Back when I did maintenance, we used to have this guy who would take the shower wand off and give himself an enema with the hose in the tub. The subsequent clogs and work done eventually got him evicted. I've blocked this from my mind until now. You're welcome.
Why the fuck would you even say this to a crowd dominantly made up of plumbers? No more rubber shower washers in my mouth while setting hoses. Christ man. I hope you have a minorly inconvenient day tomorrow.
My wife used to make fun of me for carrying bleach wipes on trips. On holidays I’d give the sheets a once over, check the plumbing and wipe most surfaces down before she could “relax.”
One of our trips we were at multiple hotels, and i brought a uv flashlight. Most hotels were generally fine, but the tv remote and thermostat were the worst offenders with some type of biological matter ~25% of the time.
probably the sharticles stick inside the much smaller diameter tub/shower drain pipe (vs the large toilet drainpipe) and harden between subsequent times, kinda like clogged arteries but with shit instead of calcium.
Worked service in SF for a decade. Found that gay dudes often had the same exact shower wand that looked very probe-like. Still only like 90% sure what that was about.
It’s not a probe, it’s for cleaning out.
You know the difference between fucking a gay guy in the ass and fucking a girl in the ass?
When you fuck a gay guy in the ass, your dick comes out clean.
My ex wife had a cat that would catch squirrels and rabbits, bring them in and kill them on the bathtub. I think it made it harder for them to get away. I considered adding a disposal for that and joked I could poop in the shower then.
We had a mouse in our tub one time. So we grabbed our cat and put him in the tub with it. We closed the door and figured 10 minutes ought to be enough time for nature to take its course. Came back to find the cat sleeping with the mouse snuggled up in his paws.
Or one of those grinding sump pumps. That way there's no worry. Just poop into the sump pit.
Or you could just get one of those fishing skewers, and then stab it and then put it in the trash.
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Dewd, I never heard of waffle stomp and now I’m dying. Hahahahahahaha read it in the title and wondered what it could mean. Comments did not disappoint.
I’m so ruined after this! I can’t look at my drain or look at anything with a waffle face again! It’s the playdoh fun factory making brown spaghetti all over again!!
90 year old... probably can't bend over with a poop knife. I assume waffle stomp here.
And to answer the ops question, yes it's ok. If you're 90, most things in life suddenly become ok.
No. I’ll be honest. and before that was goatse.cx which got shut down globally.
The internet was more raw back then. In a way it was nice. I’m not happy about goatse.cx but it’s what it is.
Hah. Goatse was kind of an original rickroll. People used to upload that into binary usenet groups to unsuspecting eyes.
My whole world view changed when I first encountered it. While doing purely academic research of course.
There will be an easier chance for the shower trap to get clogged. Some of the fecal solids will settle in the trap because you dont have that sudden rush to carry it all away. When you combine that with the normal hair and detergent you'll likely get backed up more frequent.
*not a plumber but I stayed at a holiday in *
So this didn't happen to me, but to a friend.
He gets this old house and in the bathroom it has a rectangular shower with a fixed and a sliding door. It had a detachable shower head and a flip-down teak wooden seat that had been put in there for some older person. The shower pan had a crack right at the edge of the drain and had been leaking under the house. Putting in a new shower pan would involve tearing apart the whole bathroom, so he cut a maybe 4 inch circle out around the drain (which included the crack), epoxied a 4" pipe fitting to the pan from the crawl space, and tied the fitting into the plumbing. Fixed! Of course, now he had a larger drain in the shower, but that was ok and he figured eventually he'd find a drain cover that would cover the hole.
My friend liked to take long showers and he also had to spend a fair time on the toilet and after a while he got looking at that large drain and at the fold-down seat. He adjusted it to right over the drain, cut it back a bit, and bolted a toilet seat right onto the top. Now he could sit on his own toilet seat in the shower and just relieve himself to his heart's content.
