Home Corner: How to Prevent Toilet Clogs

Toilet ClogsA clogged toilet is one of the most common house calls your local plumber receives. That’s because many people misuse their toilet. When you stop and think of all the things people flush down their toilet, you can start to imagine how toilets get clogged. However, you can use the information in this article to find out what you should never flush down your toilet. If you do that, you’ll prevent a lot of toilet clogs and won’t need to use professional plumbing repair services as often.

What Not to Flush Down Your Toilet

Here’s a list of items to never flush down your toilet:

  1. Kitty litter – Never flush kitty litter down your toilet. Many kitty litters have clay in them, and clay will always clog your toilet. Flushing the kitty litter may not result in an immediate clog, but it will eventually.
  2. Clay – When you have leftover clay from an art project it may be tempting to dump it down the toilet and be done with it. However, if you do that your toilet will clog up immediately. In fact, the resulting clog could be so bad that you may need to replace some of your plumbing.
  3. Tampons and sanitary napkins – These items are meant to absorb liquids. If you flush them down your toilet they’ll continue to absorb water and become a very inconvenient clog.
  4. Dental floss – Dental floss may seem innocuous, but when it comes to your plumbing it’s not. Sure, it may be small and stringlike, but when you flush it down your toilet every day it turns into a ball of floss. That ball of floss will clog your toilet.
  5. Toenail or fingernail clippings – These will begin to clump up with everything else that you’ve flushed down your toilet and create a big clog.
  6. Paper towels – Any kind of paper product like paper towels or facial tissue should not be flushed down the toilet. Like feminine products, they are meant to absorb water. When you flush them they’ll just absorb water and form a big clog in your plumbing.
  7. Bandaids – Bandaids are sticky and do not break down. So when you flush them down the toilet they stick to each other and sit in your plumbing until they form a clog. 

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