationality and expediency. Some say that it is most convenient in the process of using the bidet to sit with its back to the faucets and the wall.
Despite the fact that the use of a bidet can include touching the genitals or anus with hands, this procedure is more hygienic than the use of toilet paper. In fact, most people, in addition to using the bidet, use toilet paper before washing.
Bidet is not a substitute for the procedure of taking a shower or a bath! Most people who use the bidet have showers, or baths and regularly take a shower. Nevertheless, the use of a bidet allows you not to take a shower more often than necessary and eliminates the tedious procedure of cleaning the tub or shower tray.
The widest use of bidets is, as we have already said, for the elderly or people with disabilities. And for people with hemorrhoids, from which up to 99% of people in office and sitting professions are suffering, the bidet becomes simply necessary, a matter of life and death: a vulnerable area must be protected from any traumatic influences, which is the use of even the most soft toilet paper.
Bidets are often equipped with hospital toilet rooms because of their obvious utility for maintaining hygiene.
Species of the bidet
Bidets are performed in a variety of variations and designs. They can have one hole for filling with porcelain or a faience tank (see illustration on the left). The tank can be closed with a stopper and filled with water, if necessary, or you can let the water drain freely. In such a bidet from the nozzle installed on its bottom, the water fountain beats vertically upwards.
Other bidets are equipped with a mixer for a bidet of a special design. The main difference from the mixers for the washbasin, for example, the ability to adjust the direction of the jet at will - the spout head of the bidet mixer rotates. The bidet mixer pushes the water arc out into the air. The striking jet is adjusted at such an angle to fall precisely on the genital area.
An electronic bidet, or rather, a toilet, combined with a bidet, with an electronic control unit in the seat and a double point. An ideal example of such toilet bowls with built-in bidet are the Geberit toilet bowls, in particular, Geberit toilet 8 000, a hanging toilet bowl - bidet.
Such integrated toilet bowls are the bidet - the prevalent type of bidet used in Japan.
Electronic bidets of this type have two tips. The short tip of the toilet bowl - bidet is called "family" and is used to wash the area around the anus. A longer tip is specially designed for women to wash the vulva area. Such bidets are more often equipped with electronic control - much more often than traditional bidet mixers. Some of these bidets are equipped with an element that heats up to dry you after washing, or a phenolic drying system.
The bidet can also be designed with a nozzle attached to an already existing toilet bowl, or in itself a part of the toilet bowl. Use of this type of bidet is limited only to purify the area of the anus and genitals!
Especially for small bathrooms, Western manufacturers are beginning to develop compact bidets.
Bidet and culture of use in different countries
Bidet is the usual item of sanitaryware in the toilet or bathroom, along with the toilet, and the use of a bidet is a common procedure in many European countries, especially in France, Greece, Italy, Spain and Portugal; in countries of Latin America, especially in Argentina and Uruguay, where bidets stand in the homes of about 90% (!) residents, the Middle East and parts of Asia. The supremely bidet is popular in Japan, where electronic bidets are installed in private houses and in hotels. In Japan, for example, a bidet is so natural that this "convenience" is often installed even in public toilets.
In Europe it is considered the norm to use a bidet to clean the anus after defecation (which is done after using toilet paper), as well as additional ablutions, or for daily personal hygiene procedures.
In 1980, the production of the first "toilet without paper" is launched in Japan. This is a combination of a toilet bowl and a bidet that will also dry you after washing. It is difficult to express how much the combined toilet-bidets are popular in Japan. The electronic toilet, combined with the bidet, is set approximately in 60% of the houses! Such installations are not uncommon to find in hotels, communal facilities and even in some points of "public services" such as mail!
The bidet toilet, together with the toilet seat, which is essentially a bidet device, is sold in many countries, including Russia.
Residents of countries in which the bidet in private houses are rare, may be completely unfamiliar with it and have no idea how to use the bidet if they accidentally run into it, for example, during a trip abroad. Those who are unfamiliar, for which a bidet is needed, often confuse it with urinal (urinal), toilet bowl and even with a drinking fountain! As a rule, those who have never used a bidet think that there is something strange or even dirty in this. Such an attitude can be insurmountable, especially in cultures where the discussion of "toilet" habits and intimate hygiene is publicly tabooed.