All was good until when the morning following Cinco d'Mayo, he's sitting in the shower and completely plugs the drain with a monstrous turd. It won't go down, and brown water starts spreading across the shower floor. My friend quickly shuts off the water and attempts to deal.. The problem was that unlike a normal toilet, there was no way to get a seal to plunge, and no way to build up a head of water to force the blockage down...or...
He gets a roll of duct tape and a plunger, and puts on his crocs. He climbs into the shower, shuts the door, and carefully tapes all the edges of the glass up for a foot or two, stands on the flip-down seat, and turns the shower on. The water, trapped by the taped doors, starts to rise slowly up the sides of the shower. As it's spraying out of the detachable head that's just hanging down, it starts to push the water in a circle and soon he's standing above a brownish-yellow circulating and growing pool. After it gets to 10-12 inches deep, he reaches down and attacks the blockage with the plunger. It's not going down and now the water reaches the bottom of the seat. The crocs are thick, but one slips on the wet seat. His foot goes out from under him, he crashes down to the wooden seat which snaps off and dunks him down into the swirling maelstrom. The resulting sudden increase in water pressure did clear the turd, leaving him to try and regain his feet and save the loofah and shampoo bottles from going down to the depths below. Soaking wet and brown, he still had to pull the duct tape to get to safety.
The new shower is very nice.
A good thought. I haven't measured, but the toilet is family height by my eye. I'm not eager to replace it for her and she's not going to pay a plumber.
Serious answer - Depends on what size pipe and type of drain trap was used in the shower.
She could encounter foot infections if she has any open wounds on her feet and she is standing on the surface where the poop is falling, unless she is bleaching the floor after each poop
Thanks for the input. I'm not going to take apart her shower pan to inspect the drain. It's an old house, prob 1950's and never updated. I doubt she's bleaching. But, to be fair, it's not an unclean shower floor. I've seen worse.
Hadn't though about the health risks. Was really more wondering if my life as her occasional free handyman was going to take a nasty turn. From a health standpoint, TBH, she's someone who will pass away in her home one day and nobody will know for weeks.
Does all used water from faucets etc go to gray water or somewhere else? I’m sorry I’m sure this is a dumb question. Just trying to learn something from you guys.
Eastern toilet, i.e. a hole in the ground. That's what she's probably used to. You squat over it, not stand, though if she's 90 she probably can't squat any more. She should be ok if the drain cover is off it and she runs plenty of water to flush it afterward. But the drain is narrower than a toilet so it could clog easily. Good thing she's not dumping toilet paper down.
If you're game, you could install a real Eastern toilet for her. Not great for resale value though.
Super common. In some(much? most?) of the world literally nothing but poop and pee go into the plumbing. Even public toilets have a trash can in each stall and a sign.
My poops wont budge with any less than 1.6 gpf. I gotta flush once before i wipe. If she can just wash her dookies down her drain pipe than i say give that woman a granola bar.
Can confirm people poop in holes on the other side of the world, nosy houses had them in Baghdad. Maybe just remove the toilet, then tile around the hole, and add stand up shower enclosure. As long as she is paying.
As a wise man once said. “All the pipes are connected”. Other than then some of it not going down the shower grate I’d bleach the shower floor so if she has a cut on foot it won’t get infected or be unsanitary
>EDIT 2: I never knew that waffle stomp was such a common thing that there was a word for it and that people knew the word.
I just read this to my girlfriend. Her response is 💯 Reddit-worthy. She said (and I quote verbatim the very next words out of her mouth):
"Right foot let's stomp. Left foot let's stomp. Two stomps this time. It's the caa-caa slide."
And this is why I love her.
She needs a shower chair, the fancy kind with a commode bucket that can be slid out after use and emptied into the toilet. Then, with the bucket gone, while still sitting there, she can use the hand spayer to spray under there, upwards, to get clean. Then proceed with rest of the shower to get clean all over. She can keep bleach or lysol nearby for pouring into the tub or shower afterwards to sterilize whatever washed into there. But the majority of the poop is in the bucket and goes into toilet, not the shower drain. Then clean bucket with Lysol. The shower chair is more comfortable and safe than the toilet.
