can you dispose finger nails into the toilet?

Question

My wife been teaching the kids not to dispose their cutted finger nails into the toilet, she said finger nail will cause problem with the sewage system, I did not agree with her, but need some one to back me up on this, can another one help! I been always cutting my finger nails in the washroom and after I just toss the finger nails into the toilet and flush them away, one time she saw me doing it and gave me big hell for flushing finger nails down the toilet, can someone tell me is it wrong to dispose finger nail into the toilet? or is it ok to do so?

Answer 1

My husband is a plumber by trade.
I will tell you what he says...
As a general rule, NOTHING should be flushed into a toilet that is not as dissolvable as toilet paper!!
But the nails cut from fingers are so tiny, it should not cause any problems, unless you have a clog later, from something else, that would contribute to it, but not cause it.

Answer 2

As has been said for those reasons and this... They are to be kept, buried.. OR BURNED. That's it.

Never ever dispose of them as so many are now a days.

You can also EAT them :) no joke really they are packed full of nutrients... though I wouldn't recommend that last one ... :S Yuck.

I personally suggest putting back from once they came... the EARTH of course xD yay!.... mmhmm

The trash.. heh yeah right were a witch like snatches them UP! I THINK NOT :P

Answer 3

They do breakdown, so they aren't really a threat.

I assume your property has it's own septic system and that is what concerns your wife...having problems with it in the future.

If not, I woudn't worry at all about a city system.

Either way, the amount a fingernails would have to be staggeringly bizarre to create a problem.

But, to appease your wife, just toss them out in the trash----you do burn your trash though right? I'd hate to clog up the trash dump with piles of discarded fingernails.

Best to just find out what she wants you to do with them.

And, be grateful if this is your biggest issue in your marriage.

Answer 4

Why the F not? Just type some stuff up yourself using your word program or something and then copy and paste the logo of a university making it look like a legitimate study. Then print it and rub it in her face. VICTORY!! Ive been doing it for about 10 years living in the same home. Bigger stuff has gone down there without a problem.

Answer 5

It would take a LOT of finger nails to cause an effect on the toliet. I don't think you and your familey have anything to worry about. I would think you would have to save ALL your clippings for about 10 years and then flush them all at once to have an effect.

Answer 6

The poo smell is in all probability not there and you're in basic terms aggravating approximately this on condition that your BF would be over quickly. would I advise you bypass to the psychological wellbeing classification and submit approximately your tension and the smell of poo nonetheless being on your finger. in case you have consistenly washed the affected finger; and you hit upon that washing did not help possibly you shoud in basic terms steer away from wiping your backside for now on or possibly you ought to in basic terms double up on your wiping conduct. you additionally can replace the layout in which you wipe, which includes wading the paper as a replace of folding or vice versa. i wish this facilitates.

Answer 7

You should not dispose of general waste via the toilet. Just collect them in old newspaper and throw them into the bin.

Answer 8

It's perfectly fine to flush nail clippings. Your wife need not be worried.

Answer 9

they don't biodegrade fast enough and so toilet paper and stuff gets hung up and they can create a problem so does tobacco--that shouln't go down the drain and neither should coffee grounds.

Answer 10

Is she worried about the copper pipes being scratched by calcium fingernail clippings.


Not going to happen.