When a blockage in your plumbing happens, it can be a headache as well as an embarrassment. One of the most common reasons for pipes becoming blocked is due to foreign items being flushed down the toilet, such as Sanitary Items. This is why it is important to have a Sanitary Disposal Unit.
Sanitary products and any items that are made from cotton are the most likely to cause issues as they are highly absorbent. Tests have shown that when they are placed in water they can absorb 27 times more than their own weight.
As it expands in your pipes it creates a blockage causing waste to become trapped, a recipe for disaster.
Further increasing the danger is the fact that they do not disintegrate over time. This is the key for deciding which products you can and can’t flush.
Key figures in the industry also emphasise that these necessities should not be flushed down the toilet.
Graham Hult from Wester Water confirmed there has been an upsurge in recent years of blocked pipes from these activates.
He later mentions it’s the customers responsibility to pay for the repair, the worst part of the situation.
Other plumbers such as Rowan Fitzgerald claim that 80% of blockages are the result of people disposing of cotton products incorrectly.
The easiest way to prevent these issues from happening, is by providing a Sanitary Bin for women to use.
This encourages people to think about the things they are flushing down the toilet and the effect they will have.
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