Designing your dream bathroom

Install a Toilet Anywhere You Want.

Installing a bathroom where you want is often difficult and sometimes even impossible. The main drainpipe is either too far away, or the new bathroom or sink will be lower than the drainpipe, making conventional installation unworkable. The Saniflo Sanitop up flush toilet is a system that is used to install a complete bathroom up to 12 feet below the sewer line, or even up to 120 feet away from a soil stack. It can handle the effluent from a toilet and sink. Read more…

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Think your luxury bathroom renovation cost a pretty penny? Then you need to lay your eyes on easily the most expensive bathroom ever: the space toilet. This zero gravity toilet designed for space shuttles was bought by NASA from Russia for $19 million for the international space station. That may seem like an astronomical sum for a commode, but considering how much brand new technology had to be developed and implemented, it would’ve actually cost much more for the U.S. government to create its own space toilet. This latest space age (literally) bathroom has been shared amongst 13 astronauts and cosmonauts and is an improvement on previous space toilets in that it offers more privacy and has a surprising water conservation feature that we’ll talk about later.

Because these toilets are used in space, there are some special considerations, both in how the toilet works and how it’s used.

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Ever wondered how astronauts go the bathroom in outer space. With zero gravity everything should just float around them. That sounds very gross. But don’t worry those brainy guys at NASA have solved the bathroom problem as well. Check out the bathroom and shower that they used on Apollo 11.

A wide-angle view of the Orbital Workshop waste management compartment. The actual toilet’s down the hall, to your right.

Apollo 11 bathroom

Astronaut Charles Conrad Jr. smiles for the camera after a hot shower.

Apollo 11 shower

To read more about how the bathroom works check out howstuffworks.com.

Read more about Apollo 11

• wikipedia.org
• Apollo 11

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Neo-Metro Metaal Stainless Steel Toilet

One piece cistern flush toilet with unique P-Trap.

• Water saving toilet-averages 1.2 gallons per flush
• Punched for under-mounted toilet seat (5.5″ spread)
• 12″ roughs
• 15″ rim height, optional ADA Compliant Bowl with 18″ Rim Height
• Satin Finish with decorative Mira finish on trap
• Must use the Geberit In Wall Carrier

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Scarabeo Planet Water Closet with Wall Cistern

Includes:

• Toilet Bowl with Floor or Wall Trap-please specify a version
• Geberit Dual Flush Wall Cistern

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Grohe Kensington Wideset bidet

• GROHE SilkMove® Ceramic Cartridges
• Vertical Spray and rim flush
• Vacuum breaker
• Combination transfer valve/pop-up lift rod
• Choice of Handles. Please Choose
• Note : Swarovski® Crystal Handle ( Set Includes Swarovski® Crystal accent for faucet lift rod or diverter)

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Grohe Atrio Bidet, centerset

• Over-the-rim, single-hole installation
• Cast brass construction
• GROHE SilkMove® ceramic cartridges
• Includes pop-up drain
• Stainless steel braided supply hoses
• Choice of Cross / Lever Handles. Please Choose

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