Depends on the situation. With COLD tap water(like well water in some areas for example), and humidity, the condensation can be bad enough to cause damage. At my grandparents house in Montana, the well water seemed refrigerator cold, and the toilet tanks sweated even if no one had been taking a shower.
It shouldn’t take that much heat to bring it up near enough to room temperature to limit the problem.
I suppose insulating the tank might work, but doing it right so it wouldn’t cause other problems might be harder.
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Waterfall urinal in the Madonna Inn, San Luis Obispo, CA.
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I am now sad I missed at least getting to see that when I stayed there.
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The French are all either 14th century or 24th.
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Headline is sadly mistaken. Urinals, whether at home or otherwise, are not for movements. You’re doing it wrong.
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Quite possibly not much of a waste of energy during heating months – unconditioned water in the tank would cool the room, placing a small additional load on the home heating system. Instead, using conditioned water places a small additional load on the water heating system. You can pay me now, or you can pay me later. Admittedly it’s a lose vs. the case where you flush, then fill the tank with unconditioned water, then flush again before the tank comes up to room temp. Enough to worry about, though? I guess it depends on your flushing habits.
In the warmer months, depending on what the set point of the valve and the summertime temp of the cold water feed is, you might not even be drawing from the hot water. Hereabouts, the cold water ain’t that cold in the summer, not enough to cause condensation.
I mean, I’ve never heard of filling the toilet tank with warmed water before (except one example I saw that was plumbed wrong and filled with hot water 
) but it doesn’t seem obviously wrong. Or rather, it does seem so obviously wrong on the surface that the obviousness begs for closer examination.
Where do I get one?!
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Si monumentum requiris, try The Philharmonic pub in Liverpool…
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Or worse leaving the seat down while urinating. Every guy thinks they can but no man’s aim is that good.
You know, there’s people with certain conditions of the urinary tract. Which together with taboos around personal hygiene more often than not come with a a serious complex of shame and surrounding social issues.
One such condition is an overactive bladder, to which ableist usually reply with quips like “oh you have to go again”, “can’t you keep it in a bit” or “oh that’s uncommon in men, isnt it?”.
Another is a kink in the urether, resulting in the bladder not being completely emptied when sitting, but this rest of urine can empty more or less spontaneously when standing up. Which sometimes causes confrontations with ableists who insist that there can be no exception from the rule that pissing while standing can not be connected to a bodily condition, but must obviously be a figment of toxic masculinity and an attack that has to be sanctioned.
But thanks for the suggestion to piss in the shower. People with such a condition will much appreciate your valuable input. It must be hard to keep on top of everybody in their world peeing in a way that is socially acceptable to you.
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If we live that long, all of us will eventually likely have problems and/or pain getting up and down, as well as standing to pee. So if you can’t imagine now, wait a couple decades. Your idea of railing is a good idea. It might not fit in all bathroom spaces, and sadly if you don’t have smoothly working hips, you might not have great shoulders either, so they don’t help everyone. Other option is the toilet seat riser, though they’re not comfortable for everyone, and getting low/squatting to flex your hips helps with bowel movements.
But you can pee into a toilet while standing up as often as you like. I am saying this with the authority of someone who pees very frequently and standing up and into a toilet.
If someone needs any accommodation to make their life easier, they should have that. But that is obviously not what this article highlights, the piece is about people who get urinals as a kind of novelty. Which is fine, but also silly.
Still though, thank you for raising the issue of the liberatory potential of urinals for disabled people. It is something that had not occured to me and it’s a very good point.
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Every house already has a urinal built in. It’s called a sink - it’s waist-high, you can regulate the water flow, and you can wash your hands right after using it.
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Have I missed it, or has there been any discussion here, of urinals designed for women to use? (i.e., fixtures, not the portable funnel-type of thing that’s made for camping, or things that may be used instead of a bedpan.)
(The wikipedia article has a lot more info than I expected it to.)
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Personally I would go with the classic creek through house feature. Then any gender can have the quick pee.
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maybe y’all have a different building code or standard of practice where you are. i’m in texas and there isn’t a sink in my house, my mom’s house, my sister’s house, my nephew’s house, or in my older son’s house where i could urinate into any of the said sinks without having to have at least a 9"-12" tall object to stand on. i’m 6’ tall with normally proportioned anatomical features.
I was once in a house that had a waterfall in the living room. All I could think of was how the sound of running water makes some people have to pee.
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Toilet Bidet! Get a spritz while you shits!
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