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To: libstripper
As a Plumber I say BRAVO! This can't happen soon enough. Paper products dissolve after they have been flushed. Wipes on the other hand live forever. In fact, the two most common causes of a clogged drain line are baby wipes and tampons. Neither of these things should be flushed.

The subject of my next rant is Garbage Disposals....

21 posted on 10/13/2016 6:10:07 PM PDT by SunTzuWu
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To: SunTzuWu

We’ve lived in our current apartment for nine years. For the first five years, we experienced constant backing-up of our kitchen sink. Finally, management hired a real plumber, instead of sending the usual on-site maintenance guys.

The plumber found a sponge-y thing deep in the drain that had been causing all the years of problems. It wasn’t from us - we were very careful about the drain. And we haven’t had any problem now in three or four years, since he fixed it.

I think when people live in apartments, they don’t think about what they flush/push down the drain.

It definitely gave me a new appreciation for knowledgeable plumbers!


26 posted on 10/13/2016 6:17:31 PM PDT by Jamestown1630 ("A Republic, If you can keep it.")
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To: SunTzuWu
The subject of my next rant is Garbage Disposals....

Yep, they don't handle wipes and tampons all that well either.

27 posted on 10/13/2016 6:21:08 PM PDT by kevao (Biblical Jesus: Give your money to the poor. Socialist Jesus: Give your neighbor's money to the poor)
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