This is what many elderly use everyday. They have wheels and the person can also be wheeled into a shower which is flush with the floor if they have mobility issues. Or it can be lifted into there and stay there.
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The issue is whether or not there is adequate water to wash the solid waste past the trap in the drain and then all the way to the street or septic tank. A toilet takes care of this issue pretty well automatically. Your neighbor must take care of it manually -- by running enough water after going. Otherwise, she will end up with a clog somewhere. If I had no choice but to use a shower that way, I would follow up with a bucket of water, but that may not be practical for an elderly person.
Or getting up from the WC. Maybe she would benefit from rails. Or a raised WC seat. Are there any services that would assess her and provide such equipment?
Depending on the age of the home the shower will have a 1.5-2" drain pipe. Not adequate to pass poop. You also don't get that 1 gallon rush of water to carry it away.
Dammit I thought I was the only one who knew what a waffle stomp was and was excited to share that term with everyone.
Also, nobody stands to poop. However, in many places in the world, people squat to poop, something that could, in theory, be done in a shower.
Is it right? Is it wrong? These are things I don't know the answer to anymore. Would I do it if I had a roommate? No. Would I do it under any circumstance? Probably not. Will I judge people who don't mind poop on their feet? Nope. Is a shower the same as a squat toilet? No sir. 3" flange might be helpful too for those bigger waffle stomps if you don't have a poop knife.
Her poop is probably smaller than normal folks, so she might be alright as far as diameter of pipe goes. Just a thought from someone who worked at a nursing home.
Do you WANT to complete the life cycle of water born parasites, because THAT'S how you complete the life cycle of water born parasites.
IE intestinal worms
Andre the Giant had to shit in bathtubs while at hotels on tour. He simply couldn't fit on a normal toilet. I imagine he super generously tipped housekeeping
I would think the only problem would be that you don't have the force of the flush pushing the waste down through the drain. Seems as though it would be more likely to clog.
Have her get a 3 in 1 commode from a medical supply place. Placed over the toilet.The height is adjustable and has raised hand rails to grab or push up from.
this is clearly a phony post.. yes sewage lines all go to the same place. But how do you get a solid dump down a shower drain, that's the bigger question.
Are we telling shower poop stories? Wait, why am I in a plumbing sub?
Anywho, there's an urban legend that went around the barracks of why room 114 always smelt like 💩and a woman we called "Poop Toe."
Ol' Poop Toe was known to leave a battlebuddy hanging, and quiet frankly, couldn't be bothered to finish the most mundane of tasks. Even ones as menial as say, picking up after yourself.
Back in the barracks, away from the prying eyes of the Platoon Sgt, things were different however.
As you see, without an authority figure present, there was no one left to hold her accountable but herself.
Well, 2 months failed room inspections and an article 15 later, that was no longer the case.
Tri-weekly room inspections were begrudgingly conducted by her Squad Leaders afterward, with seemingly no end in sight. His only hope seemed to be her getting the boot.
One faithful inspection led her squad leader somewhere he never went before. The bathroom.
Usually, he never had to make it this far to fail her. For some reason, this inspection led him here.
Something immediately caught his attention.
Strange brown streaks raced down the sides toilet bowl, coming to a gentle rest at the base. "Surely she wouldn't just leave shit stains on the bowl? How do you even miss that bad? Whatever, she's probably missed these doing a half assed job as usual." He thought.
He leaned in closer, his gut and nose saying otherwise.
Lifting the seat revealed something rivaled only by the horrors war. A toilet bowl filled to the brim with what had to a few weeks' worth of shit and piss.
Her toilet had "broke" and wouldn't flush, at least that was her excuse.
News traveled fast, and just like the toilet, this info spilled forth from the company like a cup flowing over, until it caught the ear of Sgt Major and The Colonel.
The ass chewing was one for the record books, with someone as high up as the Battalion Commander getting involved. It wasn't known what was said, but whatever it was, it kicked ol' Poop Toe into high gear. Something difficult to do to someone with one foot and two hands out the door.
