|
Home > Archive > Plumbing forum > June 2005 > Flushing urine to the sewer in other ways besides the toilet
You are viewing an archived Text-only version of the thread.
To view this thread in it's original format and/or if you want to reply to
this thread please [click here]
| Author |
Flushing urine to the sewer in other ways besides the toilet
|
|
| nowg@webtv.net 2005-06-16, 2:27 pm |
| I'm an old male geezer living alone and as a way to conserve water, I've
been wondering if it would be harmful to the pipes it I collected urine
in a bottle and poured it down a sink with running water? Using a large
toilet bowl to flush urine to the sewer seems so extravagant in
water-hungry Southern Calif, yet letting urine stand in the toilet bowl
for any period of time will stain the bowl. I realize that I'm using
water if I used the sink, but the amount would be much smaller than
using the toilet bowl. I feel that with a 'straight' pipe going to the
sewer it should be no problem, but I notice that all drain pipes from a
sink have that "crook" in them for some reason and am wondering if the
urine would 'settle' there in spite of the running water and mess up the
pipes.
| |
| Mike Grooms 2005-06-16, 2:27 pm |
|
<nowg@webtv.net>
Notice how nobody's answered? It won't hurt anything, but it's just too
icky to write about.
| |
| Blackbeard 2005-06-16, 2:27 pm |
| Well...er...
yes, you can save urine in jars and dump it into your sink. However,
the urine will stand in that crook part and as it sours will release
foul smelling gases into your house. That crook is called a trap. It
stays filled with water to prevent sewer gases from coming back into
your house. But dumping urine directly into the trap, you're creating
problems for yourself.
I don't know how you're strapped for cash. But you may want to
consider using a grey-water system that will allow you to flush your
toilet with rainwater instead of city water. That would be a lot more
sanitary. It would cost a little more up front, but you would see
significant savings on your water bill.
| |
| Mike Grooms 2005-06-16, 2:27 pm |
|
"Blackbeard"
Are you going to tell us you don't pee in the kitchen sink to save a trip
upstairs??? We know better.
| |
| Bill C 2005-06-16, 2:27 pm |
| I think that most would consider a yellow ring around the toilet less
offensive that a smell pee pipe. And that ring could probably be managed
with a dash of bleach after each flush.
<nowg@webtv.net> wrote in message
news:16447-4248A2C2-209@storefull-3313.bay.webtv.net...
quote:
> I'm an old male geezer living alone and as a way to conserve water, I've
> been wondering if it would be harmful to the pipes it I collected urine
> in a bottle and poured it down a sink with running water? Using a large
> toilet bowl to flush urine to the sewer seems so extravagant in
> water-hungry Southern Calif, yet letting urine stand in the toilet bowl
> for any period of time will stain the bowl. I realize that I'm using
> water if I used the sink, but the amount would be much smaller than
> using the toilet bowl. I feel that with a 'straight' pipe going to the
> sewer it should be no problem, but I notice that all drain pipes from a
> sink have that "crook" in them for some reason and am wondering if the
> urine would 'settle' there in spite of the running water and mess up the
> pipes.
>
| |
| Mike Grooms 2005-06-16, 2:27 pm |
|
<nowg@webtv.net>
I'll also mention that as long as you run water for five seconds after
using your new found urinal, all the urine will flush out of the trap, and
there won't be an odor problem. Just rinse the sink real good, OK?
| |
| nowg@webtv.net 2005-06-16, 2:27 pm |
| Thanks for the replies inspite of the
"ickiness" of the subject. Now relative to the release of foul odors in
the house, I forgot to mention that along with being an old geezer, I
have lost ALL my sense of smell, but it's obvious that when my daughters
and grandkids come for a visit they would sense something. So....OK,
folks.....to relieve all anxiety among the readers, I'll continue to use
the stool!!!
