Before we go any further into this post, can we just say that every single one of our door knobs is meticulously cleaned before it goes anywhere near a postage box! Something you’d take for granted, I know, but you’ll be glad of it before you finish reading about this…

Earlier this year NBC’s Dallas office reported on a Texas invention that saves people from touching public toilet doors with their hands. It is basically a foot pull that allows you to open doors without touching them with your hands. We know, nearly everyone in the world has been touching bathroom doors all of their lives, and never contracted dysentery or hepatitis … but the inventors definitely aren’t scaremongers. Scientific research supports the fact that the majority of invisible matter on bathroom doors comes from faeces … Incidentally, I have also read in several places that seven out of ten door handles worldwide have traces of semen on them.

Still think the foot pull is overkill? I dare you to pick up your food with your hands after using a public restroom. Go on, I double dare you!!

I was thinking about how great it would be to have yet another excuse to adorn your doors with their own brand of art-cross-jewellery, and how to use some of our handles (especially lever handles) as foot pulls in your own home. Immediately following that though, I started to realise what sort of message that sent about the hygiene standards in your home! Unfortunately you may need to check out some of our other blog posts for interesting and offbeat ways to use door hardware in the rest of your home – we don’t necessarily recommend this one!

Photo credits: footpull.com

          

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