Article: Consider installing a bidet in your home

FRESNO, Calif. - Bidets - basins that stand alongside toilets so people can cleanse themselves after doing their business - have long been common in Europe. Toilet seats with bidet functions are popular in Japan.

But in this country, to be delicate about it, the idea of rinsing with water before using toilet paper is, well, foreign. However, several people who have tried it say to just give it shot - it might change the way you think of bidets.

"It doesn't sound very appealing," said Kevin Pine, owner of Kitchen Bath Plus, a Fresno, Calif., store that has a bidet toilet seat in its restroom for employees and customers. "But I'll be the first to say, once you know what you're expecting, it'll ...

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