septic tank queries

ali-t

I am moving to a house with a septic tank soon but have no idea what changes I need to make to the toileting habits of myself and visitors

I have been told that tampax and towels can't go down the toilet but what about wet wipes like the toilet training wipes?

If stuff doesn't go down the loo what do you do with it?

I have also read that you shouldn't use bleach on toilets if you have a septic tank. I currently whack loads of bleach down each toilet every day. Whats the alternative?

MX5huggy

ali-t wrote: »

I have been told that tampax and towels can't go down the toilet but what about wet wipes like the toilet training wipes?

If stuff doesn't go down the loo what do you do with it?
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None of this stuff should go down any toilet! No matter what it is connected to at the other end.

Bag it a bin it like every responsible person.

http://www.water.org.uk/home/resources-and-links/bagandbin

muckybutt

ali-t wrote: »

I am moving to a house with a septic tank soon but have no idea what changes I need to make to the toileting habits of myself and visitors

I have been told that tampax and towels can't go down the toilet but what about wet wipes like the toilet training wipes?

If stuff doesn't go down the loo what do you do with it?

I have also read that you shouldn't use bleach on toilets if you have a septic tank. I currently whack loads of bleach down each toilet every day. Whats the alternative?

For starters you shouldnt even be flushing wet wipes down toilet, they cause 1000's of pounds worth of damage to sewer networks and cause a lot of floods, spare a thought you wouldnt like raw sewage running through your garden because the sewers were blocked with wet wipes would you ? all you need to do is put them in a small disposable plastic / bio degradeable bag.

ali-t

muckybutt wrote: »

For starters you shouldnt even be flushing wet wipes down toilet, they cause 1000's of pounds worth of damage to sewer networks and cause a lot of floods, spare a thought you wouldnt like raw sewage running through your garden because the sewers were blocked with wet wipes would you ? all you need to do is put them in a small disposable plastic / bio degradeable bag.

Even the ones that say they are designed to go down the toilet? They are toilet training wipes for kids and say they are flushable.

ormus

there are plenty of organic cleaners on the market. even my local co op shop sells em.

**G*O*S*H**

all sanitary wear should go in the bin - keep some baby nappy bags handy in the bathroom.
wipes, even the toddler wipes are IMO just as bad especially with an over-enthusiastic toddler grabbing 3 or 4 at once.
with my two we only used the toddler wipes whilst potty training, once they were big enough to climb on the step up onto the small seat on the loo they used normal toilet paper.
bleach shouldn't go down either - you don't want to upset the balance of the bacteria that the entire process relies on - that goes for a lot of harsh chemical cleaning products as well.
Ecover might be worth a look.

ali-t

**G*O*S*H** wrote: »

wipes, even the toddler wipes are IMO just as bad especially with an over-enthusiastic toddler grabbing 3 or 4 at once.
with my two we only used the toddler wipes whilst potty training, once they were big enough to climb on the step up onto the small seat on the loo they used normal toilet paper.
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I use the wipes myself Toilet paper alone isn't sufficient for being really clean so these are bought because they are flushable.

manda1205

Agree with all above, no way should wipes be going down the loo and defo not sanitary towels! We have a septic tank and we dont put anything except loo roll down it. We have a small pedal bin in bathroom and DD puts wipes in there and I put sanitary towels in too, I just empty regularly. Thought this was norm for everyone to be honest. As for bleach etc, we use everything, I do generally have a read on the back if its a new product but they all generally say they can be used in a septic tank and they dont seem to cause problems with ours.

susieb

There are some moist toilet tissue wipes which can safely go into a septic tank. I found some -they are tescos luxury moist toilet paper and come in a pack like wipes, but they are tissues not wipes but work just the same. I tested them before using by putting them in a bowl of water and they disolved just like toilet paper does.

WhiteHorse

ali-t wrote: »

I use the wipes myself Toilet paper alone isn't sufficient for being really clean so these are bought because they are flushable.

Bidet. The French have some good ideas.

ali-t

susieb wrote: »

There are some moist toilet tissue wipes which can safely go into a septic tank. I found some -they are tescos luxury moist toilet paper and come in a pack like wipes, but they are tissues not wipes but work just the same. I tested them before using by putting them in a bowl of water and they disolved just like toilet paper does.

Thanks susieb, I will try to disolve the ones I use just now that are very MSE but if they don't disolve its the tesco luxury ones for me. I hadn't thought about testing out the disolvability of items first.