The boring answer is that its for reaching the shower controls for adjusting the temperature and pressure without the need to stand under the shower. Mostly for people with disabilites or people who needs aides.
I don't see how this changes anything. My guess is someone in a wheel chair would use the hand held showerhead more often, which means while maneuvering the shower, it would be possible to accidently spray right out that hole and soak the bathroom.
People who are in wheelchairs still shower the same amount. Depending on the nature of their impairment they may be able to stand long enough to shower, or they may climb into the tub and have a shower bench, or they may have an assistant who helps them shower. It’s pretty ableist to assume that someone with a mobility impairment isn’t able to maintain their hygiene.
It won't let out a ton since the water is spraying in an arc that misses it. There will be some water that splashes out after hitting you or the shower walls, but it's not going to soak the floors or anything.
That's a different issue since water pools around the caulk lines.
I've stayed in hotels that didn't even have glass for the first foot or so of the shower and it was a non-issue, although I definitely expected it to be.
I don't doubt this may be the purpose but the execution looks bad. It may be an illusion but it seems a little far away from the water controls, you'd have to go past elbow deep. The toilet is definitely in the way. You can't get to it with a wheelchair or while standing, you have to be sitting on the toilet.
I found this which confirms it's for adjusting the controls before getting in. I think this one in particular didn't have people with disabilities in mind and is a poor execution all around.
That's even more confusing, why not forego the shower glass entirely and just have a shower curtain instead?
Yes I know it's likely retrofitted, but I won't pass a chance to say that shower curtains are superior. Shower glass looks glossy in brochures, but everyone IRL has a sad squeegee hanging from it.
Even the cheapest shower curtains have extra sewn in threads at the bottom which weigh them down and prevent clinging.
Mould isn't an issue if you're airing out the bathroom properly, and washing the curtains every week or so.
Glass is also prone to mould as well, but you can't just throw out it. The tracks they require are particularly difficult to keep clean and give me the heeby jeebies.
Washing curtains is infinitely easier than maintaining and cleaning the glass tracks.
The hole is there to allow water to pass through the shower wall and accrue on the floor surface around the toilet, enhancing the sock experience of toiletgoers.
Wait. This is a totally alien thought to my entire life experience. I suppose you don’t pull it back do you? For whatever reason I think that’s how I imagined it? Honestly, I don’t think I have ever imagined it to be fair.
Pretty straightforward. Take a nasty shit and warm up the shower while you wipe. Alternatively, warm up the shower after realizing you're out of shit tickets.
My first thought was to flush the toilet whenever you needed warmer water. I used to rent an apartment where I had to turn on cold water in the sink to get hot enough water in the shower.
that's what I thought at first, but there is actually a way that it makes sense
you have hot water and cold water with a certain amount of pressure behind them feeding your apmt. if you turn the shower to full hot, the valve is still going to mix it with cold water. however if you take the cold water out at the sink prior to the shower feed, it's not going to be replaced by more cold water if the system doesn't have enough supply to keep up with it. so your shower water is being mixed with less cold water than before, resulting in a hotter mixed stream from the shower head
and like maybe there's other things going on and it's not the same in every situation and all that, but you can test this yourself and get this result, so..
Do you not have a temperature dial on your shower that lets you control this directly? If I feel like I need to burn my skin off I can turn the temperature all the way up and have 100% hot water.
Looks like they installed it backwards, otherwise you'd be able to piss right into the toilet from the shower... because some people think it's gross to wee in the shower.
It never bothered me, but then I had to replace the 2nd floor bathroom junction from the ceiling below, and saw that the tub, sink, and toilet all join and go into the same pipe. It doesn't matter which drain it goes into, it's all the same pipe.
Might be handy info at a big party. Pee wherever you want, just keep it off the floor.
Sure it all leaves through the same pipe, but it’s not like you stand in the toilet, no one ever lays down and soaks in the toilet, most of us don’t put children in the toilet.
It's pee, not glue, it washes right off. Don't you shower with soap and water? Wouldn't that washes the pee down the drain, every single time you use it? It's basically the same method you use in the dishwasher to clean the utensils you EAT with.
