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Title: Bidet add on to regular toilet?
Post by: nebo113 on April 10, 2024, 03:08:39 PM
Anyone done this?   
Title: Re: Bidet add on to regular toilet?
Post by: pgher on April 10, 2024, 03:48:57 PM
Yes. Highly recommend. When we built our house, we had an outlet placed by the toilet for just this reason. My daughter has a cheap one that doesn't need power though and actually prefers it.
Title: Re: Bidet add on to regular toilet?
Post by: spork on April 10, 2024, 06:00:39 PM
Got two Biffys in the house. Love them. Adhesive on seat spacers doesn't work, I drill holes with a countersink to screw them on.
Title: Re: Bidet add on to regular toilet?
Post by: nebo113 on April 11, 2024, 06:21:07 AM
What brands for the add ons?
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Post by: pgher on April 11, 2024, 08:00:34 PM
I like my Toto. My daughter likes her Veken.
Title: Re: Bidet add on to regular toilet?
Post by: jimbogumbo on April 11, 2024, 08:02:01 PM
Plumber recommended Toto: https://www.totousa.com/washlet
Title: Re: Bidet add on to regular toilet?
Post by: jimbogumbo on April 19, 2024, 10:30:50 AM
A CNN article with recommendations: https://www.cnn.com/cnn-underscored/reviews/best-bidets
Title: Re: Bidet add on to regular toilet?
Post by: secundem_artem on April 19, 2024, 10:54:36 AM
OK..... I read this as Biden add on to regular toilet and wondered what the plumbing was like in the Oval Office.
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Post by: apl68 on April 19, 2024, 12:38:03 PM
The White House is impressive-looking and all, but it is a pretty old house.  You'd be shocked at how much work the plumbing needs.  Unfortunately the necessary appropriation has been stalled in Congress, like so much else.
Title: Re: Bidet add on to regular toilet?
Post by: nebo113 on April 20, 2024, 12:09:22 PM
Quote from: jimbogumbo on April 19, 2024, 10:30:50 AMA CNN article with recommendations: https://www.cnn.com/cnn-underscored/reviews/best-bidets
Very helpful.  Thank you.
Title: Re: Bidet add on to regular toilet?
Post by: nebo113 on April 20, 2024, 12:10:38 PM
Quote from: secundem_artem on April 19, 2024, 10:54:36 AMOK..... I read this as Biden add on to regular toilet and wondered what the plumbing was like in the Oval Office.

My spellcheck got confused.
Title: Re: Bidet add on to regular toilet?
Post by: Sun_Worshiper on April 22, 2024, 03:52:57 PM
I have never used a bidet. I hear great things, but seems so messy.
Title: Re: Bidet add on to regular toilet?
Post by: nebo113 on April 23, 2024, 04:40:59 AM
Quote from: Sun_Worshiper on April 22, 2024, 03:52:57 PMI have never used a bidet. I hear great things, but seems so messy.

I first encountered stand alone bidets in Europe, as a 19 year old (I am now retired).  We used them to wash our blue jeans.

Fast forward to today:  Several family members have them.  They are now a single unit, integrated with the toilet.  Once I got the hang of using it, I found them simple and hygienic.  And no toilet paper needed.

Wish I had installed them when I built my house.  Now I'm trying to retrofit.