1. Avoid pouring grease in the drains
2. Avoid flushing napkins, paper towels and other sanitary items
3. Get the sewer line electrically cleaned to cut tree roots grown in the sewer line
4. Make sure you have easy access to your house trap

Can a toilet cause a clog in a sewer pipe?

Toilets use a lot of water and many times certain items are flushed down the toilet that can end up clogging the main sewer line. This is not the most common reason why sewers get clogged. Sewer clogs occur due to many reasons and toilet bowls can be blamed about 10% of time according to our mechanics in the field.
Most of the times toilets get clogged due to paper products and when a clogged toilet is unclogged the clog moves down the line and may result in a sewer clog. Paper towels, disposable and cloth diapers and feminine products cause many problems in the sewer main.  These products do not deteriorate quickly.  They should be disposed of in the garbage.

SCENSIBLES are personal size biodegradable plastic bags with a pleasant fresh scent, contemporary design, tie handle closure and built in antimicrobial agents to inhibit the growth of odor causing bacteria. The bags are dispensed from a refillable units that mount to the stall partition in any size restroom. They provide an easy and clean alternative to flushing tampons as well as other feminine care products down the toilet.

The Company co-founded by Ann Germanow and her husband John Germanow. According to Ann, “my inspiration occurred several years ago in the female restroom in my workplace. One day a sign appeared, “Ladies: Do not flush tampons down the toilet-we can not afford the plumbing bills!”. The alternative disposal method found in most female public restrooms,  metal or plastic disposal units attached to the partition walls, are unsightly, malodorous and germ-contaminated. This was unacceptable to me and I knew there had to be a better way! After conducting extensive market research and product development, SCENSIBLES®; single-use scented feminine hygiene disposal bags, were created.”
Ann gives further detail about her very first client, “Our very first customer for SCENSIBLES was a local property management group. They immediately recognized the potential benefit for their properties; as they had recently spent over $5000.00 to repair the plumbing system in a medical office building. The culprit-TAMPONS-which (as I’m sure you are aware) swell to 10x their size and often get stuck on rough inside surfaces of pipes! As the Property Manager soon reported “I see the bags are being used, so the way I look at it, every tampon not flushed is a success story!” Since installing SCENSIBLES in all their properties over three years, they have not had one clog caused by tampons. Since 2005 we have sold SCENSIBLES to commercial, public, recreational, educational, retail and institutional facilities across the country. Recently we introduced new consumer packages of SCENSIBLES for home-use. Currently the  boxes (containing 50 bags) are available only on-line.”
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1. Remove the toilet bowl
2. Take out the old wax gasket
3. Place the old gasket under the toilet bowl
4. Reset the toilet bowl

Replacing your gasket should solve your problem of water leaking from the base of the toiletafter you flush it. keep in mind that even if your toilet (mostly basement toilets backup due to sewer clog) over flows due to a sewer backup, you still should change your wax gasket if the sewer water comes out from the base of the toilet as-well.
Old gaskets can also result in sewer like smell coming into your house. This is important, as many customers call us because they have a sewer smell in the house even though there is no sewer backup. Mostly it is due to open sewer caps, dried out drains or toilet bowls with broken wax gaskets. Wax gaskets do not need to be changed regularly. Change them if needed.

The drainage system is that series of pipes which receives, carries, and removes waste and rain water, other liquids, and human excreta from fixtures to a sewer or other disposal receptacle. This system is divided into several sections, each of which is defined below.

Parts of drainage system

House sewer: That section of pipe which runs between the house drainage system and the connection to the public sewer or septic tank. House sewers should convey the waste of only one residence.

House drain: The lowest piping in a house drainage system, this pipe receives the discharge from soil, waste, and other drainage pipes, and then carries such discharge to the house sewer. The house drain ends just outside the front or foundation wall of the building, and operates by gravity.

Soil stack and pipe: Any line of pipe which carries the discharge of water closets. The term “stack” refers to the vertical runs of such piping.

Waste stack and pipe: All pipe receiving the discharge of fixtures other than water closets. An indirect waste pipe does not connect directly with either the house drain or the soil or the waste stack, but usually ends over and above the overflow rim of fixture that is water-supplied, trapped, and vented.

Trap: Refers to a fitting or device constructed to prevent the passage of air or gas back through a pipe or fixture, without materially affecting the flow of sewage or waste water.

Vent piping: Provides ventilation to the drainage system and prevents trap siphonage and back pressure from clogging or contaminating the drainage system. Local ventilating pipe is a duct or pipe connected to the house side of a fixture or trap through which foul vapors may be removed from a room.

Sub-house drain: Any portion of the drainage system which cannot drain by gravity but which still handles the disposal of waste sewage.