• variants@possumpat.io
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    1 year ago

    Plus there’s a knob where the toilet water hose connects that you can turn off if you see it filling up so that it doesn’t overflow

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      1 year ago

      That won’t stop it from overflowing. You need to pop the lid off the toilet, push the float down, and unhook the chain going to the flap.

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        1 year ago

        The flap should stop the toilet from flushing once the tank is empty. You shouldn’t need to do anything manually to stop it. That’s why people are concerned that your toilet overflows. A single flush should never cause your toilet to overflow, even if it’s clogged.

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          1 year ago

          Yes, but people tend to have the habit of flushing at least twice in hopes the second time works, despite past experience.

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            1 year ago

            This entire conversation confirms that apparently yeah, US toilets do this and as usual Americans will blame just about everybody for a problem that is readily solvable instead of actually fixing it.

            I didn’t think I was gonna end up with toilets as a metaphor for, you know, health care, political corruption and gun control, but here we are.

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              1 year ago

              Sure, I’ll just smuggle in European toilets to replace the perfectly serviceable toilets in my house.

              Shall I remove the toilet seats and paper as well to really get that “Spanish gas station” feel?

              Or maybe - just maybe - it’s not a big enough problem for anyone to take the time to fix.