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Junior Member
Registered: 11-07-09
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can you save water by putting blocks in your toilet bowl tank, dose green flush really work seen it on t.v. and would like to know if it is a myth or a fact. will a m-80 firecraker blow up your toilet. Can a snake travel throught your septic line to your toilet bowl.
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Registered: 02-17-08
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Putting a brick in the tank will decrease then amount of water in the tank and then amount of water used in a flush but it will also decrease the effectiveness of a flush.

The Mythbusters do not do product tests.
Junior Member
Registered: 11-07-09
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ok that is nice to know because people say it works
Senior Member
Registered: 07-27-08
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Using a brick is a bad idea; some will dissolve and clog your toilet.

Use a ziploc bag full of water; it takes up the same space and won't hurt your plumbing.
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Registered: 11-08-09
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I've got one. pouring enough water into your toilet (after using it) will make it flush. maybe they'll put that one on the show... (P.S. i haven't done it yet...) Cool
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Registered: 07-27-08
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Having survived the California drought of the '70s, we had to use buckets of gray water to flush the toilet.

Yes, it works.
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