OK then…warning, this gets graphic.
The problem
North American toilets tend to be siphoning toilets – that is, the water-ways in these toilets are designed with slightly smaller diameters than a non-siphoning toilet, so that the water-way will naturally fill up with water, each time it is flushed, thus creating the siphon action.
The recognised problem is the splashing that frequently occurs upon load. Due to the increased water, often higher water level, and area and size of wet target when released, the odds are increased dramatically.
How to avoid the dreaded splash
There are a few suggestions here:
Final, desperate solution – when in doubt and you need a technological solution, you can always rely on the Japanese to come up with something. I introduce – toilet knee pads!
Well I wish you had used a photo of a cleaner European toilet for comparison. What will the Canadians think?!
Indeed this is typical of North American toilets. The same applies down in Good Ole USA too. In fact I’ve seen much higher water levels than this.
There are two answers really:
Since you brought up this particularly tasteful topic I have some related observations:
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