Originally Posted By: Joe1
if it have the horsepower to get the job done.
if it have the horsepower to get the job done.
what to do when you overflow a toilet
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How much do you guys eat?
Originally Posted By: Pablo
How much do you guys eat?
enough to overflow a toilet I guess.
How much do you guys eat?
enough to overflow a toilet I guess.
Originally Posted By: bigmike
Joe,
I know how you feel. I rarely use someone else's toilet. I tend to clog ones from hotels, etc. as well. I don't do it on purpose, but that's just how it is. I'd try to hold out until you get home or stop somewhere else, rather than face the embarrassing situation from clogging a friend's.
I changed my toilets to new Kohlers. Toto also makes a great flushing toilet as well.
This is even funny considering your screen name is "BIG"Mike!
Joe,
I know how you feel. I rarely use someone else's toilet. I tend to clog ones from hotels, etc. as well. I don't do it on purpose, but that's just how it is. I'd try to hold out until you get home or stop somewhere else, rather than face the embarrassing situation from clogging a friend's.
I changed my toilets to new Kohlers. Toto also makes a great flushing toilet as well.
This is even funny considering your screen name is "BIG"Mike!
I'm thinkin....
I always flush my buddies before I begin the paperwork. The only time our stupid low flush ecotoilets clog is when there is excessive paperwork.
So to clog a bowl without the administrative stuff takes an extraordinary bowel.
I always flush my buddies before I begin the paperwork. The only time our stupid low flush ecotoilets clog is when there is excessive paperwork.
So to clog a bowl without the administrative stuff takes an extraordinary bowel.
My house has an older American Standard double flush. I call it the Holley Double Dumper.
Originally Posted By: CivicFan
This reminds me of Al Bundy.
I remember that episode! Al installs an new throne and the retires to it with the newspaper. The camera pans out to a shot of the local fountain's flow stopping when he flushed. You hear Al say "now thats a MAN'S flush!
This reminds me of Al Bundy.
If I know a toilet is "slow", I usually use a bucket full of water and pour it from high ground. The additional height increase the water pressure to get the job done.
remember: mgh = energy = (mv^2) / 2
additional height will translate into higher velocity, better flush.
Lesson learned: always buy the more expensive toilet that has the oomph to get the job done. A pressurized tank is even better.
remember: mgh = energy = (mv^2) / 2
additional height will translate into higher velocity, better flush.
Lesson learned: always buy the more expensive toilet that has the oomph to get the job done. A pressurized tank is even better.
This is BY FAR the best post ever on this board. Not because it's toilet-related, but because the responses are so matter-of-fact and clinical for the topic at hand.
I think about this all the time when in the "visitor's" locker room (house). I do indeed hold the handle down for an extended period to get things moving. And you can't go heavy on the TP or you definitely will clog things up.
"I've only had one plug once, and that's because Andre the Giant wasn't feeling so well."
For the above quote, Andre the Giant always had two hotel rooms when traveling. One room was for him to stay in. The other room was for him to use the bathroom only.
And he used the other large item with a drain in it. (Not the sink) for his "business."
I think about this all the time when in the "visitor's" locker room (house). I do indeed hold the handle down for an extended period to get things moving. And you can't go heavy on the TP or you definitely will clog things up.
"I've only had one plug once, and that's because Andre the Giant wasn't feeling so well."
For the above quote, Andre the Giant always had two hotel rooms when traveling. One room was for him to stay in. The other room was for him to use the bathroom only.
And he used the other large item with a drain in it. (Not the sink) for his "business."
There's some guys where I work that even clog the power flush toilets. I mean, it's battle conditions when you go in there.
The toilets at work will pull an absolute vacuum if you stay seated. Found a couple guys dead in there, but the toilets have NEVER been clogged.
I always make sure that I know exactly where the water cut off valve is before testing a toilet, lol.
High fiber diet 
Originally Posted By: John_K
Flush part way through, then again when finished.
John
+1
Flush part way through, then again when finished.
John
+1
Well from a guy named JOHN, it's got to be golden.
