bleach in toilet to speed things up

[Spensar]

Interesting page and how the cleaning pucks can cause flush problems in some situations.

http://www.toiletology.com/blue-goo.shtml

[CarlD]

Having read this thread I had a VERY slow sink. I poured in Draino gel and saw it contained sodium hydroxide and sodium hypochlorite as its active agreements. The stuff opened up 2 slow drains but one was still no better.

So I went out to the pool, got a cup or two of 12.5% from the carboy and poured THAT down the sink, waited a half hour and VOILA! fast-running sink again! That was yesterday.

[chem geek]

So it sounds like the summary of these stories is that occasional use of chlorine (or chlorine and lye) to clear a clog is not a problem, but use of the chlorine tablets that expose the seals to more constant levels of chlorine can wear them out or for the blue tabs can change the viscosity to prevent suction flushing.

[mbar]

I learn something new everyday from this forum

[Poconos]

May not be anything to worry about but what about the effect of those pucks on the creepies in a septic system?
Al

[joliecharlie]

Had an in law that washed almost every load of clothes with bleach, cleaned toilets by pouring bleach in them. I think she used bleach for everything and it did cause them septic system problems. Beneficial bacteria that break down the waste are killed by too much bleach. Drop-ins in the toilet aren't enough to do it, but overuse of bleach is.
We too have had the seals of toilets fail because of drop ins.

[CarlD]

Yeah, those "2000 Flushes" bleach tabs destroyed the flappers every few months and we'd get running toilets. I stopped installing them years ago.