Man offering door-to-door hedgetrimming broke my loo!

[originaled]

Dear All,

No real reason for posting this except: a) I'm annoyed, b) It may save others from a similar fate, c) There may be the remotest possibility that a local Saniflo engineer will take pity on me and fix my loo free or for an insanely reduced rate.

On Wednesday a pair of gentlemen knocked on my front door to offer their services to cut the rather unruly hedges at the front of my property. We negotiated ?10 and they set to work.

About 10 mins after they started, the elder of the two knocked and asked if he could use the loo. He genuinely looked desperate so I agreed he could use the one under the stairs, a very short distance from the front door.

This is a Saniflo loo. I have stuck huge notices in block capitals on the wall telling all (in no uncertain terms, in detail, as I have teenage sons who often have mates over) NOT to deposit anything except wee, poo and modest amounts of toilet paper down the loo.

Yer man was in there ages, I called to him after about 5 mins asking if he was ok, he stayed in the facility for about 10 mins. During which time the other had completed the hedge, tidied away and moved on.

After he had gone, and I could finally go into the loo - for the stench held me at bay - there was faeces still smeared on the seat and around the loo and privet leaves and twigs all over the floor. On flushing the loo, the motor made the most horrendous racket, began juddering and the bowl overflowed. Clearly something is down there that does not belong down there.

Please note that I am 100% certain that the loo was working perfectly well before his visit, and no other person was home.

The conclusion to this woeful tale is that I didn't manage to catch up to them and am now stuck with a sizeable bill to fix my downstairs loo. Not to mention the vomit-inducing cleaning I had to do.

So fellow EDers, be cautious when letting strangers use your loo - and perhaps buy hedge cutters and do the job (no pun intended) yourself!

[HonaloochieB]

I don't have a clue what a Saniflo is.

I DO know that I've fallen a little in love with Originaled during that story, I challenge anyone NOT to have.

You got me at - "Yer man was in there ages, I called to him after about 5 mins asking if he was ok he stayed in the facility for about 10 mins. During which time the other had completed the hedge, tidied away and moved on."

Wonderful stuff and kisses to all your cheeks.

[originaled]

Thank you for falling in love with me, I could really do with some TLC and there is no wine in the house.

A Saniflo toilet is the type that they put under stairs and up in attics where normal pipes and plumbing don't reach. They have really small pipes and work by 'mashing up finely' all solid waste and sending it down the small pipes to the main drain - that's why you can have one anywhere in the house.

Take care out there, and I'll be sure to wash all cheeks before you kiss them.

[binary_star]

One of my nephews chucked a toy down a saniflo loo and a similar thing happened but my brother was able to fix it by removing part of the pipe and extracting the toy himself...I don't know if you'd feel confident doing that or fear doing more damage just thought I'd throw it out there as an option.

[uncleglen]

I like the way you referred to them as 'gentlemen'- the irony!

[womanofdulwich]

i have had this with a plum stone in my saniflow- not sure which of my teenagers was responsible but when our saniflow man comes to sort us out - he always takes great delight at showing us the offending item! oh the shame ......................

[El Pibe]

unruly hedges at the front of ones propoerty, plums in ones saniflow, removing toys from ones pipe?!?!?

For goodness sake people get with the programme!!!!

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El Pibe Wrote:

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> unruly hedges at the front of ones propoerty,

> plums in ones saniflow, removing toys from ones

> pipe?!?!?

> For goodness sake people get with the

> programme!!!!

To be fair the hedge was only trimmed 'door to door' which must have left a lot of unsightly foliage.

[DulwichFox]

A Saniflo toilet is the type that they put under stairs and up in attics where normal pipes and plumbing don't reach. They have really small pipes and work by 'mashing up finely' all solid waste and sending it down the small pipes to the main drain - that's why you can have one anywhere in the house.

I was wondering if I could fit one in my car.. with a tank in the boot,

that I could drain onto the road when full.

Foxy

[unlurked]

They're called macerators. Only allowed them if you have existing flushing loo, not as only loo in a residence. Poor bloke, you must have known by his urgency that he needed to evacuate in a big way, and should have let him use the flush bog and you woudn't have a problem!

[originaled]

Thank you, macerator was the word I was looking for. Whatever it's called, it's broke.

Didn't want to let him upstairs as I have light coloured carpets in the hallway and his clothes and footwear were dirty due to his toil.

Thought the urgency was to wee, but yes with hindsight (that wonderful thing), why would a manual worker used to working outdoors be shy of taking a sneaky piddle in nearby Peckham Rye Park or any other outdoor space?

Come to think of it, why not use The Hearn Pub, a 4 min walk away? (sorry new owners)

All this summation is of course redundant, water under the bridge. The deed is dumped.

Any Saniflo engineers moved to pity yet?

[Jeremy]

Perhaps that's one of their tricks - using customers toilets to dispose of branches and.. er.. logs?

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Jeremy Wrote:

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> Perhaps that's one of their tricks - using

> customers toilets to dispose of branches and..

> er.. logs?

Haha. Maybe they were saniflow engineers generating work?!

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unlurked Wrote:

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> They're called macerators. Only allowed them if

> you have existing flushing loo, not as only loo in

> a residence.

I'm not surprised, we only had one loo in our old flat and it was a saniflo with macerator. It was no fun when we had a power cut...

[The Minkey]

How the hell do people manage to smear shit over the loo seat?

[Jeremy]

It's quite easy Monkey, you just move your... never mind

[gertie]

Pathetic. You let Pikeys in to your house, now your whinging about it.Honoloochieb - seems your a sucker for the meek and 'poor little me' types.

[woodrot]

lol comedy poster rofl

[steveo]

It's not Ewan McGregor stuck down there is it?