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How to Discourage Toilet Users from Flushing Paper Towels Five Tips to Stop Toilet Users Flushing Paper Towels It is oneof the most common tasks for public toilet cleaners and maintenance staff: a toilet is unusable because there is a paper clog caused by paper towels or an excessiv …

Public toilet anxiety – a helpful guide for sufferer, bathroom designer and facility management How to Eliminate Public Toilet Anxiety Have you ever experienced toilet anxiety? You know the feeling when you feel pressured to “go” in public, or when there are other people waiting? This is an issue for many peop …

7 Facts about Paper Hand Towels Here’s the Real Facts on Paper Hand Towels Here are seven facts you should keep in mind when deciding whether to keep paper hand dispensers, or switch to hand dryers: 1. Paper Towels cannot be recycled Paper towels are …

The Truth about Hand Dryers Without Heat Can Hand Dryers Work Effectively without Heat? Drying hands fast doesn’t require heat. Old fashioned conventional hand dryers which had low speed motors used heat to try to evaporate water off the hands. This is time consum …

How can the worst freeway service stations in Australia improve? Updated 27/4/2021 Five Ways to Improve Freeway and Motorway Service Stations Freeway and motorway service stations are an essential part of every long journey.  A report by Canstar Blue highlighted the best and worst servic …

In a Australian washroom what is the hand dryer to sink ratio? What is the correct number of electrical points to install in an Australian public washroom? Well there is no definitive amount but here are some guidlines The amount of hand dryers needed depends on the expected traffic in the w …

5 steps to making a washroom more child friendly Updated 17-02-2020 I have twins, aged 3, one boy, one girl and a 4 month year old baby. The little girl is a determined little soul, she loves fireworks and parties and generally getting stuck in. The little boy on the other …

Which are the best hand dryers for disabled washrooms? When selecting hand dryers for disabled washrooms there are a number of considerations. Firstly the height the hand dryer is installed. Disabled doesn't necessarily mean wheelchair user, therefore there are a whole range of …

Installation Heights For Hand Dryers in Australia The multitude of hand dryers that have arrived on the Australian market in recent years has meant that different installation heights will now need to be considerered for different models/brands. The traditional warm air hand drye …

What does the IP rating of a hand dryer mean? In simple terms, hand dryers need to be fitted at a safe distance from water supplies and this distance depends on the IP rating of the hand dryer. If you have a question like “where can you safely install a hand dryer in a …