Are Flushable Wipes Blocking Your Toilet?
Flushing Wipes; believe it or not, baby wipes or any other types of wipes are not to be flushed. Anything used to wipe an infant's backside other than toilet paper should not go down the toilet, but unfortunately, it is a frequent cause of blocked toilets. Wipes are the number one cause of blockages in a toilet and can cause frequent blockages in your plumbing drains. Although manufacturers of baby wipes often have a logo stating they are flushable, they more often than not cause a significant backup, especially when a drain is beginning to block. Never flush any wipes, especially "flushable" wipes. Throw them in the trash instead.
Disposable wipes do not break down the way that toilet paper does.
Toilet paper breaks down within 24 hours of being flushed. As a result, toilet paper will not usually cause problems that result in a drain cleaning.
On the other hand, disposable wipes become a solid mass and act as a plug-in the drain, which in turn causes water to back up in plumbing pipes and can cause drains to overflow.
Another way disposable wipes cause significant havoc for homeowners is when wipes become entangled in tree roots the infiltrate into old drainage pipes. These entanglements can cause drains to overflow and change a property into a smelly and dangerous-infested swamp of raw sewerage.
When this happens, King Plumbing can come out and do a drain clean to fix the problem.