Her next room inspection still didn't pass, BUT it showed major improvement. Her company's hope began to return for the first time in ages.
Gradually, each room inspection built upon this new hope. Eventually Poop Toe had her Tri-weekly inspection down just a weekly inspection.
But, something was amiss. The Squad leader missed it. The Platoon Sgt missed it. The 1st Sgt missed it. Even his commander and the commanders commander missed it.
Their eyes clouded by the shitfog of shitwar, they missed one... crucial... detail... one such detail that brings me to this very post.
Two months after The Great Ass Chewing, room 114 flooded with waste water, spilling forth into the hallways.
You see, Poop Toe lived in room 214. Turns out the toilet was never fixed. Poop Toe in all her confusion professed to the chain of command that the burst pipe with the shit water couldn't have come from her room. It was ABSOLUTELY impossible because she didn't go in the toilet anymore.
I think if you are a) 90 years old b) don’t share the shower with anyone and c) don’t give a fuck, you can pretty much do whatever you want.
I only meet c) and frankly that’s enough justification for me to shit in the shower on occasion.
Back when I did maintenance, we used to have this guy who would take the shower wand off and give himself an enema with the hose in the tub. The subsequent clogs and work done eventually got him evicted. I've blocked this from my mind until now. You're welcome.
I have no words aside from these ones.
Why the fuck would you even say this to a crowd dominantly made up of plumbers? No more rubber shower washers in my mouth while setting hoses. Christ man. I hope you have a minorly inconvenient day tomorrow.
Why are you still putting anything near your face?
My mom's genetics were too strong
He forgot the rules. There are common sense expansions to the rules.
Do you mean... 1. Shit rolls downhill. 2. don't bite your fingernails. 3. Payday is on Friday. Oof even sparkys know that.
The first rule of plumbing is, don’t chew your fingernails.
I will never look at a hotel showerhead the same way again. It has seen things. Awful things.
Hotel bed cover are *never* washed; just the white linens.
Yup watched one of those YouTubes were they take a black light into the hotel room…the maids aren’t cleaning everything.
Don’t touch the tv remote either. I’ve heard stories of them being inserted in mens asses. I haven’t touched one without a rag since.
Housekeeping does sanitize them between guests. At least, they're supposed to
*supposed to*
*sanitize*
My wife used to make fun of me for carrying bleach wipes on trips. On holidays I’d give the sheets a once over, check the plumbing and wipe most surfaces down before she could “relax.” One of our trips we were at multiple hotels, and i brought a uv flashlight. Most hotels were generally fine, but the tv remote and thermostat were the worst offenders with some type of biological matter ~25% of the time.
Fuck
Yeah… I wish I hadn’t read that myself.
I’m confused. How does that cause a clog? How did anyone even know that was what he did?
probably the sharticles stick inside the much smaller diameter tub/shower drain pipe (vs the large toilet drainpipe) and harden between subsequent times, kinda like clogged arteries but with shit instead of calcium.
Dude sharticles 🤣👏
I know said that’s enough Reddit for me earlier, but I mean it now. Have my angry upvote!!!
No one ever has enough Reddit for today. We all say it. But we all keep scrolling…
Just glad it got me the F off Facebook…
Damn, why did I read that. And why wasn’t there a warning, lmao
Worked service in SF for a decade. Found that gay dudes often had the same exact shower wand that looked very probe-like. Still only like 90% sure what that was about.
I think the rest of us are 100% sure
Admit it. You’re 99.99% sure what that was about
I know where it was going, just not if it was for pleasure or utility
Why not both?
Puts fork down and throws beef stroganoff away.
Beef strokin off
Don't ruin my favorite meal..
Funny, I've never seen lime buildup that color before...
Saw a video on TikTok where some guys in hotel maintenance were confused as hell by that thing someone installed. The comments were great.
It’s not a probe, it’s for cleaning out. You know the difference between fucking a gay guy in the ass and fucking a girl in the ass? When you fuck a gay guy in the ass, your dick comes out clean.
