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Hi. We use recycled toilet paper at our house. Whatever brand that is available, we buy. We have been doing this for the whole time we have lived in our house, about 2 1/2 years. A couple of weeks ago our entire bathroom got stopped up. The sink wouldn't drain, the tub would not drain and the toilet was stopped up. At first the tub wasn't draining then the toilet stopped up. We have had slow draining in the tub before and used a snake with success. This time though, nothing worked. It was obviously a deeper clog.
We called a plumber who went outside to where the waste leaves the house (sorry, I don't know the terms). He pulled a bunch of toilet paper and waste out of there and said that it was because we use recycled toilet paper. He said that it doesn't break down as well as regular toilet paper and was convinced that was our problem. I have trouble believing that recycled toilet paper is that much different than any other brand you would get at the grocery store. He actually cited 2 brands that he swears are the best for breaking down in the septic system.
Does anyone have any experience or knowledge about this topic? Any chance it could have had anything to do with my using those flushable wet wipes for about a month before this happened? We don't put anything else in the toilet and this is the first time it has happened to the point where we had to call a plumber.
Any help or words of wisdom would be greatly appreciated. Thank you.
We called a plumber who went outside to where the waste leaves the house (sorry, I don't know the terms). He pulled a bunch of toilet paper and waste out of there and said that it was because we use recycled toilet paper. He said that it doesn't break down as well as regular toilet paper and was convinced that was our problem. I have trouble believing that recycled toilet paper is that much different than any other brand you would get at the grocery store. He actually cited 2 brands that he swears are the best for breaking down in the septic system.
Does anyone have any experience or knowledge about this topic? Any chance it could have had anything to do with my using those flushable wet wipes for about a month before this happened? We don't put anything else in the toilet and this is the first time it has happened to the point where we had to call a plumber.
Any help or words of wisdom would be greatly appreciated. Thank you.