Having the option to place our signs on all kinds of surfaces, including walls, doors and tiles, makes it so much easier for you to affix specific signage, such as male, female, disabled or unisex plaques for washrooms. Temperature Warning Signs may also be useful if there is any form of risk of an employee or visitor scalding themselves on hot tap water.

What are the Health and Safety regulations regarding clean washrooms? The HSE states: “Suitable and sufficient sanitary conveniences shall be provided at readily accessible places…”. Therefore, employers are obliged to maintain clean, safe and well-ventilated facilities. Even when I returned to my hometown in Switzerland after only 10 days in Greece, I was about to use the bin in my bathroom. And felt slightly sorry for the bin that it eventually did not get the job. Ideation & Prototyping

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Toilet rules. Whether you need to remind visitors to keep the area clean or to correctly dispose of their sanitary products, you can place these reminders in all washrooms or just those that are prone to misuse. In case you did not know: the Greek piping system is not meant to flush toilet pape r. I did not know either. A set of bathroom signs for your toilet area, reminding your children to wash their hands and flush the toilet. An essential for keeping the Early Years and KS1 classrooms free from germs!

Stop users from flushing all sorts of waste down the toilet by using ‘No Waste in Toilet’ signs. Such signs should be placed in a prominent position and it should advise users of what type of waste is not acceptable to be flushed down the toilet. One may also choose to inform users of the presence of a bin in the toilet cubicle. Bathroom hygiene In the past, the concept of the restroom sign was really a simple one. There were two options and two doors to put signs on. Today, the world of restroom signs has become much more varied than you might think. In public places, it is more important that the washroom signs are clearly designed and fulfils its function. Symbol WC signs People are more diverse than yesteryear’s restroom signs gave them credit for, and business owners as well as governments are now taking notice. There are new types of restrooms and each one of them gets its own sign.There are restrooms which cater for women and men, as it has always been, but there are also gender-neutral restrooms popping up all over the place, as well as transgender ones. It is important to be clear which is the disabled toilet, something usually marked with the symbol of a wheelchair. Changing facilities are usually indicated with the symbol of a baby on a changing table. As a tourist, you might have been to other Southern-European countries: Spain, Italy, Portugal, maybe Croatia. Flushing toilet paper was never in question. You can not comprehend why this should be an issue just in Greece. You might think the signs in the bathroom are an exaggeration and apply to more uncommon types of trash. After a while you will develop a ‘please-don’t-flush-paper’-signage blindness and just do what you have always done.

Sometimes enforcing cleanliness rules is even more important for general safety reasons. For example, communal areas may benefit from notices such as our 'Keep this area tidy at all times' Signs. Keeping these areas clean is important to avoid other risks, such as trip hazards or in the event of a fire. Consider affixing Fire Safety Signs in such areas.Turn off the taps. Leaving the water running is costly for your business and the environment. You can reduce the chance of this happening by displaying a Turn Off The Taps Save Water/Environment Sign. Runny noses are very common in young children but they often forget they need to wipe them! Use this Nose Wiping Station Sign to give them a nudge and remind them to clean their face. I looked for ideas that were not costly, but effective. Rather than printing messages on toilet paper rolls or changing the hardware of the toilet, my hypothesis is that changing the placement, messaging and appearance of the signage could prevent much of the damage. A local guide told me that at least in Athens you want to avoid any activity that could be turned into an excavation. Due to lots of Athens history still slumbering under the ground, your bathroom might end up becoming the next archeological hot-spot. More importantly: replacing pipes will be very, very costly. In short: restoring the pipes is not a turnkey solution.