What do you flush down your loo?

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Lately, a few threads about saniflo, macerators, etc. have sprouted out on here, and I've been surprised seeing people commenting along the lines "make sure you don't put down wipes, sanitary products, cotton pads, etc. if you have THIS type of system".

I mean, is it really still considered ok to flush all those products down the "normal" drain???

I only flush pee, poo and loo roll.

Anything else goes in the bin.

@TheLightSideOfTheMoon me too! But the comments on those threads about saniflo/macerators really make me wonder what so many people think the drains are 'supposed' to handle

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@Sinuhe this is the most succint and to the point post!

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[quote NoIdeasForWittyNickname]@Sinuhe this is the most succint and to the point post! [/quote]
Agreed!

@BrokenNHS, I don't dare to ask what 🔴& 🧪 stand for these days

Blood, even I knew what it means.

[quote NoIdeasForWittyNickname]@BrokenNHS, I don't dare to ask what 🔴& 🧪 stand for these days[/quote]
Blood 🔴 and toilet bleach 🧪!

Ah bleach, yes I put that down too! Yeah to the 3 P's, and blood and vomit too I guess!

Absolutely nothing else ever. My dad brings flushable wipes into our house but had been warned never to flush them!!

I also spit my toothpaste out into the loo to save on water. It will go down with the next flush.

I thought the same when I read that thread. Why would anyone put anything other than paper and body waste down any loo?

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Plus, very occasionally, sloppy food waste such as stew - but nothing liquid enough to go down the sink or solid enough to trust to a compostable food waste bag.

Bodily waste and toilet cleaner only. Nothing else at all, not even loo paper. I've spent too much time abroad in countries where toilet paper isn't flushed down the loo, it goes in the sani bin instead. Much better for the drains.

We live rurally on a boarding school campus. We're on a septic system. The system got clogged up recently and needed clearing- they sent a photo to all campus staff of everything that had been found inside. You name it, it had been flushed-including a small houseplant

We're on an estate which is below the level of the sewer main which serves it, so everything we flush has to go through a pumping station to get up to the sewer. When we bought it was drummed into us about the Three P's (poo, pee, paper) being the only acceptable things.

We both lived for long periods in places with septic tanks where even bleach is a no-no, and I've also lived in places where bog roll goes in a large open bin, so it's never been an issue for us, but having seen first hand what people do flush away nothing surprises me.

Oh yes.
People still flush all manner of things down the toilet.

Dont get me started on this subject.
I know someone who has to deal with what get flushed.
Mind you, tech is now advanced enough to pinpoint the streets where this regularly happens. If you get my drift.

To be fair, there ought to be a publicity drive about it.
But not so many publicity drives happen nowadays.

Toilet paper. That’s it. Can’t stand ignorance about this.

Mind you, tech is now advanced enough to pinpoint the streets where this regularly happens. If you get my drift.

Ooooh, the Shit Police. Love it. Where can I get a job (if you'll pardon the expression) like this?

is it really still considered ok to flush all those products down the "normal" drain???
sadly it is, people claim they don't know that things shouldn't be flushed and many work on the basis that if it vanishes from the bowl (even if it takes more than one flush) then it must be ok.

The system got clogged up recently and needed clearing- they sent a photo to all campus staff of everything that had been found inside. You name it, it had been flushed-including a small houseplant

That must've been a very good wake up call for some But a houseplant - how??!

I used to work in an old hotel, and the amount of times we had blocked pipes from people flushing nappies down the loo was insane.

Surely common sense would tell you if you have to stuff it down there, it's not supposed to be going that way?!!

Human waste and toilet paper.

Unfortunately some people are just completely thick.