Introducing the High Privacy Toilet Compartment

The high privacy toilet compartment redefines the structure of the typical restroom partition system by eliminating the use of pilasters. Instead of building the enclosure on a framework of rectangular pilaster columns, this new style of restroom partition is based upon a metal post and headrail frame. The small diameter, corrosion-resistant aluminum post removes much of the vertical visual bulk created by the pilasters, which run from the top of the stall to the bottom in the traditional system. The headrail, constructed from heavy-duty extruded aluminum, provides the lateral support for the panels and doors. While the old pilaster systems often incorporate headrails as well, the new high privacy system features a more contemporary headrail design with an anti-grip feature that more effectively deters inappropriate or unwanted behavior in the restroom environment.

The basic components of the high privacy toilet compartment are designed to function and fit together as a cohesive system, as opposed to the piecemeal, add-on approach so prominently featured in conventional pilaster-based solutions. These components include:

• Posts, as opposed to rectangular pilaster columns.

• Continuous edge-mounted hardware, such as brackets and strikes.

• Innovative shiplap or “rabbeted” edge, described in more detail later, which allows the doors and posts to meet in a flush surface.

• Doors and divider panels with increased heights to remove top and bottom sightlines, or in the highest-privacy solution, fully enclosed compartments that provide no sightlines between doors and posts and have no space between floor and ceiling.

• High-density polyethylene (HDPE) material with numerous advantages in sustainability, indoor air quality, maintenance and durability, as discussed later in this course.

This revolutionary new toilet compartment product delivers multitiered benefits to any restroom design, including a high-privacy occupant experience, a more efficient and sustainable material, and a cleaner and more contemporary aesthetic.

The high privacy toilet compartment redefines the structure of the typical restroom partition system, eliminating the pilasters.

High-Privacy Features of the New Toilet Compartment System

This thoughtfully designed compartment structure employs many new features that now create a high-privacy occupant experience in a public restroom stall. The combination of the innovative continuous edge-mounted hinge and shiplap doors eliminates sightlines at the door completely, while multiple panel heights or fully enclosed compartments discourage gawkers from catching a glimpse from both over and under the partition system.

Continuous Edge Mounted Hardware

The continuous edge-mounted hinge is such a departure from the hinges used in the typical toilet compartment system and so critical to the improved performance of the new system that it was incorporated into the name of the new compartment. One key difference between the hinges used previously and the hinges used in this new system is placement. In the high privacy toilet compartment system, the continuous edge-mounted hinge is placed at the edge of the door. Located on the inside of the door, the continuous edge-mounted hinge is concealed from view to people standing outside the stall. Hinges used in pilaster systems jut out from one edge of the door to connect the door panel to the pilaster. They are highly visible and significantly contribute to the sightlines that exist when the restroom doors are closed.

The concealed nature of the continuous edge-mounted hinge creates two important benefits: one aesthetic and one functional. From an aesthetic perspective, the continuous hinge is not visible, in most layouts, from the outside of the stall, creating a cleaner look. Functionally, the location and construction of the continuous hinge makes it possible for the shiplap door panel to rest snugly against the adjacent fixed panels on either side, creating a sightline-free toilet enclosure.

The continuous edge-mounted hinge is available in both inswing and outswing configurations of the high privacy compartment system, to best accommodate the needs of any project.

Rabbeted Doors and Panels

While the pilaster-based systems use straight-edged, rectangular columns and straight-edged, rectangular doors, creating a void and sightline between the two straight edges, the hinge and post system features angle-cut doors that eliminate sightlines into the stall when the doors are closed. A 60-degree angle is cut on two opposite edges of the door, allowing it to overlap with the adjacent fixed panels on either side of the door. This overlap eliminates sightlines and prevents inadvertent or roving eyes from seeing inside the occupied enclosure.

The angle-cut door contains a 60-degree angle cut on two opposite edges of the door that will overlap with the adjacent fixed panels on either side of the door, eliminating the sightlines.

