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Flushable Wipes? Consumer Reports Says 'Not Really'

Flushable wipes are marketed as an alternative to toilet paper. That may sound like a great idea, but Consumer Reports found a big problem.

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kriswhite - 4/14/2009 1:16 PM
The wipes cloged the toliet on rental in cold winter, plumber broke toliet trying to fix problem not knowing, had to replace that, then dig up septic field outside and he found the wipes and told owner and had to pay for everythng $2000. Next pet siting friends home and wipes plugged up pipes caused flood in basement on art work and furniture, costing $4000 to dig and expand septic field and then found the wipes in the pipe. This all happened to my daughter and she was told by the plumber not to use and she still does. Idoit and disrespectable. If she would of had to pay she might not use them anymore. They are terrible in toliets. Just bag and toss like your preview said. I used them to clean the floor and never broke down. Thank you

tomob - 4/10/2009 12:25 AM
LAWSUIT!!!!! How could they mark it flushable then they jam up your system costing a ton of Money?

nikims - 4/8/2009 12:04 PM
I have a dual pump sewage system, which pumps the waste into the city sewer. I learned early that wipes are not flushable when they clogged both pumps and disabled the system. The wipes did not breakdown or disintegrate at all, despite being submerged in water for long periods of time.

KAWilson - 4/7/2009 5:53 PM
Used flushable wipes only to have sewer backup. When they put the camera down and the snake they found flushable wipes, in which we had not used in about 2 months. Very costly damage, due to Flushable wipes that did not disinegrate.


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