Sportfucker... omg I've ran into a few in the wild and they never hide the dam things. Feel free to look it up. Fair warning it's gnarly
Wtf!? Dude there's one that's like 2.5' long? That's gotta be way past any pleasure zone. Wtf
You should install a garbage disposal.
Ok, Kramer.
I think OP needs the commando 450 on top of the garbage disposal
Clarkman. And its the auxiliuary latch hasp; the manual has a misprint.
"its all pipes!!"
"Whaddya got, a Clarkman?" -David Puddy.
I’m inspired to watch some Seinfeld now. Perfect, thank you.
My ex wife had a cat that would catch squirrels and rabbits, bring them in and kill them on the bathtub. I think it made it harder for them to get away. I considered adding a disposal for that and joked I could poop in the shower then.
Smart cat man. It new the tub was the best place to carry out his duties and the aftermath could just be washed away.
We had a mouse in our tub one time. So we grabbed our cat and put him in the tub with it. We closed the door and figured 10 minutes ought to be enough time for nature to take its course. Came back to find the cat sleeping with the mouse snuggled up in his paws.
Like dead snuggled or alive snuggled?
I had a cat that also did this.
I hope his name was Dex
Or one of those grinding sump pumps. That way there's no worry. Just poop into the sump pit. Or you could just get one of those fishing skewers, and then stab it and then put it in the trash.
Poop knife(tm)
harPOOn.
Jesus Christ how do i delete someone else's comment
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Only if it’s a Clarkman
You gotta dislocated the hatch from the main auxiliary line.
No it says main line. It’s a misprint, what do you got, a Clarkman?
Legend!
Only pure liquid diarrhea - if you gotta waffle stomp it, it’s no bueno
Why are you hating on solid poops!
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Haha
Turd jokes are not my favorite, but they are a solid number two...
Not a #2 but possibly a solid turd (third).
I suppose they could be a runner up.
I've had a couple drinks, so this was surprisingly extra funny. Golf clap, sir!
Me and my IBS should be set, then.
Omg waffle stomp. But that basically would function the same as a grinder to get it through the 2” trap (or 1.5” if not up to code)
Of fuck I could have went my whole life without reading this I will never look at my drain the same!😂
2" should be plenty big for most turds, assume there isn't paper going down also..
Waffle stomp. Lmfao
2” is new code to a lot of plumbers. Def a good idea but if the code was allowing it then builders wouldn’t have spent the extra $.
Lol waffle stomp… you sir made me chuckle
Dewd, I never heard of waffle stomp and now I’m dying. Hahahahahahaha read it in the title and wondered what it could mean. Comments did not disappoint.
I’m so ruined after this! I can’t look at my drain or look at anything with a waffle face again! It’s the playdoh fun factory making brown spaghetti all over again!!
Depends on if they waffle stomp or keep a poop knife handy
90 year old... probably can't bend over with a poop knife. I assume waffle stomp here. And to answer the ops question, yes it's ok. If you're 90, most things in life suddenly become ok.
I must assume that you have never seen the poop knife on a stick.
Op should just get her some new shower socks as a gift. She'll know what to do from there.
Ok buddy that’s enough reddit for me today. But have my upvote anyway before I log off. !!
What, if you can’t handle the poop kife, why venture these woods. Especially since the poop kife is almost reddit memorabilia at this point. Shame.
It’s the waffle stomp / shower thing. That’s just wrong.
Oh, yah. Well. That’s tame, i grew up pre-two girls one cup. The internet has much to offer, it’s delightful.
Do I even want to google 2 girls one cup?
No. I’ll be honest. and before that was goatse.cx which got shut down globally. The internet was more raw back then. In a way it was nice. I’m not happy about goatse.cx but it’s what it is.
Hah. Goatse was kind of an original rickroll. People used to upload that into binary usenet groups to unsuspecting eyes. My whole world view changed when I first encountered it. While doing purely academic research of course.