Shiplap Edges

While conventional pilaster-based systems use straight-edged, rectangular columns and straight-edged, rectangular doors, creating a void and sightline between the two straight edges, today’s innovative designs feature shiplap doors that eliminate sightlines into the stall when the doors are closed. The term shiplap refers to a groove cut into a surface to allow pieces to fit together snugly, forming a tight seal. In this case, the shiplap doors allow the panels to fit together in a flush surface that eliminates sightlines and prevents inadvertent or roving eyes from seeing inside the occupied enclosure.

Multiple Panel Height Options

Traditional partition compartments are available today in three panel heights. The standard panel is 55 inches high and is mounted 14 inches above the finished floor. The privacy panel is 62 inches tall and is mounted 8 to 14 inches above the finished floor. For additional privacy, a panel is available with a height measuring 72 inches, mounted 4 to 10 inches above the finished floor.

For the highest privacy and largest range of aesthetic options, new fully enclosed compartments are available. Overall heights can be customized between 86 inches minimum and 112 inches maximum, including floor to ceiling options.

Fully enclosed compartments offer the most private, comfortable and efficient solution available for commercial toilets and related enclosures such as dressing rooms. The cost and construction time for multi-stall, fully closed toilet compartments is significantly less than for individual toilet rooms now offered in many comparable commercial applications.

The hinge and post toilet compartments are available in three panel heights. The standard panel is 55 inches high and is mounted 14 inches above the finished floor. The privacy panel is 62 inches tall and is mounted 8 to 14 inches above the finished floor. For a high-privacy application, choose the high-privacy panel with a height measuring 72 inches. These high-privacy panels are mounted 4 to 10 inches above the finished floor.

Today’s innovative compartment design not only improves the functionality of the toilet compartment but also offers many distinct aesthetic advantages over the traditional pilaster system. The new system creates a cleaner, sleeker, and more modern restroom solution. These advantages are offered in multiple panel heights and door heights, but are most evident in the fully enclosed compartments. Extensive color and texture options provide designers with a broad palette for creating commercial restrooms that will realize their unique vision for the project.

Aesthetic Advantages

Today’s innovative compartment design not only improves the functionality of the toilet compartment but also offers many distinct aesthetic advantages over the traditional pilaster system. The new system creates a cleaner, sleeker, and more modern restroom solution. These advantages are offered in multiple panel heights and door heights, but are most evident in the fully enclosed compartments. Extensive color and texture options provide designers with a broad palette for creating commercial restrooms that will realize their unique vision for the project.

Sleeker, More Modern Look

Redefining the structure of the toilet compartment from pilasters to posts creates two important aesthetic benefits. Using a small-diameter, corrosion-resistant aluminum post instead of a bulky, rectangular column creates a bathroom partition with a sleeker and more modern aesthetic. The move away from the pilaster column structure also creates a solution that provides better balance, keeping the visual bulk of the panel where it is needed and streamlining the appearance of the support structure altogether.

Fully Closed Toilet Compartment.

Concealed Hardware

One of the greatest aesthetic advantages of selecting a HDPE restroom compartment is the clean look of the hardware. The old pilaster-based systems rely heavily upon exposed and clunky hinges and brackets to make the toilet compartment operational. Depending on the layout selected, the hardware in the high privacy compartment is not visible on the outside of the stalls. The hinges are less visible for both aesthetic and maintenance benefits. The clean look hardware in the new systems removes the clunky metal hardware, that is not only unattractive but also difficult to keep physically clean and operationally functional. The new systems also feature a sleek, unobtrusive occupancy indicator.

Extensive Color and Texture Options

There are more than 30 colors and textures to choose from, ensuring that there is a high privacy restroom partition system available to complement any interior decor. Available colors include a wide collection of classic neutrals, bolder tones, and sleek metallic finishes. Toilet compartment panels and doors can also be specified in several textures, including orange peel, hammered, rotary brushed, and more.