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primitives discuss clogged commodes
« on: November 22, 2009, 01:48:25 PM »
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Oh my.

Another clogged commode predicament; the primitives seem to have a lot of those.

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GreenPartyVoter  (1000+ posts)        Sat Nov-21-09 03:48 PM NON-DONOR
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Gah! Why?! Why does my toilet overflow instead of stop filling when it's plugged?

What do I do?

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1. Close the water shut off valve

Get a small pan or bucket or something and pan out some of the water ,at least half of it in the bowl. Same tank. Than you need a good plunger, not those old fashion rubber cup kind. You plunge until all the water goes down the pipes. Than turn that water back on . Fill the tank/bowl. Shut water off again than flush. If it flushes correctly, turn shut off valve back on and leave it on.

Beyond that my guess would be is beyond you.

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Warpy  (1000+ posts)         Sun Nov-22-09 12:11 PM
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2. I feel your pain, I have an ultra low flow desert toilet that clogs frequently. What I've done is partially close the shutoff valve so that it refills slowly and that has managed to forestall floods.

I also keep a gallon pail next to the toilet to fill and help flush large amounts of, er, stuff that looks like it might clog the works.

When the bucket doesn't work, I use the plunger. The trick to that is to have the water level reasonably low and to plunge very slowly unless you like taking shit showers.

Usually only two or three slow thrusts with the plunger will dislodge whatever is clogging the works. Deal breakers are plastic or metal items that went down the hopper when you weren't looking. Those take professional help.
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Re: primitives discuss clogged commodes
« Reply #1 on: November 22, 2009, 01:54:31 PM »
There's a good joke here relating to primitives and poop, but I'll refrain. I'm already on thin ice with the admins.  :-)

Let's just say the libTURDs are really full of feces.  :mental:
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Re: primitives discuss clogged commodes
« Reply #2 on: November 22, 2009, 01:58:17 PM »
Wonder what an "ultra low-flow desert toilet" is??? :rotf:

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Re: primitives discuss clogged commodes
« Reply #3 on: November 22, 2009, 02:15:52 PM »
None of their toilets work worth a damn and clog at the drop of a hat, but by God, they're saving the planet! :lmao:
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Re: primitives discuss clogged commodes
« Reply #4 on: November 22, 2009, 02:23:53 PM »
I think GreenPartyVoter makes up stuff because she's bored.

How do you not know your toilet is clogged ?  How do you not know how to unclog it ? Why does she keep flushing the darn thing if she knows it's going to overflow ?

Does she not have a college degree ?  :-) 
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Re: primitives discuss clogged commodes
« Reply #5 on: November 22, 2009, 03:44:16 PM »
All I can say is better living through chemistry.
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Re: primitives discuss clogged commodes
« Reply #6 on: November 22, 2009, 04:35:27 PM »
I don't know if it still exists, but for some time there was a brisk trade along the Canadian border of Americans crossing over to buy toilets in Canada, where they were still allowed to sell the ones that work. Only goretoilets are legal for sale in the USA.
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Re: primitives discuss clogged commodes
« Reply #7 on: November 22, 2009, 04:48:56 PM »
CHEAP goretoilets

Pay the money and get a good chair height Kohler and you'll enjoy trouble-free flushing for your 6 LPF.
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Re: primitives discuss clogged commodes
« Reply #8 on: November 23, 2009, 03:11:05 AM »
Quote from: Randy on November 22, 2009, 04:48:56 PM
CHEAP goretoilets

Pay the money and get a good chair height Kohler and you'll enjoy trouble-free flushing for your 6 LPF.

Buy and use an outhouse.....they never clog. :-)
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Re: primitives discuss clogged commodes
« Reply #9 on: November 23, 2009, 08:05:56 AM »
God, what idiots.

When you stand there in horror as the water in the bowl creeps up and up toward overflowing, lift the lid off the tank, reach in, and close the flapper valve, you fricking morons.
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Re: primitives discuss clogged commodes
« Reply #10 on: November 23, 2009, 09:10:22 AM »
Quote from: JohnnyReb on November 23, 2009, 03:11:05 AM
Buy and use an outhouse.....they never clog. :-)

You sir are exactly correct.  How un-green.  The nerve, wasting Mother Earth's precious water; save the planet,  crap in a pickle bucket.  

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Re: primitives discuss clogged commodes
« Reply #11 on: November 23, 2009, 09:25:22 AM »
My work has absolutely awful low flow toilets.  It takes at least two flushes just to get toilet paper out of the bowl, let alone anything more serious.  Way to encourage us to waste water.   ::)
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Re: primitives discuss clogged commodes
« Reply #12 on: November 23, 2009, 09:45:52 AM »
You can thank Algore and the Dimocrats for the low flow toilets.

If they were "rich" rethuglicans, they could afford what I have in my house...Toto toilets, maybe the only low flow that actually works, but they're not cheap.
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Re: primitives discuss clogged commodes
« Reply #13 on: November 23, 2009, 10:03:36 AM »
Quote from: BadCat on November 23, 2009, 09:45:52 AM
You can thank Algore and the Dimocrats for the low flow toilets.

