Even the Unluckiest of People Can Have Good Toilet Etiquette
Did you experience the “luck of the Irish” this St. Patrick’s Day, or did you pick up the wrong four-leaf clover and have the bad luck of walking into a dirty bathroom at your local Irish pub? Some people say that you have to make your own luck in this world. If that’s true, then we believe you have to make your own luck in public bathrooms by practicing good toilet etiquette!
Not only does toilet etiquette keep public bathrooms cleaner for everyone, but it can also prevent pipe damage that could result in a plumbing emergency and the need for costly plumbing repair services like repiping. And that’s not only true for public bathrooms. Your own bathroom at home can also benefit from you being intentional about your toilet etiquette. Let’s find out a little bit more about that!
How Toilet Cleaning Prevents Unwanted Surprises
Please don’t run away at the words “toilet cleaning”! We’re not talking about scrubbing a public toilet bowl or anything! All we mean is that we can all do our part to keep toilets cleaner just by doing two simple things:
- Flush the toilet when you’re done using it.
- Clean up after yourself if you make a mess.
Flushing the toilet when you’re done using it, and wiping down the seat if you make a small mess keep your bathroom clean and prevent someone else coming in after you and seeing something they didn’t want to see.
How Etiquette Can Prevent the Need for a Repiping Service
Another big part of toilet etiquette is doing your part to prevent clogs. You can do this easily by being aware of what you are putting into your toilet, and how much.
You should only ever flush human waste and toilet paper down your toilet drain, and consider the amount that you are flushing. Large amounts of toilet paper put into the toilet at once can cause a clog.
Flushing things like hygiene products, hair and nail trimmings, paper towels, or wet wipes down the toilet can also lead to clogging. Significant clogs can lead to pipe damage that may require costly pipe replacements.
How You Can Prevent a Plumbing Emergency
Now that you understand the importance of good toilet etiquette a bit more, we hope you'll be more intentional now about making sure to flush and clean up after yourself, beware of what you put in the toilet, and leave every bathroom just as you found it!
You might slip up now and again (we all do, sometimes, especially after overindulging a bit on St. Paddy's Day), but it's important that you keep trying to make your own luck and prevent a plumbing emergency in your future!
No matter what bathroom you’re in, or how hard you’ve been celebrating St. Patrick’s Day, please remember to #keepyouraim! You can even use that hashtag to shame people with bad toilet etiquette that left a public bathroom gross before you got there.
All jokes aside, it’s important to remember all of the ways that toilet etiquette is beneficial to both personal and public bathrooms. Meridian Heating, Cooling, Plumbing & Electrical is here to help you out of any plumbing emergency, should you have one in your home. Give us a call at (517) 339-6300 for service in East Lansing, MI.
