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Perhaps tangential, but it still astounds me how Americans scoff whenever I mention that we have floor drains in Australian bathrooms. "What, is your bathroom a
by spoils19 5y ago
Perhaps tangential, but it still astounds me how Americans scoff whenever I mention that we have floor drains in Australian bathrooms. "What, is your bathroom a locker room or something? snicker". Setting aside how it helps with potential flooding* and makes the floor tiles infinitely easier to clean, it also allows things like this.
*I've also had comments like "why would your bathroom ever flood???" as if nothing water related could ever go wrong.
- papertokyo 5y agoI was also surprised that most American showers only have a temperature control and not pressure, and the toilets waste several litres of water every flush.
- timonoko 5y agoAstounds me Australians have only one drain. In Finland TWO drains is now preferred. Especially in student dormitories and such. The reason is that people pass out in shower and block the drain. In cold climate water damage can be fatal, because of heavy insulation and subsequent mildew bloom in it.