I live in an 80 year old building that has not so great pipes and probably the cheapest toilet money can buy (we rent, getting the landlord to install a decent toilet would be like pulling teeth)
I always courtesy flush when dropping a #2, one for the main attraction and one for the paper. USUALLY no problems, but I have plugged it during step #1 a few times. In that case you just have to start getting rowdy with the plunger, as gross as it is. If just the paper is plugging it, you are using way too much paper.
Also, if the toilet is old and you have hard water, the tube between the tank and the bowl may be plugged.
BTW, tankless toilets are where it's at. We had one in our old apt with the commercial style lever valve. That thing could not be plugged by any means. I miss that old [censored].
I always courtesy flush when dropping a #2, one for the main attraction and one for the paper. USUALLY no problems, but I have plugged it during step #1 a few times. In that case you just have to start getting rowdy with the plunger, as gross as it is. If just the paper is plugging it, you are using way too much paper.
Also, if the toilet is old and you have hard water, the tube between the tank and the bowl may be plugged.
BTW, tankless toilets are where it's at. We had one in our old apt with the commercial style lever valve. That thing could not be plugged by any means. I miss that old [censored].
Originally Posted By: AcuraTech
I live in an 80 year old building that has not so great pipes and probably the cheapest toilet money can buy (we rent, getting the landlord to install a decent toilet would be like pulling teeth)
I always courtesy flush when dropping a #2, one for the main attraction and one for the paper. USUALLY no problems, but I have plugged it during step #1 a few times. In that case you just have to start getting rowdy with the plunger, as gross as it is. If just the paper is plugging it, you are using way too much paper.
Also, if the toilet is old and you have hard water, the tube between the tank and the bowl may be plugged.
BTW, tankless toilets are where it's at. We had one in our old apt with the commercial style lever valve. That thing could not be plugged by any means. I miss that old [censored].
thats one thing to call it!
I live in an 80 year old building that has not so great pipes and probably the cheapest toilet money can buy (we rent, getting the landlord to install a decent toilet would be like pulling teeth)
I always courtesy flush when dropping a #2, one for the main attraction and one for the paper. USUALLY no problems, but I have plugged it during step #1 a few times. In that case you just have to start getting rowdy with the plunger, as gross as it is. If just the paper is plugging it, you are using way too much paper.
Also, if the toilet is old and you have hard water, the tube between the tank and the bowl may be plugged.
BTW, tankless toilets are where it's at. We had one in our old apt with the commercial style lever valve. That thing could not be plugged by any means. I miss that old [censored].
thats one thing to call it!
I just had an upstairs tenant overflow a toilet with #2 last night, and it ended up in my lower bathroom..
My fault, I had just remodeled the bathroom, and I set the flush valve water level way too high. Not only wasting water, but it wasn't leaving any room in the bowl for solids.
Plenty of curse words, and cleanup, then I was able to get the problem fixed for now.
Did I mention that the upstairs bathroom was freshly remodeled 2 days ago!
My fault, I had just remodeled the bathroom, and I set the flush valve water level way too high. Not only wasting water, but it wasn't leaving any room in the bowl for solids.
Plenty of curse words, and cleanup, then I was able to get the problem fixed for now.
Did I mention that the upstairs bathroom was freshly remodeled 2 days ago!
Originally Posted By: Joe1
How does one handle the precarious situation that exists when this occurs?
I usually camp out in the bathroom until I summon enough courage to ask for a plunger. If no plunger exists, I excuse myself from the residence and remove the friend from my list of contacts
How does one handle the precarious situation that exists when this occurs?
I usually camp out in the bathroom until I summon enough courage to ask for a plunger. If no plunger exists, I excuse myself from the residence and remove the friend from my list of contacts
Originally Posted By: L_Sludger
Originally Posted By: Joe1
How does one handle the precarious situation that exists when this occurs?
I usually camp out in the bathroom until I summon enough courage to ask for a plunger. If no plunger exists, I excuse myself from the residence and remove the friend from my list of contacts
That why you must keep flushing.
Originally Posted By: Joe1
How does one handle the precarious situation that exists when this occurs?
I usually camp out in the bathroom until I summon enough courage to ask for a plunger. If no plunger exists, I excuse myself from the residence and remove the friend from my list of contacts
That why you must keep flushing.
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