It is said that many citizens of America learned the first rules of using the bidet in the French brothels during the Second World War. Probably those bidets were designed specifically for prostitutes for syringing after sexual intercourse. Currently in the US, for example, bidets are not extremely popular due to their price (you will be surprised, but the average bid price there ranges between 1,000 and 2,000 dollars!). An alternative to a bidet is the purchase of a bidet built into the traditional American toilet bowl (in our market, the classic American toilet is represented by Kohler).
From the story of the bidet
In the 18th century, on the built-in bidet, and not podzervali Initially bidet - this is the French word for a pony or a small horse. And in the old French bider meant "to ride" (on horseback).
The etymology of the word is based on the fact that sitting on a bidet is very much like landing on a pony.
Bidet first appeared as a figment of the imagination of French furniture manufacturers in the late 17th century or early in the 18th in the form of a small bath for ladies tapering from the sides. The bath was placed on the legs and looked very much like a pony. It only remained to fill it with water and use it for its intended purpose.
Bidet is an invention of the French, which is known to the world for the fourth century. Despite the fact that the presence of bidets in hotels or bathrooms of modern apartments does not surprise anyone, the question of how to use a bidet is still relevant. Moreover, many are still puzzled why a bidet is needed, if there is enough bathroom, toilet and toilet paper. Of course, this is a personal matter for everyone, what kind of plumbing to use, but the fact that the bidet allows you to take better care of your own hygiene is not in doubt.
Why do I need a bidet?
More like a toilet, a bidet is often associated with this representative of sanitary ware, but it is more logical to compare a bidet with a bathroom or a washbasin, since its function is to maintain cleanliness. The first thing you need a bidet is for washing. A directional jet makes it easy to wash the genitals and anus after visiting the toilet. Studies have shown that such a method is much more hygienic to the use of familiar toilet paper.
This does not end the possibility of using a bidet. A compact "bath" is convenient to wash hands or feet. Also, people with disabilities in motor activity can use this kind of plumbing, after all, sitting on the bidet is much more convenient than getting into the bath. The benefits of a bidet will be appreciated by the parents of young children, it can be used to wash the kids, and teach them how to wash their hands. It is worth mentioning that for this it is necessary to keep the bidet in perfect purity.
How correctly to use a bidet?
We will look in detail how to use the bidet correctly, so that it is useful and convenient. The basic rule is that the bidet can not be used as a toilet bowl, it can be seated after feces! Before sitting, it is necessary to adjust the temperature and pressure of water, so as not to get burned or run off with a stream. Now we turn to the question of how to sit on the bidet correctly. There is no unequivocal answer in the instructions, someone is more comfortable sitting, turning to the cranes face, for someone it is more customary to turn their backs on the wall, it is not a matter of principle. Initially, bidets were not similar to a toilet bowl, a more elongated shape somewhat narrowed in the center, providing a comfortable fit "on horseback", now the form does not dictate specific poses.
Often the people in the use of this plumbing are embarrassed by the very principle of the procedure, since it is customary to wash with a bidet. In any case, no one interferes with using paper or soap to the bidet during washing. After the process is completed, you need to wipe yourself with a towel, which must be suspended so that it is easy to reach it without getting up. Some bidets are equipped with a dehumidifier, which is even more convenient and hygienic, since the air jet leaves the skin perfectly clean. If the desiccant is not provided for in the model, it is advisable to use paper towels, especially if the bidet is not intended for one person, but for a family.
What are bidets?
If the question is whether the bidet needs to be decided, it remains to choose a suitable model - they all differ not only in design, but in functions. In some models there is a vertical jet striking from the bottom of the tank, in others - a horizontal jet directed from the mixer. The bidet mixer allows to regulate not only the power, but also the direction of the jet supplied. Bidets can be with one or two fountains, with a lid, with, floor and wall, in the form of a separate and as mentioned above, with the function of supplying warm air. The highest appraisal of users is deserved by the touchscreen bidet, they automatically serve the jet and allow you not to engage in manual adjustment.
Increasingly, in the houses along with the toilet bowls there are also bidets - special small shells intended for washing the external genitalia and anus. If the old-European bidet - has long been a sign of a civilized home, then we do not hurry to acquire such a subject of personal hygiene. And in vain! Bidet is a relatively hygienic and convenient way to keep the external organs clean.
Instruction how to use the bidet
- You need to go to the toilet before using the bidet.
