• Skip to primary navigation
  • Skip to main content
  • Skip to primary sidebar
Neo-Metro by Acorn

Neo-Metro by Acorn

Artful. Distinctive. Functional.

  • Home
  • Products
    • Sinks
    • Shower Floors
    • Fixtures
    • Accessories
  • Resources
    • Resources
    • Photo Gallery
  • Learn
    • Continuing Education
    • Hand Washing
    • Slab-Edge Sinks
    • SLAB™ Shower Bases
    • Vari-Slab Solid Surface Floating Vanity Tops
  • News
    • Current News
    • Blog
    • Project Case Studies
  • About
  • Contact Us
  • Show Search
Hide Search

Three Ways to Minimize Vandalism Damage in Commercial Bathrooms

March 7, 2018 ·

Vandal-Resistant Plumbing Fixtures for Commercial Bathrooms
Stainless steel plumbing fixtures (Nestor + Gaffney Architecture, Santa Ana, Calif.)

Bathroom vandalism is a significant problem for many building owners and takes up a considerable amount of labor time for maintenance crews—time that could be better spent elsewhere.

Aside from having a guard stationed in your bathrooms full time, there really is no way to eliminate destruction entirely. There are, however, more practical ways you can deter unwanted behavior.

Eliminate Graffiti in Your Restrooms

There is a creative “if you can’t beat them, join them” approach we’ve seen in restaurant bathrooms—chalkboard walls. More and more restaurant owners have turned to painting their bathroom walls with chalkboard paint, and then providing a supply of chalk in assorted colors. Once the walls are filled, your cleaning crew can simply erase everyone’s artistic expressions and allow new guests to begin the process all over again.

Make Your Restrooms Indestructible

Neo Metro Stainless Steel Comby Toilet

Corrosion-resistant recycled and recyclable stainless steel is a durable choice for toilets and urinals. Look for welded pieces that maintain their integrity and strength in high-traffic areas

There is a reason stainless steel fixtures are used in prisons and schools. They can stand up to just about any abuse that is thrown at them.

Porcelain fixtures are a bad choice for public restrooms because it doesn’t take very much effort to break a porcelain toilet or sink. Once the porcelain fixture is broken you not only have a mess to clean up, but you end up with dangerous shards that can cause tremendous damage to a person. On top of that, you have to keep replacing the broken fixtures.

Stainless steel fixtures on the other hand are practically indestructible. Is it overkill? We don’t think so. What if someone decided to use your sink as a chair while they chatted with their friends? Or someone decided to use your toilet as a step stool? This doesn’t even cover some of the things people do to in restrooms. These people are not your typical vandals, just people who made a bad choice.

If the natural appearance of stainless steel doesn’t fit in with your design, Custom graphics, colors, and finishes can contribute an exclusive look to each fixture. We can apply a powder coat to our stainless steel fixtures, color-matched to any hue.

When you want something that will last for years and years in a heavy use situation, then stainless steel is the best choice.

Select Restroom Materials That Are Easy to Repair

If you are less worried about vandalism and more worried about run of the mill damage in your restroom, then solid surface and resin countertops may be the way to go.

Resin countertops are a popular choice for laboratories because of their resistance to stains, impact, scratches, and heat. That resistance makes them well suited for the high-traffic restroom environment. If needed, the surface can be refinished instead of replacing the entire unit.

Neo Metro Cast Resin Sink with LED Lights

Neo-Metro Cast Resin Basin with LED Lighting

LED lighting has been incorporated into these resin countertops as both a lighting feature and a design element. Neo-Metro resin countertops can be made to match any pantone color or paint sample and can be cast into any size or shape in molds, allowing for highly customizable and unique pieces.

Solid surfacing is resistant to chips, cracks, impact, scratches, heat, chemicals, and stains, and is Class A fire rated. It is durable and can easily be repaired or refinished. Cigarette burns, permanent marker, and minor scratches can be removed with a sander or a non-scratch scouring pad.

Shape, size, and thickness are customizable for unique designs and Neo-Metro solid surface sinks come in a variety of color options and can be custom color matched to suit any surrounding décor.

Neo Metro Solid Surface basin and countertop

Custom 48” wall-mounted Slab, double basin 17” x 14” x 4” with shelf. This could be a single basin and installed in a hotel ADA room, the shelf used as a storage area for towels.

For more information about Neo-Metro and our commercial plumbing products, please contact us.

Bathroom Vanities, Sinks & Countertops, Cast Resin, Design Tips, Materials, Solid Surface, Stainless Steel, Stainless Steel Toilets, Stainless Steel Urinals, Vandal Resistant bathroom graffiti, cleaning and maintenance, solid surface countertop, stainless steel sink, wall mounted fixtures

Share

Related Articles

  • Three Design Tips for Cleaner Commercial Bathrooms
  • Case Study: Custom Hand Washing Stations for Philadelphia Zoo
  • How to Repair Minor Damage to Solid Surface Countertops

Primary Sidebar

Recent Posts

  • How to Properly Clean & Care for Stainless Steel
  • Three Design Tips for Cleaner Commercial Bathrooms
  • Case Study: Custom Hand Washing Stations for Philadelphia Zoo
  • How to Repair Minor Damage to Solid Surface Countertops
  • The Four Most Important Design Trends for Commercial Restrooms

Archives

  • January 2022
  • December 2021
  • November 2021
  • June 2018
  • March 2018
  • February 2018

Search Blog

Find Us on Social

  • Facebook
  • Instagram
  • LinkedIn
  • Pinterest
  • Twitter
  • YouTube

Neo-Metro by Acorn

Copyright © 2023