Quick question if your standing in front of the toilet and two pencils are flushed down but they go stright north not south to your end..Is the toilet still safe and useable? I tried taking the pencils out but they are long gone on the other hand the toilet still works though....is it safe to use than?
Lily
2007-11-12 09:47:06 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Toddler & Preschooler
I have no idea what it means for something to go straight north when talking about pencils being flushed down the toilet. But, as I answered in your other question regarding this matter, unless the pencils were small, they have not likely gone all the way through. Yes, the toilet will still flush and may even be fine with flushing a couple times, but the paper and fecal matter is going to build up and cause the toilet to back up. There is a trap built into the toilet designed to hold water in the toilet bowl and keep sewer gases out of the house. The pencils will be caught somewhere in this trap and will require someone to pull the toilet to get the pencils out. Snaking the toilet will not work as the cable will simply blow past the pencils. Using a flashlight and a small mirror may show you where the pencils are and you can fish them out with a bent coat hanger. If you can't see them, you can't guarantee the pencils went all the way through. Keep the plunger handy if you can't see them since you can't be sure they went all the way through. My husband has been a plumber for 32 years and we've been parents for 28 years.
2007-11-12 10:01:25 · answer #1 · answered by sevenofus 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I loved putting the tip of the roll of bathroom paper interior the rest room, flushing, and gazing the roll spin out greater TP on the way down---it is often repeated, and that i visit confess that I even have completed it some circumstances as an grownup, below the impact of alcohol or marijuana---good probability free exciting.
2016-10-16 07:11:33 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Take the toilet up by unscrewing the two bolts. Take it outside and turn it over. When its emptied rattle it. You'll know then. I've actually had to replace a toilet when a wind up toy got stuck in it.
2007-11-12 09:55:22 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
well once when my son was small he flushed kermit the frog in a boat down the toilet. he had to take the toilet off the floor. then take it out. then re seal it and put it back on.
2007-11-12 09:59:56 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
If it still works it still works.
2007-11-12 10:41:52 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
sure..if its not clogged go ahead
2007-11-12 09:53:07 · answer #6 · answered by Baby B 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