Try one of these, been using one for three years.
Posted on 01/17/2019 10:11:55 AM PST by Honest Nigerian
Those “flushable” wipes you put down the toilet may have to be removed by hand from the city sewage equipment they clog.
The cleansing cloths, dubbed “flushable wipes,” are marketed for post-toilet use but are typically not biodegradable. They do not dissolve like toilet paper does when flushed, and once in the sewer system, they can clump together and cause problems.
It’s a mess Rod Chervus, the collections and conveyance manager for Lexington’s sanitary sewer department, has been dealing with for several years, and it’s getting worse.
“If it says ‘flushable wipe,’ don’t believe it. Don’t flush it down the toilet,” he said.
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Some dissolve and some don’t. But none of them dissolve as well as toilet paper.
The Scotts are best at breaking down.
Friend of mine is a nursing home administrator. He has banned these things but some families still bring them in. The above average use virtually guarantees they will plug the sewer lines, usually well downstream where removable is difficult. In older buildings with iron pipe which has become rough inside they are even worse.
The package said “flushable”- not dissolvable. So what’s the issue?
Yeah, it is a LOT of money for an average 45 minute job. It costs a lot because it is an icky job and not many people are willing to do it.
Even toilet tissue is best collected and thrown out with the trash. I know it sounds gross, but a proper sized bin by the john with a standard family sized grocery bag can collect an average day or more's worth of used toilet tissue. Tie up the bag and throw it out with the trash.
All plumbing breaks down and clogs eventually. It is just a matter of time.
I wouldn’t be surprised if municipalities end up filing lawsuits against the makers of these things... to recoup the additional cost of dealing with these falsely-labeled products.
Advertised as flushable not disolvable.
“Advertised as flushable not disolvable.”
I guess anything is flushable...
Even toilet tissue is best collected and thrown out with the trash. I know it sounds gross, but a proper sized bin by the john with a standard family sized grocery bag can collect an average day or more’s worth of used toilet tissue. Tie up the bag and throw it out with the trash.
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A bidet, even a portable one, is a better idea.
There’s no way I’m putting that toxic waste into a bin in my house.
Including tonka truck parts
When I was a kid living in Japan back in the Sixties, they had open sewers, and we would flush things down the upstairs toilet and then see if we could run outside and see the thing we flushed down seconds before float by!
To your point, you can flush a Rolex watch down a toilet, but what happens after that is not guaranteed.
Decades ago I had a goofy Libtard roommate for a year.... when we had to call a plumber for a badly blocked toilet it turned out that she had been putting wads of standard paper towels (those kitchen rolls of “Bounty” type towels) down the toilet while dealing with her dog’s upset tummy. She was genuinely surprised that this caused a huge problem. She was around 30 yrs old and this was before the supposed “flushable wipes” .... the plumber was shaking his head when she walked away but said don’t worry he had seen it all and worse.
It is truly amazing how far they have advanced in toilet technology especially with your 1960's vignette added on.
During the same time period, they've advanced from open sewers to toilet seats which heat your derriere, clean your backside, rinse out your anus and even (if you are willing to pay the price) analyzes your urine. And, of course, from open sewers to high grade closed piping.
We, by contrast, use basically the same toilets we used back in the 60's with slight design changes and slightly lower water usage and from metal to plastic piping.
LOL, no kidding. As a kid, it was a real culture shock going over there.
When I first saw one of those toilets that was a ceramic hole in the ground with foot pads on each side...wtf????
Really interesting place.
Why does the headline call them flushable when they aren’t? And packages of the darn things are labeled as such.
My cats would have a field day with that.
The newer low water usage stools with 4 inch flapper valves flush first time every time. Add a Bidet lid and you have a good system. Japan judges wealth by the Bidets in use.
I was there in 64 and visited a friend in an apartment complex, the toilet there looked like a standard urnal laid in the floor.
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