PRESENTED BY MUDASSAR REHAN & RAVINDAR ANAN

DESIGN AND LAYOUT OF TOILETS

A toilet is a plumbing fixture primarily intended for the disposal of human excreta: urine and fecal matter.The word toilet describes the fixture and, especially in British English, the room containing the fixture. In American English, the latter is euphemistically called a restroom or bathroom.

Types of toilets

Toilets

The most common toilet in used in our nation is the Squat toilets, in which water carries the waste into sewers.The most common design in western countries is the sitting toilet. Flush Toilet are still used by the majority of the world's population.

Squat toilet Flush Toilet A Sectional View Of Flush Toilet

Types of toilets

• Public toilets - Public toilets, public lavatories, or public conveniences are toilets that are accessible to the general public with common access from the street. Conveniences being the collective term for male and female designated toilets, convenience (singular) usually acquiring a gender attribute.

Toilets for people with disabilitiesSome toilet areas (otherwise known as "stalls"), are specially adapted for people with disabilities. These are wide enough to allow the entry and use by a person in a wheelchair, and often feature hand-holds or grab bars bolted to the wall, enabling the person to maneuver onto the toilet, if necessary.

A Typical Public toilet in India Toilets for people with disabilities

• Toilets in public transport - There are usually toilets in airliners, regional rail trains, and often in long-distance buses and ferries, but not in metros, school buses, trams, and other buses.

Lavatories on aircraft consist of a sink, a waste bin, and a toilet. On many newer aircraft the toilet does not flush with water; rather, suction removes the waste into a collection bin below cabin level. This type is generically known as a vacuum lavatory.

A Toilet in Regional Rail Lavatories on aircraft

• Private toilets - Toilets in private homes are almost never separated by sex. However, the size of a home or facility bears on the availability of options. Small facilities are limited by their space to the toilet options they can offer; it is more common to find a higher number of choices in a large facility.

A Modern Toilet in a Residence

Planning Consideration• Arrangements - Facilities should be conveniently arranged with special attention

given to clearance. The room arrangements should permit more than one family member to its facilities at the same time.

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