Septic owners: keeping toilet bowl clean?
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Comments (25)Thanks raehelen. I will most probably replace the toilet in my second bathroom with an elongated comfort height for my guests. What happened to you at your mom's house was similar to someone pulling a chair out from under you. Not fun. Unfortunately, I am 4'10" with short legs for my torso. I tried sitting on the toilets on display the other month at Lowes. The group of folks around me stopped and started laughing. For an elongated bowl I have to sit and scoot back past my knee bend in order to center myself over the toilet. And then I have to scoot forward in order to stand up. And they told me I looked like a little kid on the comfort height toilets. So I will stick with the regular round toilet in my MBR since I'm single. If I were to sell my house then I would look at changing it out. So I am not the norm. I remember reading on this forum that one of the members has a house that was formerly owned by a jockey and was slowing changing things out. That is the kind of house that I need. Even my kitchen counter is a little too high for me. I stand on a stool and use my BBQ tongs to get the clothes out of the washing machine. And I like the old fashion stuff, I bought a new Speed Queen that is similar to the old Amana to replace my 27 year old Maytag. I cut the legs down on my kitchen table and chairs. When I have guests over for dinner we use my dining room table. Most everything in life doesn't fit me. This post was edited by Anna_in_TX on Thu, Mar 20, 14 at 15:20...See MoreToilet paper safe for septic systens
Comments (11)I have had a septic for 20 years and I use Scotts regular. This is the brand that was recommended by a plumber and my septic guy. It is like using sandpaper on your skin but it doesn't clog the septic. You can see for yourself if you wet the Scotts it immediately falls apart. You can look at other brands and just put some water on them and see how fast they break up or just go with tried, true, rough and cheap Scotts. When my kids complain I just tell them that when they use a puplic restroom they will fell more at home because the paper is usually equally as rough as the Scotts....See MoreCleaning a toilet bowl with a pumice stone
Comments (11)Well, that's interesting. We were getting some hard rings (even though we have soft water) after being gone for a while. My husband used a pumice on it and I swear it got worse! It now gets the rings faster than the downstairs toilet, which did not get the pumice treatment. They are identical Kohlers. In our new house, we have 2 different Totos and they get a slight ring when we are gone for two weeks, but it comes off with just a quick brush from a regular toilet brush. I thought the issue in our old house was that the pumice had scratched it, but maybe not....See MoreNew toilet - how to keep clean (hard water stains)?
Comments (23)So I had done some re-plumbing on my house and installed a water softener loop at the time - meaning it was mostly ready to go. The unit sits on the floor. Many people useflex lines with sharkbite fittings to connect them to make the installation easier. I'm not a huge fan of that... but it does simplify things a lot. You may need some drain hose as well. Look at the photos and read the reviews to see some of the installs on Amazon. There is a photo of my install on there - but know that my install was part of a complete re-do, so don't use that as an example. There are lots of youtube videos on it including putting in the correct settings on the Fleck valve....See Morerobo (z6a)
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