For the last couple days, the drain to my bathroom sink gargles every time I flush the toilet. I don't know what this means. It could be the cold weather, a frozen pipe. Maybe the person who built this house wasn't the best plumber. I hope s/he didn't cross the pipes, though. If I've been rinsing out my mouth with toilet water, well...I just, I, I don't think I can handle that right now. Today I brushed my teeth in the kitchen sink. For safety.
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I think this warrants a call to the super or landlord. Just the thought....yikes!!
Toilet water is the same water as the water that comes out of your sink. The only difference is that it goes to the toilet. If the toilet itself is clean, you could drink out of the toilet and it would be as good as tap water. The only thing that 'dirties' up toilet water is what you do int he toilet. And after you flush, the toilet water goes down the exit pipe with the rest of your sink and tub water. I bet the reason the sink is gargling is because as the toilet is flushing, water is running down the pipe and the pipe that the sink drains into might have a small block in it so it's retaining water and gargling. Now, all that said, you needn't worry about brushing your teeth it toilet waste. I'd worry about the sink backing up and pushing waste water back into your sink. It wouldn't be toilet water because that's probably all shot down the pipe. It'd probably be toothpaste, beard clippings, etc.
What can you do about it? Go down to C&S Supply and get yourself a bottle of Sulfuric Acid. It's hardcore stuff. It comes in a white bottle with a plastic bag around it. Don't, whatever you do, put it in the toilet though. Just pour about half a bottle down the sink drain. You might want to pour the other half down the tub drain as well, just to be sure. I think the directions say to wait 30 minutes and then run water through it.
I had a similar situation when I moved into my place. It took three treatments with sulfuric acid but now the pipes are as free as a wind tunnel.
Oh, and don't drink the sulfuric acid either.
Ew. Thank goodness Jorge seems to know everything there is to know about plumbing.
I'm almost convinced that Jorge is a real person and not an imaginary friend like Mumby and I thought...
There's concern that I'm not a real person?
I love that Mom follows your blog like a soap opera and calls me to tell me about it word for word instead of giving me the address to read it my self.
well, now you have the address and you can follow it yourself.
All hail Jorge! He knows how to fix everything, everything, everything. I want to know, where do you learn to fix everything?
My dad was a self employed electrician for most of my life and my grandpa (on my mom's side) was a carpenter/miner/farmer. So I picked it up from those two.
Need something mined?
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