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  2. 12 Things You Should Never Flush Down the Toilet - AOL

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    Flushing a dead fish, frog, or other small animal is not only a good way to get a clog, it could also carry disease or parasites. Instead, wrap the animal in plastic and throw it away or bury it.

  3. Flush toilet - Wikipedia

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    A flush toilet (also known as a flushing toilet, water closet (WC); see also toilet names) is a toilet that disposes of human waste (i.e., urine and feces) by collecting it in a bowl and then using the force of water to channel it ("flush" it) through a drainpipe to another location for treatment, either nearby or at a communal facility.

  4. How to Fix a Running Toilet and ZERO Plumbing Skills ... - AOL

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    Fixing a running toilet is a task that if you put your mind to it, you can do all on your own (without professional help). We have a step-by-step guide to DIY.

  5. Flushometer - Wikipedia

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    A narrow passageway leads from the main water supply into the pressure chamber. It is the narrowness of this passage that meters the flow by slowing repressurizing of the pressure chamber after the action of a flush. The diaphragm technology allows the flush valve to open and let water into the bowl. A main cylinder valve operates up and down.

  6. Ballcock - Wikipedia

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    When the handle of a flush toilet with a tank (British, cistern) is turned, a discharge mechanism is activated by means of a rod or chain. The mechanism may be a flapper valve, which is designed to sink more slowly than the water - allowing the water to exit to the toilet bowl below, so that the tank may empty.

  7. Plumbing fixture - Wikipedia

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    The visible water surface in a toilet is the top of the trap's water seal. Each fixture drain, with exceptions, must be vented so that negative air pressure in the drain cannot siphon the trap dry, to prevent positive air pressure in the sewer from forcing gases past the water seal, and to prevent explosive sewer gas buildup.

  8. Backflow - Wikipedia

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    Backflow is a term in plumbing for an unwanted flow of water in the reverse direction. [1] It can be a serious health risk for the contamination of potable water supplies with foul water . In the most obvious case, a toilet flush cistern and its water supply must be isolated from the toilet bowl.

  9. One flush a day: Wedgefield residents cut water use, seek ...

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    Water bills are so high in Wedgefield, an east Orange community built 60 years ago as housing for workers in the space industry, that some residents say they flush the toilet just once a day to ...

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