If they were "rich" rethuglicans, they could afford what I have in my house...Toto toilets, maybe the only low flow that actually works, but they're not cheap.
Or you can go to Canada and get the 3.5 gallon toilets like we used to be able to use! :evillaugh:
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Re: primitives discuss clogged commodes
« Reply #14 on: November 23, 2009, 10:12:51 AM »
In addition to not getting down the toilet, the low flows also do not supply enough water to get it down the sewer pipe leaders.  That is why you see so many community "honey suckers" working on the entire sewer system.
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Re: primitives discuss clogged commodes
« Reply #15 on: November 23, 2009, 10:21:40 AM »
Quote from: Toastedturningtidelegs on November 23, 2009, 10:03:36 AM
Or you can go to Canada and get the 3.5 gallon toilets like we used to be able to use! :evillaugh:

Customs would probably arrest you if you tried.  God forbid anyone should have a working toilet.
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Re: primitives discuss clogged commodes
« Reply #16 on: November 23, 2009, 10:25:35 AM »
Quote from: BadCat on November 23, 2009, 09:45:52 AM
You can thank Algore and the Dimocrats for the low flow toilets.

If they were "rich" rethuglicans, they could afford what I have in my house...Toto toilets, maybe the only low flow that actually works, but they're not cheap.

Jacuzzi makes a decent one, too.
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Re: primitives discuss clogged commodes
« Reply #17 on: November 23, 2009, 10:26:27 AM »
Quote from: Odin's Hand on November 23, 2009, 10:25:35 AM
Jacuzzi makes a decent one, too.

And I'll bet they're not cheap either.
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Re: primitives discuss clogged commodes
« Reply #18 on: November 23, 2009, 10:39:57 AM »
Quote from: BadCat on November 23, 2009, 10:26:27 AM
And I'll bet they're not cheap either.

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Re: primitives discuss clogged commodes
« Reply #19 on: November 23, 2009, 11:33:33 AM »
Quote from: Celtic Rose on November 23, 2009, 09:25:22 AM
My work has absolutely awful low flow toilets.  It takes at least two flushes just to get toilet paper out of the bowl, let alone anything more serious.  Way to encourage us to waste water.   ::)

Ours are just the opposite.  It sounds like a jet taking off when you flush.
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Re: primitives discuss clogged commodes
« Reply #20 on: November 23, 2009, 12:42:31 PM »
Quote from: TVDOC on November 22, 2009, 01:58:17 PM
Wonder what an "ultra low-flow desert toilet" is??? :rotf:

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I too was going to ask what the hell a desert toilet is.  LOL
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Re: primitives discuss clogged commodes
« Reply #21 on: November 23, 2009, 01:06:28 PM »
Quote from: GOBUCKS on November 22, 2009, 04:35:27 PM
I don't know if it still exists, but for some time there was a brisk trade along the Canadian border of Americans crossing over to buy toilets in Canada, where they were still allowed to sell the ones that work. Only goretoilets are legal for sale in the USA.

You really don't have to go that far......any good plumbing supply house can order the "export" models for you (3.5 gallon), and you can pick them up locally (I just bought one for my MIL)........apparently a loophole in the law........it is not illegal to manufacture them here, or even sell them, so long as it is for "export", and no certification is required as to where they are being exported to.........

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Re: primitives discuss clogged commodes
« Reply #22 on: November 23, 2009, 01:17:37 PM »
Quote from: JohnnyReb on November 23, 2009, 03:11:05 AM
Buy and use an outhouse.....they never clog. :-)

LOL, our house came with one but it's across the pond. Have NO idea why it was there or who would use it. Except one year it flooded real good and the damn thing floated away to the creek.

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Re: primitives discuss clogged commodes
« Reply #23 on: November 23, 2009, 01:31:08 PM »
Quote from: TVDOC on November 23, 2009, 01:06:28 PM
You really don't have to go that far......any good plumbing supply house can order the "export" models for you (3.5 gallon), and you can pick them up locally (I just bought one for my MIL)........apparently a loophole in the law........it is not illegal to manufacture them here, or even sell them, so long as it is for "export", and no certification is required as to where they are being exported to.........

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For long time, the standard was 5 gal., I think, and before that there were 7 gallon models. I recently replaced one of mine with one of those that sounds like a jet engine. It works great, but I'm not sure how long it will work, and I don't think you can replace parts easily like a standard model. Just looks like a sealed pressure tank inside.
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Re: primitives discuss clogged commodes
« Reply #24 on: November 23, 2009, 01:40:47 PM »
Quote from: GOBUCKS on November 23, 2009, 01:31:08 PM
For long time, the standard was 5 gal., I think, and before that there were 7 gallon models. I recently replaced one of mine with one of those that sounds like a jet engine. It works great, but I'm not sure how long it will work, and I don't think you can replace parts easily like a standard model. Just looks like a sealed pressure tank inside.

If you order and install an "export" model, they are the same as any normal (old style) toilet except the tank is larger, the one that I got is adjustable from 3.5 to 5 gallons by changing the setting on the water valve (float) in the tank, but the 3.5 setting works fine........and the working parts can be replaced at any hardware store for a few bucks.

It had to be special ordered, and took a few days to come in, but it only cost $138.00, and a persentage of that was for a special yellow color to match my MIL's tub and lavatory.

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