Plumbing Fun Facts

Although modern day plumbing and advances in sanitation technology are fairly new, plumbers and the plumbing industry have been around forever. Many of us don’t spend too much time thinking about plumbing or plumbers, and don’t realize that the plumbing industry actually has a long, rich history. To get the new year kicked off, we’re going to go through a few, fun plumbing facts!

The Egyptians were skilled in plumbing drainage construction as far back as 2500 B.C.
In 1700 B.C. the Minoan Palace of Knossos on the isle of Crete featured four separate drainage systems that drained into giant sewers made of stone.
Aqueducts to supply water to the Roman Baths were first built in 312 B.C.
In 800 B.C. the first Roman sewers were constructed.
In 1738 JF Brondel introduced the first valve type flush toilet.
The Tremont Hotel in Boston became the first hotel to have indoor plumbing in 1829.
The National Public Health Act was passed in England in 1848. It became the world’s first model for a plumbing code.
In 1870, Thomas Twyford designed the one piece toilet.
Toilet paper was first used in China. The Chinese were also the first to mass produce it
10 million trees are used worldwide each year to keep up with toilet paper demand
Splinter free toilet paper wasn’t introduced until 1935
Americans use approximately 8.6 sheets of toilet paper per bathroom trip
75% of the world’s population does not use toilet paper due to cost or insufficient plumbing
During Desert Storm, the military used toilet paper to camouflage their tanks
The average person will spend about 3 years of their life on the toilet
The Pentagon uses almost 700 rolls of toilet paper every day
Americans used 50% more toilet paper than other Western countries
Toilet paper wasn’t introduced in the United States until 1857
The United States is the largest exporter of toilet paper in the world!

We hope everyone’s new year is off to a great start. Remember, if you need residential plumbing services in the metro Atlanta area, contact us today about any of our services at (678) 822-7095!