Can you flush a toilet by pouring water into the bowl

[Alkesh]

Is this true?

 

[DAGTA]

If it's not clogged, it will drain, but it won't be as fast or have as much force as a normal flush.

 

[Looney]

WTF? How have you gone through life not knowing this?

 

[jagec]

Of course you can. Why couldn't you?

 

[Rastus]

Yes, as soon as the bowl fills up over the siphon tube, the toilet will flush.

 

[Rastus]

Originally posted by: Looney
WTF? How have you gone through life not knowing this?

Maybe he doesn't have the massive logs you do to clog one up.

 

[loup garou]

Jesus...between this and the healthy hotdog thread...

 

[MrDingleDangle]

yep.

 

[tfinch2]

Speaking of flushing toliets, they were doing maintenance in my GF's dorm, and they were going to turn off the electricity. Her roommate said to the room, "hey guys they are turning off the electricity in 5 minutes, you better go to the bathroom now while the toliets can flush".

I proceeded to laugh my ass off for the entire time the electricity was out.

 

[Alkesh]

Originally posted by: DAGTA
If it's not clogged, it will drain, but it won't be as fast or have as much force as a normal flush.

thats not really a flush though

 

[biggestmuff]

Originally posted by: Alkesh
Is this true?

Are you some kind of moron?

WTF do you think that toilet handle does? It just releases an elevated load of water into the bowl.

 

[TheKub]

Originally posted by: tfinch2
Speaking of flushing toliets, they were doing maintenance in my GF's dorm, and they were going to turn off the electricity. Her roommate said to the room, "hey guys they are turning off the electricity in 5 minutes, you better go to the bathroom now while the toliets can flush".

There is some truth to it. If you have a well you can flush but your pump wont fill the tank back up thus you only got 1 flush. (unless you want to fill a bucket from the fish pond).

 

[Yossarian]

Originally posted by: DAGTA
If it's not clogged, it will drain, but it won't be as fast or have as much force as a normal flush.

sure it will

 

[aircooled]

yes.
and use hot water if you have a log clog

 

[FrancesBeansRevenge]

Hey, I just had an idea, if you saved up all your pee for one year, and just pissed once a year, it would be enough so the toilet would just flush itself.
I must be the smartest man alive. Could I make money with this idea?

 

[biggestmuff]

Originally posted by: tfinch2
Speaking of flushing toliets, they were doing maintenance in my GF's dorm, and they were going to turn off the electricity. Her roommate said to the room, "hey guys they are turning off the electricity in 5 minutes, you better go to the bathroom now while the toliets can flush".

I proceeded to laugh my ass off for the entire time the electricity was out.

Quite a bit of commercial bathroom facilities use electronic flushing mechanisms due to health reasons.

 

[Ronstang]

I use a bucket of water to "flush" the toilet when I need to remove one for repair/remodeling. You have to pour a decent amount of water in quickly for it to flush correctly...hence the bucket. If you couldn't flush it by pouring water into the bowl how would it work to begin with?

 

[Eeezee]

Originally posted by: TheKub

Originally posted by: tfinch2
Speaking of flushing toliets, they were doing maintenance in my GF's dorm, and they were going to turn off the electricity. Her roommate said to the room, "hey guys they are turning off the electricity in 5 minutes, you better go to the bathroom now while the toliets can flush".

There is some truth to it. If you have a well you can flush but your pump wont fill the tank back up thus you only got 1 flush. (unless you want to fill a bucket from the fish pond).

That's right, some toilets do require electricity for some of the pumping mechanisms, most don't

 

[lokiju]

Tank or bowl?

 

[classy]

Yes

 

[MrPickins]

The water from the tank is diverted so that some of it is forced directly down the drain, creating a siphon effect. The way Ronstag mentioned does the same thing because of the sheer amount of water pushing it over the hump in the drain pipe.

But just pouring a small amount obviously doesn't do a whole lot.

 

[Howard]

Yes.

 

[Minerva]

Who doesn't know this?

Vacuum heads will not flush this way. The bowl will just fill higher until, well it becomes a crappy situation. -M

 

[BooGiMaN]

the answer is yes, si, oui, ?, ja, ?a?, ??, ???, sim, ??

 

[Baked]

If you take a piss large enough the toilet will flush itself.