The French invented the bidet (bee-day) and it was pretty low key in the beginning. It was just a bowl that you squat over and then evolved into a separate porcelain toilet with faucets, but you still had to squat or straddle it.
In the middle 1900's UK toilet manufacturers improved the bidet as a porcelain bathroom device, but the UK did not adopt it and it was mostly exported to other countries. The bidet is actually a small horse. And you straddle a horse, so when the French used a device for cleaning they called it a bidet, because you straddle it when you wash.
Why Use a Bidet?
The bidet can and is being used by both men and women. Bidets offer the user a hands-free and superior water wash.
An invaluable aid to personal hygiene, the bidet is gaining popularity among senior citizens, the disabled and those with impaired motor functions or unable to control bodily functions.
More importantly, these devices can and should be used by healthy people that want to remain healthy and feel truly clean.
Sanitan Damea Freestanding/Back To Wall Bidet
The striking square-edged form of the Damea basin sets a styling keynote. The Damea suite effortlessly bridges the century-or-so gap between the traditional and the classical bathroom.
Features
- White - with or without Sanitan blue logo
- Floor mounted
- 1 Taphole
- Part of the Sanitan Damea collection
Evolution of the Bidet
The earliest known written reference to the bidet is dated 1710. In 1750, the bidet à seringue appeared. It provided an upward spray through the use of a hand-pump fed by a river. Until the 1900's the bidet was confined to the bedroom.
Modern plumbing brought the bidet into the bathroom. Where it sits next to the toilet. It is resembles a toilet, but it has facet knobs and you straddle it to wash.
Today, there are many modern porcelain toilet bowls and bidets to choose from built by many different manufacturers, but they take up extra bathroom space. However, another device has evolved that is attached to an existing toilet. This is more of an efficient use of bathroom space.
The Modified Bidet
The evolution of the bidet started after WWII, when the Japanese started importing American made toilets. It was better than Japanese toilets, because you could sit down in comfort.
After the adoption of American made toilets, including bidets the Japanese decided to improve the product. The Japanese liked the style of the American toilet that allowed you to sit and the Japanese invented a device that you attach to your existing toilet and shoots water, through a jet valve and cleans the anal and feminine areas without the use of toilet paper. This ingenious manual device was then expanded to include hot and cold water. Electronic models were then designed to include a heated seat, retractable cleaning jets, sensors, automatic controls, a dryer and a deodorizer.
Bidets are used by many European and Asian countries. In continental Europe, the usefulness of the bidet is fully understood and is considered to be as important in the bathroom as the toilet and the tub - no well equipped home is without one.
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