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The most common waterless urinal system types I come across out in the field are microbiological. Basically a cartridge is inserted into the urinal drainage hole and when the urinal is in use, the urine passes through the cartridge, coming into contact as it does so with a bacterial culture capable of breaking down and digesting uric acid. In conventional urinals it is uric acid which needs to be regularly flushed away as it will otherwise crystallise, causing blockages and that ‘gent’s toilet smell’ that we are unfortunately all too familiar with. By investing in a waterless urinal system, the flush can be reduced to once a day or once a week depending on the system, thus dramatically reducing water consumption. Additionally as long as the system is maintained properly and the correct cleaning products are used, the washroom area will generally be perceived as being cleaner by simple nature of the fact that it is much sweeter smelling.
In so far as choosing the correct cleaning product is concerned, it is essential that acid-based cleaners, chlorine-based cleaners and disinfectants are not used as they will kill off the bacterial culture, rendering the system completely useless. Bio Fresh by contrast, contains the same type of bacteria used in waterless urinal systems and is not only not detrimental to their performance, but actually enhances it.
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As with so many other products, we discovered after a period of time that Bio Fresh was also capable of a number of other handy applications that differed from the core purpose for which it was initially designed.
For example Premiere has always had a large and loyal customer base in schools – of both the local authority and private type. In this environment, if the floor surface within the boys’ toilets has any degree of porosity, it can sometimes be the floor itself that is the source of urine malodour. Without putting too fine a point on it, urine (when splashed on the floor) will be absorbed into the porous surface, crystallise and begin to smell.
With the best will in the world, regular mopping or even periodic scrubbing of the floor with a conventional cleaning product is only going to be capable of cleaning the uppermost surface and not the body of the floor into which the urine has been absorbed. However if Bio Fresh is used in dilution to mop, the bacteria will capillarise into the floor, seeking out the crystallised uric acid and breaking it down on contact. Over the course of a week even the most putrid smelling of environments (e.g. the stairwells of non-secure multi-storey car parks) are drastically improved.
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