In alt.home.repair, on Fri, 02 Oct 2015 09:31:28 -0500,
wrote:

Bidet (is that the right word)?

I know that these are popular in foreign countries, but not in the U.S.
The way I understand it, when you finish pooping, some clean water

You're talking about a combination toilet-bidet. A mere bidet doesn't
permit pooping because it has no adequate flushing.

I may have posted here about the apartment remodel I wired. Despite
the ritzy n'hood, the building qualified as a tenement, I think, because
it had only one bathroom per floor. The owner, who planned to rent it,
I think, thought that would be a big drawback. She couldn't get
permission to put a toilet in the aparment because the drain pipe for
one is rather large (you may have noticed.) But she could get
permission to install a bidet, which she had done. The bidet-only used
the same size drain as the sink. She expected that it would be used
only for urination, but people do that a lot more often.

Of course when I broke my leg and it took 16 hours to get to the
hostpital, and maybe the orthopedist didnt' set it right or didn't keep
me in bed long enough, and I was in a hotel with only a sink and no
bathroom in my room, and I could only stand for 30 seconds before the
pain was enormous, I learned that a sink can be used for more than
washing one's hands. But even then, not for pooping.

sprays and cleans your butt. I'm guessing there is a lever or button to
make it spray. I have to ask, out of curiousity. Do people still use
toilet paper?

If it's a toilet, I think so. If it's a mere bidet, I guess not
because there's no adequate way to get rid of the toilet paper. Except
the waste basket. You'd have to ask a woman and not too many read this
group.

If not, I'd think this Bidet would pay for itself on T.P.
savings, and for those who have septic systems, would save on tank
pumping costs.

I'm considering trying to find one of these, assuming it fits in the
same space as a standard toilet, especially if it saves on T.P. Not that
T.P. is a huge expense, but pumping my septic is costly, and more than
once the sewer pipe has frozen on winter due to a wad of T.P. sitting in
the pipe. The pipes were installed properly, but the tank is over 100Ft.
from the house so there is a lot of distance for solids to travel. I've
even gone so far as to toss the used T.P. in a waste basket (with lid)
during the winter to prevent annoying and costly pipe clogs.

I wonder why U.S. people dont want clean butts