#818 Indoor plumbing

If there is one room in our homes that doesn’t get the respect it deserves, it has to be the bathroom. It is certainly one of the most used rooms in the house and without it, we would be running outside looking for the closest bush to use. (Not very private or comfortable.) Have you ever given your bathroom much thought? The idea of indoor plumbing seems like a no-brainer and one that must have been around forever right?

indoor plumbing bathtub pink bath tub

Although many people attribute indoor plumbing and the toilet to a Mr. Thomas Crapper, that is not a true statement. He may have held many patents in the late 1800’s for various plumbing fixtures, the siphonic flush toilet was actually invented by Joseph Adamson in 1853. Now there’s a little fun fact that you can store away in your memory for later use in the bar trivia games or when playing Trivial Pursuit Master Edition.

indoor plumbing doll in tub bathtub

Now, back to indoor plumbing. We can talk about the history of it all day long, but the truth is, we all need indoor plumbing and it does make us smile. If you have ever had to use the bathroom really bad, you know what I am talking about. That feeling when you just make it in their, turn on the light and have a seat on your trusty American Standard is bliss. Most of us today will scroll through our social media feeds and maybe even catch up on the news while we do our business. We often take the bathroom and its indoor plumbing for granted but you will never hear it complain.

The next time you turn on your faucet, take a shower or flush your toilet (or maybe even use the plunger), take a moment to smile and be thankful for that convenience that just a couple of hundred years ago, wasn’t around. Rural America didn’t even get indoor plumbing until the 1930’s! Imagine having to dig a hole, build an outhouse and use that in the middle of a cold, rainy night. Or imagine if you where staying at an inn or a hotel and there was no indoor plumbing. (And along those lines there would thus be none of those fancy little hotel toiletries as well.) With that being said, I am smiling just thinking about being able to turn on a light and use my bathroom without having to go outside.

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Better Homes and Gardens Kitchen and Bath Renovation Guide (Better Homes and Gardens Home)

49 Replies to “#818 Indoor plumbing”

  1. Pingback: #816 Hotel toiletries make for good, clean fun. - 1K Smiles

  2. Ever since smartphones came out I think it takes me about 10 more minutes to goto the bathroom, I just end up reading stuff on my phone!

  3. Good share.. Indoor plumbing is quite famous these days. Today plumbing issues are quite common in every household. You must select the right type of professional plumber for your house.

    The confusion of home plumbing can easily be avoided if homeowners take certain precautions and perform proper maintenance.

  4. “The line representing bathroom time was flat since the dawn of time then rose dramatically with the advent of the smartphone”. :)) you’re right for sure !

  5. I actually thought you were gonna give some plumbing advice but lah, I really enjoyed reading your article. The side comments are hilarious! haha. Yeah indoor plumbing is a bliss. imagine the outhouse being thrown down by the harsh wind while someone does number 2. That’d be a disaster haha. Just let me know if anyone needs plumbing advice or service will be glad to help out

  6. No wonder this is called 1ksmiles. It was fun reading your article! I wonder how the world was like when indoor plumbing was not available. Perhaps it was like the feels of a camping everytime.

  7. Ha ha, Hilarious! The freakishly large-headed doll sure looks like she’s enjoying her bath. Yeah I think we can all appreciate indoor plumbing! I don’t think we would spend as much time using our smartphone while on the toilet if they were still outside! You could lose precious bits to frostbite in winter! D: Thank god for plumbing and heating 😉

  8. So true, we DO take our indoor plumbing for granted. That is until something starts to leak or back up. Then it’s an emergency to fix.

    That was pretty interesting fact on who actually invented the toilet.

  9. Sure made me smile. Thank goodness for indoor plumbing! We see how convenient life now is if we look back on how things were. Feeling blessed with the simple yet grand things. how ironic haha!
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  10. I really enjoyed this article about how bathrooms have evolved over time. I’m only 23 and couldn’t imagine having to walk outside everytime i used it haha!

  11. Love the post. In the biz the toilet is called a water closet. I can function without a toilet (I say that now when its 60 degrees outside) but I don’t think I can function without a shower. The shower is not only a for personal use, but for others to use for your benefit. I appreciate all of the amenities our modern home provides.

  12. Incredible post on indoor plumbing – I will be taking some useful tips from this post and will see how I can apply them to my home. Thank you Troy for the great share!

  13. Joseph Gayetty is widely credited with being the inventor of modern commercially available toilet paper in the United States. Gayetty’s paper, first introduced in 1857, was available as late as the 1920s. Gayetty’s Medicated Paper was sold in packages of flat sheets, watermarked with the inventor’s name.
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  14. Jeez. It’s been a long time I actually pulled out a piece of printer paper to take notes on a blog post lol. Thanks for this. You’ve earned yourself a new reader!This entire post absolutely ROCKS! Thank you for all the hard work you put into it. It really shows.

  15. The line speaking to washroom time was level since the beginning of time at that point climbed significantly with the approach of the cell phone”. :)) you’re ideal without a doubt !

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  17. Good read and great post! Indoor plumbing is yet another modern comfort to our list to thank for these days. Thanks for sharing thos post.

  18. Yup, I must say the best part of this post is the picture of the kitty drinking water at the end. It reminds me of my old cat. She would love to do that. She refused to drink water out of the bowl, faucet water only. Thanks for bringing up such a good memory.

  19. I found this blog very entertaining. I never thought about any of what you wrote about, even though I am a plumber. As many people today were born with indoor plumbing already up and running. I could not imagine having to go outside to use the bathroom.This article you wrote makes you think how good we have it today.

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