The boring answer is that its for reaching the shower controls for adjusting the temperature and pressure without the need to stand under the shower. Mostly for people with disabilites or people who needs aides.
Wouldn't this also let water out and on to the floor? Surely a sliding or hinged opening couldn't have been that hard to implement
Or even just a piece of shower curtain glued along the top of the hole.
It's also in a very terrible spot for that purpose. It would be very awkward to reach the controls from that angle and where the toilet is at.
Well obviously you are supposed to straddle the toilet and face the wall to get a better reach
Assuming you are bound to a wheelchair you probably won't shower normally anyway
I don't see how this changes anything. My guess is someone in a wheel chair would use the hand held showerhead more often, which means while maneuvering the shower, it would be possible to accidently spray right out that hole and soak the bathroom.
It would reduce the amount of water flying against the glass. But yes the mess will be the same
People who are in wheelchairs still shower the same amount. Depending on the nature of their impairment they may be able to stand long enough to shower, or they may climb into the tub and have a shower bench, or they may have an assistant who helps them shower. It’s pretty ableist to assume that someone with a mobility impairment isn’t able to maintain their hygiene.
They didn’t say they shower less, they said they may not shower normally.
Showering with assistance, using a shower bench: these are not the ways people shower normally. That does not imply that these methods are unhygienic.
It won't let out a ton since the water is spraying in an arc that misses it. There will be some water that splashes out after hitting you or the shower walls, but it's not going to soak the floors or anything.
I doubt it won't make much of a mess. My shower had a few leaky spots of caulking and that was enough to ruin the floors.
That's a different issue since water pools around the caulk lines.
I've stayed in hotels that didn't even have glass for the first foot or so of the shower and it was a non-issue, although I definitely expected it to be.
I don't doubt this may be the purpose but the execution looks bad. It may be an illusion but it seems a little far away from the water controls, you'd have to go past elbow deep. The toilet is definitely in the way. You can't get to it with a wheelchair or while standing, you have to be sitting on the toilet.
I found this which confirms it's for adjusting the controls before getting in. I think this one in particular didn't have people with disabilities in mind and is a poor execution all around.
shut up prude, we all know it’s a glory hole for elephants
It just occurred to me that it's not a sliding door, so this is plausible.
mfw i realize that shower is a chemistry reactor
this is totally incorrect. its actual purpose is for the bathing wife to be able to give hand to her husband while he's dumping a load
Or the other way. She can pleasure the husband while he's showering and she is on the John
That's even more confusing, why not forego the shower glass entirely and just have a shower curtain instead?
Yes I know it's likely retrofitted, but I won't pass a chance to say that shower curtains are superior. Shower glass looks glossy in brochures, but everyone IRL has a sad squeegee hanging from it.
Shower curtains cling to your body while you shower and get moldy
Even the cheapest shower curtains have extra sewn in threads at the bottom which weigh them down and prevent clinging.
Mould isn't an issue if you're airing out the bathroom properly, and washing the curtains every week or so.
Glass is also prone to mould as well, but you can't just throw out it. The tracks they require are particularly difficult to keep clean and give me the heeby jeebies.
Washing curtains is infinitely easier than maintaining and cleaning the glass tracks.
Need to get a better shower curtain then! Or swap the rod for a curved one, or both
The hole is there to allow water to pass through the shower wall and accrue on the floor surface around the toilet, enhancing the sock experience of toiletgoers.
isn't that what the shaggy pee mat in front of the toilet is for?
I'm not peeing on the floor, I'm peeing on the shaggy pee mat. Hence the name
I don't understand your question. You're asking how I suck at aiming if I am peeing on the floor, but I never said I was missing the pee mat.
Do you have a penis? The stream can start off rather unpredictably. Especially in the morning, or post-coitus.
Wait. This is a totally alien thought to my entire life experience. I suppose you don’t pull it back do you? For whatever reason I think that’s how I imagined it? Honestly, I don’t think I have ever imagined it to be fair.
I do pull it back, idk about the other guys wiener but for me the skin makes for a more unpredictable stream.
ah that's it then. All this time I was pulling the other guy's
Just wait till you learn how cold shrinkage affects the peeing experience for un-cut folks! Let's just say it doesn't all shrink uniformly...