- After the toilet you can use toilet paper, or you can immediately switch to a bidet. Usually the toilet and bidet are installed side by side, which is undoubtedly very practical and convenient.
- You can sit on the bidet in different ways. Traditionally, it is considered that you need to sit on the bidet facing the faucet, but if you prefer to sit with your back, then there is nothing wrong with that.
- Turn on the tap and adjust the water temperature that is acceptable for you. Modern bidets also allow you to adjust the intensity and lifting of the water jet. Adjust the bidet to suit yourself as comfortably as possible.
- For better cleansing, use special tools or liquid soap. Using your hands, thoroughly wash the genitals and anus under running water.
- After you sweat, you can use a towel or a napkin to remove excess moisture.
- At the end of the washing procedure, do not forget to rinse your hands.
That's all! As you can see, there is nothing difficult to use a bidet. It is fast, modern, convenient and hygienic. If there is such an opportunity, purchase and install a bidet at home and soon you will feel how useful it is for body hygiene. Due to their popularity, bidets in the market are represented by a wide range of products from different manufacturers. The simplest model is a bidet with a mixer that helps regulate the intensity and temperature of the water jet. More advanced models have several cranes and different functions of the direction of the jet, for example, vertically upwards. Also many bidets are equipped with a special stopper, helping to collect the necessary amount of water in the bowl. Design of a bidet - for your taste and color.
In spite of the fact that the bidet is traditionally used for washing the anus and genitals, many manage to wash their legs in it, which is also quite natural. After all, the bidet, in spite of the similarity with the toilet bowl in form, is still a small shell, that's why it is used as a big one.
Bidet - an indispensable thing for those who suffer from hemorrhoids or are in a hurry, but time to fully take a shower there. Also, the bidet is suitable for those who are restricted in movement or obese. Recently, bidets are increasingly appearing in hospitals and women's clinics, which, of course, is associated with constant monitoring of the purity of their body.
It is known that in most countries of Europe, Asia and two American continents in bathrooms and bathrooms it is customary to install a bidet. What it is? - for certain many will ask. Bidet - a kind of sanitary ware, which is a small bathtub and is designed for hygiene of the anus and external genitalia. It is installed near the toilet, so that, having cured the need, there was an opportunity to immediately wash. This allows you to partially or completely abandon toilet paper, for which, in principle, and intended bidet.
In the post-Soviet countries, the bidet is rarely used, whereas in the western countries it can be found everywhere. There is a huge assortment of this kind of sanitary ware of different sizes, shapes and with additional functions. Now and with us the bidet installation is becoming an increasingly popular solution for the arrangement of bathrooms or bathrooms, although many are still not familiar with its device, the principle of operation and the way it is used.
Bidet - this is far from a novelty in the plumbing market. For the first time it appeared in the distant 17th century in France, and from the second half of the 20th century the beginning of mass production in Japan. In the west, the bidet is the same familiar kind of plumbing as the sink with the bath.
Almost half of European residents establish it at home, in addition, it can be found in the bathrooms of public institutions, such as hotels, schools, hospitals, etc. But they are popular not only in Europe, in some countries of Latin America, such as Uruguay and Argentina, they are installed in 90% of homes.
Instructions for using the bidet
The countries of the Middle East and Asia are not far behind, but the leader is still high-tech Japan, where the fashion for "toilet without paper" came from. Japanese - lovers of sophisticated electronics and automation - install electronic bidets not only in residential buildings, but also in public places. This miracle of technology combines a toilet bowl and a bidet, automatically supplies water, after which it also dries wet parts of the body with the help of built-in drying.
This model was first introduced in 1980, and over time its popularity only increased. Until now, it has enjoyed immense success among the Japanese. In this country, a bidet and toilet combination can be found in every second house, as well as in hotels, restaurants and public organizations, so there are no questions "why do I need a bidet?".
But if in Europe this is the norm, in Russia the bidet is still a rarity, few people even think about whether it should be installed. The main reason why the bidet does not take root in our bathrooms is a limited area. Here it is sometimes difficult to find a place even a full bath or washing machine, and it's too difficult and expensive to tear down the walls and make redevelopment, which not everyone can and can afford. Another thing is when there is a private house with a sufficient area where you can make a spacious bathroom and equip it at your discretion without trying to save every square centimeter. Yes, and new apartment buildings with improved layout also allow the installation of a bidet without significant loss of free space.
