The Ultimate Urinal...

Xc8p2dC_2

Gives new meaning to a "back splash"

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Or would that be Euro-nal...

Wallies, recently myself, John Sigenthaler, Bill Shady and Steve Thompson went on a whirl wind WILO tour of Europe. During one of our last nights out, in Cologne, we ate in a first class restaurant. Bill got up to go use the rest room and when he came back was grinning from ear to ear.

"You have GOT to go see the urinal in the mens restroom!!" That was all he would say, so each of went in there, at appropriate times, one by one and saw one of the most amazing urinals I've ever seen in my whole life.

See the attached photos. As Bill said, it made you WANT to urinate, literally.

Before we left, we decided to get a picture, so I "posed" to activate the wall washing system. (NOTE, my hands are empty...)

Not sure if you can tell by the photos, but the whole wall is wetted, from the ceiling to the floor. The water then runs into a grated trench at the base of the wall.

For the environmentalist in you, by European law, urinals and WC's in commercial buildings must use rain water augmentated flushing systems.

As we're leaving the restroom, a young German man walked in while John was standing there with his camera, and looked at us kind of strange, and John told him we were plumbers, and he said Yah, sure, WHATEVER and locked himslef into one of the WC's...

What a riot, and many thanks to our gracious hosts for an excellent time and tour. I'll share more photos and stories as time goes on. I can tell you this. WILO has some EXCELLENT products which they are preparing to release soon that will change the way we look at hydronics.

And thanks to my traveling companions for a great time. Talk about the ultimate Wet Head experience...

As they say in "Germany, Flush twice, France needs the water..." (Just kidding...)

TTFN

ME

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Just amazing! When you think you have seen it all ---

Don't you love inovation?

Paul Rohrs_4

\"Wait for the Shake\" Mel Brooks

When I was stationed there in the Army it was a little less glitzy. Just a wall with a trough drain at the bottom. I'm a little surprized that they don't have pictures of France at eye-level (Edit: Target-Level).

Doppel Dunkel Weizen Beer Bitte!! (Double Dark Wheat Beer Please)

Regards,

PR

Maine Doug_52

Each country along the river

As they say in "Germany, Flush twice, France needs the water..."

Each of the countries on the rivers have a variation of the expression. When I was working in Switzerland in photo materials manufacturing, one of the other plants had a discharge pipe under a bridge in the middle of the river. I watched a master retouch a huge photo to remove the black plume and make the water look nice and clean. Cheaper that fixing the plant and the waste was on the way to another country. Sort of like the waste dumped in the Colorado river.

"The Pee Wall", just amazing. I bet you all went back in more than once! Always an educational experience.

Paul Fredricks_3

Here's what you need

Check out this link. http://www.urinal.net/ If it's not there you should send in the pics. You can even email a urinal to a friend.

Brad White_9

What used to be known as

"trough urinals", now outlawed. Now maybe back in the name of LEED points?

Those side shields: I would want those to be a bit deeper and taller. Germany has often had issues with the neighbors and this is the perfect Allemande Allegory for that.

jackchips_2

Is it

supposed to be a Urinalbidet??

Let's not get the pants wet.

Jack

ScottMP

I don't know Mark

I only see one hand. I also don't see anything lese so ..... lets just leave it at that.

When in England years ago my friend and I went to the mens room. When he saw the same type of arraingment he said in his drunken voice, " Oh Great, I get to pee on my shoes again .. "

Scott

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Pat Clark_2

I remember

living in Germany from 62 to 65, and mostly through Europe, the men would just pee on the side of a building and I assume rain would wash it down. This looks to me to be a takeoff on that practice.

Pat (Alaska Time) Clark

Dave Yates (PAH)

well

He's doing the MEackerena!

realolman

I'm kinda curious

How you knew that was the place you were supposed to whiz?

You didn't leak in anybody's artsy fartsy fountain by mistake after that did ya?

Kevin_in_Denver_2

The waterfree future of urinals

Kevin_in_Denver_2

The waterfree future of urinals

http://www.sloanvalve.com/waterfreeindex.htm

Uni R_2

Don't stand too close...

We have them here. I hate them... Stand well back when using them, they do have a major splashback factor! When you get splashed by these, you know it isn't water.

Brad White_9

Uni-

Aim Down.