It's not like the direction it's pointed and the direction it goes have any bearing on each other.
I hate when that happens and you have to lick it all up before the dog beats you to it.
What a terrible day to have eyes.
I miss this meme
I was thinking of that one but I don't know his name.
Gowron
Star Trek glory guy.
It‘s for wetting your hand while on the toilet. This enables you to wipe and clean your ass with your wet hand.
The manual bidet
You jest but the manual method was all we had in 2013 Konya.
Lol why do you need the shower for that? The toilet already has water and it's right there.
Uhh…hmm
What has happened to the internet today. Why is it like this
At that rate, just get in the damn shower
No.
I thought it was to start the shower without getting the cold or hot water all over you.
Its so you can poop in the shower and toss it in the toilet. Stomping it down clogs the drain
"Wafflestomp it down the drain" I think about that post weekly, still. I dont think im ok
Maybe poop in the shower less :)
Distance and accuracy training.
Logical
Pretty straightforward. Take a nasty shit and warm up the shower while you wipe. Alternatively, warm up the shower after realizing you're out of shit tickets.
My first thought was to flush the toilet whenever you needed warmer water. I used to rent an apartment where I had to turn on cold water in the sink to get hot enough water in the shower.
This doesn’t even make sense from a plumbing perspective
that's what I thought at first, but there is actually a way that it makes sense
you have hot water and cold water with a certain amount of pressure behind them feeding your apmt. if you turn the shower to full hot, the valve is still going to mix it with cold water. however if you take the cold water out at the sink prior to the shower feed, it's not going to be replaced by more cold water if the system doesn't have enough supply to keep up with it. so your shower water is being mixed with less cold water than before, resulting in a hotter mixed stream from the shower head
and like maybe there's other things going on and it's not the same in every situation and all that, but you can test this yourself and get this result, so..
Do you not have a temperature dial on your shower that lets you control this directly? If I feel like I need to burn my skin off I can turn the temperature all the way up and have 100% hot water.
Check your hot shower privilege
My golden shower offers constant warm temperature, but twisting the knobs does nothing.
must be nice to have such a hot water supply with high pressure
not everybody has that
I don't know what world you are from but my showers have also gone hot when the toilet is flushed
It's so you can get a nice wet spot on the floor for that maximum bathroom aesthetic.
It's for illicit hand holding
Looks like they installed it backwards, otherwise you'd be able to piss right into the toilet from the shower... because some people think it's gross to wee in the shower.
For the truly enlightened it allows you to piss into the shower while standing on the toilet.
It never bothered me, but then I had to replace the 2nd floor bathroom junction from the ceiling below, and saw that the tub, sink, and toilet all join and go into the same pipe. It doesn't matter which drain it goes into, it's all the same pipe.
Might be handy info at a big party. Pee wherever you want, just keep it off the floor.
Sure it all leaves through the same pipe, but it’s not like you stand in the toilet, no one ever lays down and soaks in the toilet, most of us don’t put children in the toilet.
Most people wash their tubs regularly. A little pee is going to wash right away.
Um... Define "regularly"
Every time you use it.
Most people definitely don't clean their shower/tub every time they use it.
Water and soap coats the surfaces, rinses off and goes down the drain. It's washed good enough for pee.
Weekly? Every couple weeks? So you’re good standing in pee for a couple weeks, or you expect no one else to take a shower for a couple weeks?
It's pee, not glue, it washes right off. Don't you shower with soap and water? Wouldn't that washes the pee down the drain, every single time you use it? It's basically the same method you use in the dishwasher to clean the utensils you EAT with.
My dishwasher uses high speed jets of 160° water to scour and sanitize.
...as a women?
Women can too, yes
As a men 🙏
When you have to poop while showering you can easily dispose of it without clogging the drain 👩🔬
What's wrong with a good ol' fashioned wafflestomp?
Also useful for throwing the hair clots into the toilet.
Honesty that would make a lot of sense
Its so you can pass snacks back and forth between the toilet and shower
Port hole for petting a very needy kitty with attachment anxiety.
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Fuck, wait! I meant an actual cat!
Doesn’t the screen being transparent rather spoil the effect?
You're a dude. It's a hole.
Put your dick in it.
Where can I get this door?
ayo