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And where exactly would it drain to? Your toilet's output is plugged, thus causing the overflow, remember?
by jtregunna 12y ago
And where exactly would it drain to? Your toilet's output is plugged, thus causing the overflow, remember?
- wpietri 12y agoA more practical approach might be a way to stop water from going into the bowl. E.g., you lift up on the handle to close the tank flap. Or maybe there's a stop button next to the flush button. That would be almost as good as an overflow drain, but wouldn't require adding second sewer pipe.
- maxerickson 12y agoA solid linkage between the handle and flap is available. (The toilet in the room a little ways from where I'm sitting has one)
- uptown 12y agooh, crap.
- jorts 12y agoI'd imagine it would be somewhere beyond where your toilet is typically clogged. That would handle most overflow situations.
- petersouth 12y agomy bathtub is like 1" lower than the rim of my toilet
- PavlovsCat 12y agoBehold! http://postimg.org/image/ecyg84yof/ http://postimg.org/image/ecyg84yof/
- pritambaral 12y agoOverflow completely overrides the effect of S-bend. There is a (pretty important) reason behind S-bends.
- RobAley 12y agoSimply add an additional S/U bend to the overflow. Less likely to get clogged as the overflow is hopefully rarely used.
- PavlovsCat 12y agoThe overflow is only for water, right? Then a filter at the overflow entrance (or just the opening being narrow enough, two/three small holes maybe) could make positively sure the overflow bend cannot possibly get clogged.