Find Out About The Often Overlooked Toilet Tissue Holder

Toilet tissue holders are attachments in your bathroom that holds a roll of toilet paper. An indispensable part of your life, you often tend to forget it exists. In fact, after your toilet duties you instinctively reach for one without giving it a second thought.

Toilet Tissue Holder Overview

There are four main types of holders:

  • One has a horizontal piece of wire supported on a crux, which hangs from a door or wall. The aim is to keep the toilet roll in contact with the door or wall as the roll decreases in length. With the ensuing friction, the user is able to tear away the tissue. Some modern models have a horizontal plate covering the roll so that you do not need to touch the roll.
  • A different variety has a horizontal hinge sunken into the wall.
  • Another kind has a horizontal pivot mounted on a frame that stands separately.
  • The last type of paper holder is a vertical rod attached to a base. It is useful in a home with many family members.

Tissue holders in public toilets are so designed that it makes tissue stealing nearly impossible. Some public toilets also resort to putting large rolls of toilet tissues on its tissue holders. This is done to save money because frequent tissue changing means having to pay the janitor repeatedly. Children delight in tearing large amounts of tissue paper, which blocks the toilet. To solve this problem elementary schools have dispensers that discharge only a small amount of tissue.

Specialty Toilet Paper Holders

Sometimes when you have a frozen shoulder, or sore arms, cleaning yourself properly after your toilet is hard and mostly painful. The result is you almost dread having to go to the toilet. However, certain tissue holders in the market are so designed that you have to do almost nothing. It cleans you automatically at the push of a button and rids the dirty tissue after use.