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Before we talk about a bathroom sink we need to clear up what a bathroom is. In the US we tend to think of a bathroom as “a room with a lavatory“. However in a lot of countries it is, as the name suggests, a room with a bath.
When we think about designing a bathroom I suppose the first thing that most of us put in is a bath and that is not al all surprising as that is the meaning of the word. Nowadays however a number of people are not even putting a bath but the bathtub has been replaced by a shower instead. Of course, a lot of people do include both. I think that the amount of water used by a normal shower is less than that used in an average bath. Maybe that is a part of the reason why. It could also lead to a change of meaning to “a room to bathe in“
The second thing is a toilet and to accompany that must be a wash basin. These two should always be fitted together because, as we all know, it is very important to always wash your hands after using the lavatory. In olden days and still in Europe sometimes there was a bidet in every bathroom. This is a bit like a hand basin but is for sitting in to clean the parts you are sitting on after visiting the toilet.
The wash basin in a bathroom is often in the form of a wall hung sink. This will allow for the area beneath the unit to be used as storage which is not possible if the sink unit goes all the way to the floor.
One very popular thing is to have a master bedroom with a bathroom leading off of it. This is called an en-suite bathroom and is intended to be used by the occupants of that room only. This would normally be the couple that lived in the house or, if in a hotel or similar, the people using that room.
Cleanliness has been an important part of human culture almost for ever but the bathtub as we know it today has only been around for a few hundred years. In olden times there used to be a great use of a communal bathing area. This could well serve a whole village or township. In fact it used to be a focal point of village life. How times change. The thought of a communal bath is abhorrent to all except sports players.
You can get a hand wash basin in many different shapes, sizes and colors although they used to always be white. They are normally made of vitreous china. All the leading bathroom fitting manufacturers will have one. If the room in your bathroom is limited it is often popular to use a corner sink which can fit nicely in between the other units.
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