Perhaps the king of plumbing problems, a clogged toilet may be the most common and most annoying. It is in a homeowners best interest to limit clogs and sewer problems, as they can ruin a room and be expensive to fix. Plus, nobody wants to deal with sewage waste all over their bathroom floor – yuck!
The Cause of Clogged Toilets
Did you know that toilets in the United States clog more than most other countries because of the design of the seating, trapping, and flushing. Standard US toilets rely on a siphon to eliminate waste from the bowl and bring it ot the drain through the trap base. While most homeowners don’t even know what a siphon is, let alone its purpose, they play an important role to the toilets operation. Siphons need to use a
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These are a toilets worst nightmare! Feminine hygiene products soak up moisture while expanding. For this reason, avoid flushing tampons, sanitary pads, and applicators of any kind down the toilet. These products can expand in your pipes, causing major clogging. Overtime these will make it difficult for items to pass through the pipelines.
Cotton Swabs. Q-tips or cotton swabs are also an item that is commonly tossed in the toilet rather than the trash can. They can easily get caught in your the toilets trap or flange, which will end up leading to a clog.
Wet Wipes. Wet wipes may seem like their flushable – some might even claim to be ‘flushable’ – but the truth is, you should never flush wipes of any kind down the toilet. Wipes can easily get caught on pipes and cause blockages and backups. Its best to toss all wipes in a waste basket and avoid costly plumbing issues.
Kitty Litter. Although it seems odd, some people do flush kitty litter down their toilets. Although the purpose of toilets is to eliminate fecal matter, there are some boundaries that should apply. When you flush kitty litter down the toilet, in addition to the fecal matter and urine, you’re also flushing clay and sand, which is bad for plumbing. Plus, cat waste can carry parasites and toxins which shouldn’t be flushed through your water system.
What The Flush Were They
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However, believe it or not, there have been cases of more odd things taking the plunge in the toilet and causing clogs, check out some bizarre things that were flushed down a toilet and caused a clog.
False Teeth. Although it's hard to believe, dentures and false teeth are flushed down the toilet more than they should be. While false teeth seem like an item that you would notice is missing, many homeowners have been surprised when informed that the cause of their clog was a pair of dentures!
Jewelry. Whether it was intentional or an accident, jewelery is often found in a system. Flushing jewelry is not ideal for your, and it will eventually find its way to the sewer which makes it highly unlikely to retrieve.
Toys. Kids have quite the imagination, flushing small items down toilets is not an uncommon thing for young children to do. However, flushed plastic toys and items will backup your system in a short period of time.
The Bottom
In high school I worked at Jimmy Johns and have had to clean up after customers that have defecated on the floor next to the toilet. At the Men’s Wearhouse in Sioux Falls where my fiancée works, people have rented suits and returned them after defecating inside the suit. At the Kmart that my stepdad worked at for twenty years, elderly customers have not been able to make it to the bathroom on time and leave a streak down the aisles to the restroom. At the Starmark in Sioux Falls where my father was employed for many years, employees defecated in the corner of the factory bathroom. My father also worked on many construction sites around Sioux Falls where other workers would urinate in a bottle, place the bottle in the wall, and build around it. My father also worked on an apartment complex renovation where the tenants of the building defecated on the newly-carpeted hallways and proceeded to smear it on the freshly-painted walls. These stories provide some insight on the public defecation phenomenon in that it is not localized to one specific area or just large populated
Four body fluids that would be considered biohazardous waste are blood, semen, vaginal secretions, and cerebral spinal fluid.
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Have you ever felt a clogged sensation inside your nasal passages? If so, then you may have nasal congestion, or the stuffy nose, but do not worry, this symptom is perfectly normal and happen to everyone once in a while. To temporarily get rid of the excess snot, as the mucus cells may produce more, it is advised to exhale through your nose by using a tissue paper. In order to do that, however, you must first select a tissue. Next, you must choose a suitable place to do your business. Finally, blow your nostrils until they are clear of the extra muck and repeat if necessary. For hygiene purposes, always remember to dispose the used tissue and if possible, wash your hands!
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Before the 19th Century, sewage disposal was virtually unknown until the first American cities were built around the 1700’s. Human waste was originally disposed of in the woods, but some wealthy Virginians built large houses and used chamber pots to "do their business" indoors, and the contents would be thrown into the back yard. Later, as towns developed, waste was tossed into the streets to decompose or be washed away in the rainstorms (Virginia Places, 2010). Privies or outhouses were also built in back yards and were commonly used to dispose of waste. Toilets, also known as “water closets,” were put into homes in the mid 19th Century in the United States. The water closet had indoor plumbing where piping was run through the roof, and a gravity ...
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I look at my mom and she looks at me while I take a deep breath and slowly pour the fish down the toilet, I can hear every individual drop of every single fish falling into its deaths as known as the toilet bowl. I watch them swim around in that very disgusting, smelly, bacteria filled toilet for a while, but then it started to smell like old tuna and Febreze from my mom trying to get rid of the smell until finally I decide to build the courage to pull that darn lever and just flush the
... more into consideration the next time they throw their water bottle into a garbage can or down a sewage drain.
Separate cleaning equipment shall be provided for use in toilets, public areas and external areas. (Unsure)
The toilet needs to be cleaned separately from the rest of the washroom. This means
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