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Even kitchen roll shouldn't be flushed down the toilet, I believe also that short flushes aren't good, most toilet designs haven't changed in years IE pipes are the same size so not designed for modern products.

Stella...((((HUGS)))).

<3 <3 <3 :-D

I've had these notices in self-catering cottages way out in the country where they are attached to cesspits - and I believe there can be problems with macerator loos which often installed where there is limited access to drainage.

We were away on a caravan club site last week. In the toilet block there were notices in each cubical saying "do not flush wipes down the loo as they cause blockages and it could result in the whole toilet block being closed" :-0 OH said that the same notices were in the Gents as well.

Its the first time I have seen this in 14 years of caravanning so I suppose it must be a new problem

Teresa

haha... well i have learned a lesson today.... :-S

You do wonder what people get up to.

My cousin has a caravan and a note appeared on the toilet during the closed season listing what should not be put down the loo, the list included toothbrushes!

Me I just rinse them under the tap, too lazy to bend down all that way and do 'em in the bowl :-D :-D :-D

I was poo pooed (pardon the pun) for saying wipes and cleaning pads shouldn't go down the loo.

Don't put anything in the loo unless it has been eaten first!

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-23584833

Enjoy your tea :-D

i am a bit cross because they had to rod the toilet from inside the house to push the blockage out so i have had lots of water to mop up.. now for the bleach and air fresheners lol....

Sorry Chris... i didn't see your thread i don't post very often.. :-)

We had a problem a couple of years ago where a blockage had been building up without us knowing and I noticed wet on the garage floor.OH poked a hole through the hardboard and more water came through.So out came a plumber and pulled down a load of hardwood panel to find a join in the pipe was coming apart.He pulled the pipe apart and I can't tell you the muck that fell through (poo :-S).He asked if we used wipes ,toilet wipes etc.I said yes because they were flushable.He said they might be flushable but do not dissolve ,and the only thing to put down the loo was normal toilet paper ...not even the quilted stuff !!!!.......I was so paranoid for a while and put a note by each toilet saying 'Do Not put anything down the loo unless it is just loo paper'.I have bought larger bins for the two bathrooms for the Flushable Wipes to go in.
Good idea to put this thread up Stella as I'm sure most people don't realise this is a big problem.

Also do not put those Duck cleaning pads (that grip into the end of a stick) down the loo

I did mention this on another thread in the last few days - twice within a couple of months we had to call out water board - our neighbours drains back up to ours and they never ever check them.

They told next door and OH - it was baby wipes - they have three darlings 4-10 years. It was denied.

Next time - man practically shoved neighbours nose down drain according to OH and insisted it was baby/adults wipes.

Definitely not us - just Andrex Tissue

They did this topic on the Jeremy Vine radio programme a little while ago. There were some horrendous stories about these things blocking pipes. A plumber on there said no sort of wipes should ever be put down a toilet no matter what it said on the packet.

Annie

Are not....

had plumber and drain man out today for bunged up toilet that was overflowing, and guess what the blockage was?

Yep..Andrex flushable toilet wipes, drain man says it's always happening..

beware... :-(