A Quick History of Lavatory's and How They've Changed Our Lives

Over the centuries, our lavatory's in our homes and workplaces have ever been changing. The styles over the centuries have changed with flush toilets, showers, and indoor plumbing but when did people start using lavatory's as a standard part of their lives? How have lavatory's changed over the years and where can you get the latest lavatory items that have everything you might be looking for? Well, my friend, today we will go over these questions. Let's get started!

History of the Loo and Standardised Lavatory

The flush toilet was first invented in 1596 but didn't become widely known until 1851 and then picked up in popularity. Before the invention of the toilet, many people used outhouses, chamber pots or just dug a hole in the ground. During the 11th-century castles had a form of toilet known as 'garderobes' that were included in the architectural plans. Chamber pots were readily used in parts of the castle where the garderobes where not used. Most of the time, these medieval toilets would drop their waste into cesspools or moats located below.

When toilet was started becoming popular in 1851, they quickly grew a part of buildings architecture to a certain degree. In 1854 there was an outbreak of cholera in Soho, London and they could quite figure out where it was coming from till John Snow figured out that by mapping the cases of all the victims that he figured out that there was a public pump that all the people had used for their community water and there was a leaky cesspit just feet away. This incident led to making an informed decision to start including each building or residence with its personal cleaning space with its water source. It wasn't until about 1915 that a standardize version of the lavatory was being placed in residences and workplaces. This standardised version was a close quarters with a tub, toilet, and tap.

The Modern Lavatory

The changes of the modern-day lavatory have changed greatly if you look back over the last hundred years. The basic lavatory in 1915 had the three essentials in a compact space. Modern style lavatories have plenty of space and can be designed with unlimited possibilities. With the bathtubs and showers you have options of Whirlpool style tubs where you can control the flow and temperature to shower cabins which would be relatively new but gives you the option of seating with multiple jets that can be built into the walls. You have hundreds of styles of taps and basins. You also have the style of toilet you want to choose for your lavatory. You have choices of close coupled toilets, back to wall toilets, wall hung toilets and concealed cisterns. With these modern style lavatory's, you also have options of choosing bathroom suit's to bathroom accessories and furniture. Indeed, the choices have rapidly changed to meet our comfort levels for our lavatories.