Bidet Home Inspections

The bidet (pronounced bee-day) is a bathroom fixture that is more widely known outside of the U.S. It is usually located in the bathroom next to the toilet and is used as a more thorough method for intimate personal cleansing. It is actually a form of a lavatory, or sink, and is not intended for use as a toilet. Rather, it is considered to be one of the most significant innovations for personal cleansing and hygiene since the development of indoor plumbing.

Bidets are constructed very similarly to toilets in that they are made of cast vitreous china, or china that is manufactured to resemble glass in finish and hardness. They are approximately the same shape and size as a toilet and take up approximately the same amount of floor space, only they do not have the tank for water storage that a toilet has. They function by spraying a jetted stream of water upwards to create a cleansing action. There are also accessories or attachments that can be purchased and installed on conventional toilets that will make the toilet a dual-function toilet/bidet.

It is a surprising fact that American plumbing manufacturers produce more bidets than manufacturers in any other country, however, the bidets are almost all exported. One of the reasons for this is that they are considered to be a luxury item or status symbol rather than a tool for personal hygiene.