Bidet functions
Why do I need a bidet? Despite its small size and simple design, it can perform several functions, among which:
- washing the anus and external genitalia is the main function for which the bidet, in principle, is established in most cases. Replacing toilet paper with jets of adjustable temperature water is not only more hygienic, but also useful. Washings provide more thorough cleansing, hardening and prevention of diseases such as hemorrhoids;
- with diseases or irritations of the external genitalia or anus of bathing in bidet can be the only way to maintain cleanliness, because any touch can cause pain and can cause minor injuries or infection in the wound;
- washing feet. The bidet, unlike a bath or a washbasin, has a small height, so when washing feet, they do not have to be raised high and try to keep a shaky balance. The water temperature can be easily adjusted to the desired value, so that the procedure will not only be useful, but even pleasant;
- bathing infants. Young parents will certainly appreciate the opportunity to turn the bidet into a baby bath for a while, especially as it is ideally suited for this purpose;
- ensuring hygienic care for people with disabilities. In families where there are elderly relatives, people who can not move themselves, it is very important to create for them the most comfortable and safe conditions, including in the bathroom. Bidet greatly facilitates the conduct of hygiene procedures to such people, partially or completely replacing the shower and bath, where on slippery and wet surfaces they can slip.
How to use the bidet in each specific case, to decide the owner. Maybe someone will find more options for its application in everyday life, but its main task is always relevant.
Bidet for daily use
Kinds of a bidet and ways of its use
Modern bidets can differ significantly in shape and size, as well as in their performance characteristics. There are several varieties, among which the most popular are the following models:
- bath, made of sanitary ware, with a nozzle, located on its bottom, from which a jet of water beats the fountain;
- a tank without an injector, above which a mixer with a movable spout is fixed in the wall. This design makes it possible to regulate the direction of the jet;
- bidet, combined with a toilet seat with built-in seat nozzles. Such models have a complex design and are controlled by an electronic unit. In addition to the nozzles for water supply, models can also be equipped with a drying system.
About how to use the bidet, the photos of which are shown below, can be understood even by their appearance. Typically, the bidet is in the form of a small bath. Depending on the model, its shape can be oval or slightly narrowed in the center. The latter option was typical for bidets, which only began to be mass produced and resembled a saddle. They used them, sitting on them riding, taking the "pose of the rider". More modern models are more like toilet bowls, so they need to sit down on them accordingly - on the edge.
How to use the bidet correctly
For the supply of water in the bidet, answer the nozzles or the tap. The water temperature is regulated by means of a hinge on a mixer, which in its construction resembles an ordinary basin mixer. In this case, turning the handle to the left or to the right makes the water more or less hot or cold. For those who prefer high technology to manual control, a mixer with a built-in thermostat that automatically regulates the temperature is suitable. There are models equipped with sensor sensors, motion sensors and other additional functions that almost completely automate the process.
How correctly to use a bidet? There is nothing complicated in this, especially if the model is fully automated, but in addition to the design features, you need to consider other small things. Near the bidet there should be a detergent, as well as a towel, if there is no built-in drying. To wash it is better not to choose soap, but a special tool for intimate hygiene. Conventional fabric towels are often replaced by paper towels, which is more hygienic, especially in public places or in a house where many people live.
Advantages of bidet
After a detailed description of what a bidet is and how to use it, it's time to move on to the question: why is it so attractive in comparison with the standard set of sanitary ware?
First of all, bidet, performing its main function, allows you to keep the anus and genitals clean without using a bath or shower. Having installed it, you do not have to run to the shower every time, which will save time, reduce water and electricity consumption. But it can not completely replace a shower or a bath, but rather is their complement.
Use of a bidet to maintain hygiene and cleanliness of the body
Bidets make life easier for people who find it difficult to move independently. Sometimes for them it is the only way to wash themselves and maintain personal hygiene, as taking a bath or a shower for them is not only difficult, but also dangerous.
With such diseases as hemorrhoids, it is important to maintain cleanliness so that bacteria do not get into the wound, and any sloppy movement causes pain. In this case, the bidet is an ideal solution.
Is it necessary or is it just an additional element of plumbing, without which it is easy to do - to everyone to decide on their own. But the fact that it is an excellent assistant in solving personal hygiene issues is unquestionable.
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