Ian Cornish typed
Had another look at the Andex Moistened packet; not only do they state the product is 'flushable' but there is no longer any caveat about macerator toilets, which I think I saw previously.
I'm beginning to think the manufacturers ought to be liable for their product blocking toilets when used as suggested, and for subsequent expense.
Can I get one from B&Q or homebase?
I've looked on the homebase website and can't find it.
If it costs =A310 and I really can do it by myself, I will.. better than paying =A360!
| |The Medway Handyman wrote: |> snipped-for-privacy@mac.com wrote: |> > I rent. |> >
|> > I'd be to embarrased to get my landlord to fix it. I had the runs |> > yesterday and it's not a pretty site |> >
|> > ugh |>
|> You can buy a toilet unblocking device from most DIY sheds. A bit like a |> spring about 10mm in diameter. Look at Drain Augers here |>
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|> -- |> Dave |> The Medway Handyman |>
I checked the B&Q and Wickes websites, and neither included anything like that, even though the stores have bog clearing equipment. Real DIY would lower the tone ;-)
|Ian Cornish typed | |> Of course, whilst the OP was sitting on the toilet, he could have read |> the packet of the wipes, which clearly (at least on the packet I have, |> it does) that you should not flush down the toilet, but dispose of in |> the bin. | |Had another look at the Andex Moistened packet; not only do they state |the product is 'flushable' but there is no longer any caveat about |macerator toilets, which I think I saw previously. | |I'm beginning to think the manufacturers ought to be liable for their |product blocking toilets when used as suggested, and for subsequent |expense.
Well it is worth OP sending a letter, may not work immediately but maybe eventually they may change the liable.
I'm sure I bought one in B&Q some time ago, the websites are almost completely useless. Go and have a look.
On Sun, 20 Aug 2006 10:36:15 GMT someone who may be "Dan delaMare-Lyon" wrote this:-
Perhaps people should retaliate by installing paperless toilets.
Just looked at Wickes site
Go old school and use your hand - its one of the reasons you were born with a hand :)
Not even people running Windows? Surely that's worse than cleaning out a biology lab sink..... :-)
Get a bag of postfix (about 3 quid) and pour it down the pan. Do the same to the bath and basin. Then at least the blockage won't come back into your bathroom.
Oh and move house :)
Shouldn't put anything metal at all down there as the glaze is soft and easily damaged. Eventually the whole bowl will need replacing.
john2
Good point, but they don't know any better. Now Windows, *that's* disgusting...
It's one of the reasons you were born with *two* hands.
Owain
B&Q definately.
And at least your digestive health will not be the subject of ribald comment in the Plumbers' Rest.
Have you *still* not got that toilet sorted yet!!!!!
Owain
Your left hand of course and you never eat using you left hand or offer it to anybody else.
That's good coming from someone who can't even pluck up the courage to clear his own bog from his own doings.
How are you going to cope with a strangers bog, probably caked in dried faeces and line scale and full of the strangers doings?
In message , Dave Fawthrop wrote
Lidl el-cheapo recycled is waterproof and does dam up drains with ease :) Their very cheap bog rolls are also a lot narrower than (UK) standard sizes which I'm sure makes people use more paper per wipe. Just using a few sheets doesn't cover the kak hand sufficiently.
Hence the reason why people like me are called kak handed.
update - been putting BOILING HOT water down the pan
(don't know why. I'm kinda hoping the hot water will dissolve the obstruction)
There is no way in hell my hands are going down there. NO WAY. I'll pay the =A360 to get it cleared, so long as I don't have to touch it!!!
In message , snipped-for-privacy@mac.com writes
WIMP
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