Thanks again...
| |
| Jeff Wisnia 2005-06-16, 2:27 pm |
| nowg@webtv.net wrote:
quote:
> I'm an old male geezer living alone and as a way to conserve water, I've
> been wondering if it would be harmful to the pipes it I collected urine
> in a bottle and poured it down a sink with running water? Using a large
> toilet bowl to flush urine to the sewer seems so extravagant in
> water-hungry Southern Calif, yet letting urine stand in the toilet bowl
> for any period of time will stain the bowl. I realize that I'm using
> water if I used the sink, but the amount would be much smaller than
> using the toilet bowl. I feel that with a 'straight' pipe going to the
> sewer it should be no problem, but I notice that all drain pipes from a
> sink have that "crook" in them for some reason and am wondering if the
> urine would 'settle' there in spite of the running water and mess up the
> pipes.
>
Get your kids to chip in and buy you a waterless urinal and pay for its
installation:
http://www.waterless.com/index.php
I've been encountering them at hotels and such in my travels.
Jeff
--
Jeffry Wisnia
(W1BSV + Brass Rat '57 EE)
"As long as there are final exams, there will be prayer in public
schools"
| |
| Ned Flanders 2005-06-16, 2:27 pm |
| I have been wondering if you could dump the waterless urnial liquid in a
regular toilet.
Or for that matter a jug of scented oil. That becomes your piss toilet.
I love to piss outside myself, just relax..no aiming or nuthin.
"Jeff Wisnia" <jwisnia@conversent.net> wrote in message
news:oPednQQE-tIvP9HfRVn-ug@conversent.net...
quote:
> nowg@webtv.net wrote:
>
> Get your kids to chip in and buy you a waterless urinal and pay for its
> installation:
>
> http://www.waterless.com/index.php
>
> I've been encountering them at hotels and such in my travels.
>
> Jeff
>
> --
> Jeffry Wisnia
>
> (W1BSV + Brass Rat '57 EE)
>
> "As long as there are final exams, there will be prayer in public
> schools"
| |
|
| I hope you don't plan on having Thanksgiving at your house. If you do, I'm
sure everyone will bring something.
<nowg@webtv.net> wrote in message
news:16447-4248A2C2-209@storefull-3313.bay.webtv.net...
quote:
> I'm an old male geezer living alone and as a way to conserve water, I've
> been wondering if it would be harmful to the pipes it I collected urine
> in a bottle and poured it down a sink with running water? Using a large
> toilet bowl to flush urine to the sewer seems so extravagant in
> water-hungry Southern Calif, yet letting urine stand in the toilet bowl
> for any period of time will stain the bowl. I realize that I'm using
> water if I used the sink, but the amount would be much smaller than
> using the toilet bowl. I feel that with a 'straight' pipe going to the
> sewer it should be no problem, but I notice that all drain pipes from a
> sink have that "crook" in them for some reason and am wondering if the
> urine would 'settle' there in spite of the running water and mess up the
> pipes.
>
| |
| Red Jacket 2005-06-16, 2:29 pm |
| Having been in my share of hospitals, I seen plenty
of RNs do it with mine !
Some dump it in the showers.
<nowg@webtv.net> wrote in message
news:16447-4248A2C2-209@storefull-3313.bay.webtv.net...
quote:
> I'm an old male geezer living alone and as a way to conserve water, I've
> been wondering if it would be harmful to the pipes it I collected urine
> in a bottle and poured it down a sink with running water? Using a large
> toilet bowl to flush urine to the sewer seems so extravagant in
> water-hungry Southern Calif, yet letting urine stand in the toilet bowl
> for any period of time will stain the bowl. I realize that I'm using
> water if I used the sink, but the amount would be much smaller than
> using the toilet bowl. I feel that with a 'straight' pipe going to the
> sewer it should be no problem, but I notice that all drain pipes from a
> sink have that "crook" in them for some reason and am wondering if the
> urine would 'settle' there in spite of the running water and mess up the
> pipes.
>
|
|
|
|
|