Cleaning up overflowing toilets just isn't very fun

[highland145]

What is it with all of you with poor plumbing? I hope you're renting. If you're buying find a professional to fix it right.

Edit: If you're stopping up a 4" drain, then there's no hope for you. Get an out house.

 

[SearchMaster]

One of my toilets had something stuck in it for a couple of weeks. Every time I thought I had it cleared out, it would start to overflow again. I FINALLY got the damn thing cleared last week but you had to clean one overflow up - I cleaned about 5 or 6 of them. I was tempted to remove it and find exactly what was stopping it up so I could blame the right kid for it.

 

[highland145]

One of my toilets had something stuck in it for a couple of weeks. Every time I thought I had it cleared out, it would start to overflow again. I FINALLY got the damn thing cleared last week but you had to clean one overflow up - I cleaned about 5 or 6 of them. I was tempted to remove it and find exactly what was stopping it up so I could blame the right kid for it.

 

[Rubycon]

I have to :biggrin: at that pic for appearance. It reminds me of one of the most popular things at one of those naughty stores. :biggrin:

 

[SearchMaster]

Not a big fan of snakes, they sometimes scratch the bowl and leave marks.

 

[highland145]

Not a big fan of snakes, they sometimes scratch the bowl and leave marks.

That's what the rubber on the end is for. Insert before extending the snake.


Heh, sounds kinky.

 

[highland145]

I have to :biggrin: at that pic for appearance. It reminds me of one of the most popular things at one of those naughty stores. :biggrin:

Do tell.

Hey, where are the pics of the girl, Beev?

 

[sygyzy]

Do you have a low flow toilet? The place I moved into has an incredibly low flow one and the way it's designed, it's really easy to plug up. I know it's a gross subject. Sometimes being too eco-friendly, can cause real headaches.

 

[Leros]

Do you have a low flow toilet? The place I moved into has an incredibly low flow one and the way it's designed, it's really easy to plug up. I know it's a gross subject. Sometimes being too eco-friendly, can cause real headaches.

I have a two mode toilet. If you move the handle forwards you get a strong flush that uses a lot of water. Moving the handle backwards does a half flush. I've haven't had a problem clogging it yet.

 

[Doppel]

Has never happened to me. A toilet when properly set up will not, even if clogged, overfill the bowl with a single tank worth of water, so worse case the water rises almost to the top of the bowl and stops. If you are "smart enough" to flush it at that point, yeah sh*t goes everywhere.

Also the regular plunges work an absolute treat for me, they are magical.

 

[sygyzy]

I wish I had a fancy toilet like that Leros. But, since I am renting, I don't have much choice.

 

[Rubycon]

Do tell.

Hey, where are the pics of the girl, Beev?

The thread would tilt from a borderline banned topic (poo) to something totally NSFW fast. About as fast as dropping a 10kg lump of potassium in a wading pool! :biggrin:

 

[highland145]

Before I re-did the bath, ours was a 1937 6 gallon flush.

 

[highland145]

The thread would tilt from a borderline banned topic (poo) to something totally NSFW fast. About as fast as dropping a 10kg lump of potassium in a wading pool! :biggrin:

You've got cred around here. Go for it.

 

[Born2bwire]

The thread would tilt from a borderline banned topic (poo) to something totally NSFW fast. About as fast as dropping a 10kg lump of potassium in a wading pool! :biggrin:

I am becoming more and more convinced that you have ulterior motives for taking a career that places you in international waters for large portions of the year.

 

[Rubycon]

I am becoming more and more convinced that you have ulterior motives for taking a career that places you in international waters for large portions of the year.

Oh I've passed that point a long time ago. Not for the reason of an alkali metal exothermic fanfare but because it's the nature of the beast. Besides one can make serious heat and the sea just laughs at it like a planet sized sponge soaking up decillion after decillion gallon of byproduct.

 

[bfdd]

i think it's hilarious. dirty work has always made me laugh, i find it gross obviously, but there's just something humorous about it.

 

[Rubycon]

i think it's hilarious. dirty work has always made me laugh, i find it gross obviously, but there's just something humorous about it.

Yes it's like watching someone fall on ice. It's hard not to crack a smile/or chuckle when you see it. (hopefully the person is OK!)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=36WgNX_--hI

 

[Atomic Playboy]

The thread title is the definition of understatement.

 

[AMCRambler]

So you didn't even get to third base with her? Ha! I guess it really is one base on an overflow.

 

[Saint Nick]

Six gallon flush?! I can almost hear my bank account emptying.....good GOD. LOL

 

[highland145]

Six gallon flush?! I can almost hear my bank account emptying.....good GOD. LOL

This is S.C. During the middle of the summer, $70 max, to keep my weeds alive.

 

[drebo]

Way not cool.

Pretty sure that'd be the end of any relationship we could have had. Thankfully, I haven't yet had to pick up my wife's poo. She hasn't clogged our toilets quite yet.

 

[EagleKeeper]

Some ladies will send a tampon down first. That can set up a clog condition.

 

[Schfifty Five]

Do you only own like 1 towel that you need to use old t-shirts to dry the shitwater?

What about paper towels?