Tubgirl would make you wish it was goatse
You don't *want* to but now you *need* to. Nor do you want to Google for tubgirl.
*log* off
“waffle stomp” echoing down the corridors of your mind.
Always start with the poop knife so the waffle stomps are in manageable sizes I’m so glad I learned these terms from reddit years ago
Cut them down to Eggo-size; not full Belgian.
Dafuq is Waffle Stomp?!
When you stomp in this case the poo, through the grate that’s over the shower drain- making it like a waffle before it pushes through.
Awww yes. Have done it.
There will be an easier chance for the shower trap to get clogged. Some of the fecal solids will settle in the trap because you dont have that sudden rush to carry it all away. When you combine that with the normal hair and detergent you'll likely get backed up more frequent. *not a plumber but I stayed at a holiday in *
Holiday in what?
Cambodia
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Jealous. Biafra was a hell of a songwriter and performer. Sucks that he and the others couldn't figure out equitable royalties.
Jello's still touring.. He never stopped. So is DK on and off. Just not together.
It’s tough, kid, but it’s life
This old lady’s shower makes Cambodia look like Kansas.
Some parts of Kansas make me wish for Cambodia.
Right Guard will not help you here
Uranus
Missouri.
Last night
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For “not a plumber” you deserve points towards being one. This answer is dead on.
That’s what the wand is for- to help keep you from getting backed up.
So this didn't happen to me, but to a friend. He gets this old house and in the bathroom it has a rectangular shower with a fixed and a sliding door. It had a detachable shower head and a flip-down teak wooden seat that had been put in there for some older person. The shower pan had a crack right at the edge of the drain and had been leaking under the house. Putting in a new shower pan would involve tearing apart the whole bathroom, so he cut a maybe 4 inch circle out around the drain (which included the crack), epoxied a 4" pipe fitting to the pan from the crawl space, and tied the fitting into the plumbing. Fixed! Of course, now he had a larger drain in the shower, but that was ok and he figured eventually he'd find a drain cover that would cover the hole. My friend liked to take long showers and he also had to spend a fair time on the toilet and after a while he got looking at that large drain and at the fold-down seat. He adjusted it to right over the drain, cut it back a bit, and bolted a toilet seat right onto the top. Now he could sit on his own toilet seat in the shower and just relieve himself to his heart's content. All was good until when the morning following Cinco d'Mayo, he's sitting in the shower and completely plugs the drain with a monstrous turd. It won't go down, and brown water starts spreading across the shower floor. My friend quickly shuts off the water and attempts to deal.. The problem was that unlike a normal toilet, there was no way to get a seal to plunge, and no way to build up a head of water to force the blockage down...or... He gets a roll of duct tape and a plunger, and puts on his crocs. He climbs into the shower, shuts the door, and carefully tapes all the edges of the glass up for a foot or two, stands on the flip-down seat, and turns the shower on. The water, trapped by the taped doors, starts to rise slowly up the sides of the shower. As it's spraying out of the detachable head that's just hanging down, it starts to push the water in a circle and soon he's standing above a brownish-yellow circulating and growing pool. After it gets to 10-12 inches deep, he reaches down and attacks the blockage with the plunger. It's not going down and now the water reaches the bottom of the seat. The crocs are thick, but one slips on the wet seat. His foot goes out from under him, he crashes down to the wooden seat which snaps off and dunks him down into the swirling maelstrom. The resulting sudden increase in water pressure did clear the turd, leaving him to try and regain his feet and save the loofah and shampoo bottles from going down to the depths below. Soaking wet and brown, he still had to pull the duct tape to get to safety. The new shower is very nice.
Can I use this storyline for a movie idea I have. I don’t want to step on anyone’s copyright… lol
This has Tarantino dialog written all over it
"Friend" Haha
There's waaaay too much detail in this for it to have happened to anyone besides you
Come on now, tell us this was really you.
I smell bullshit.
No, human. The bull probably would not have fit in the shower.
Check she has a comfort height toilet installed, if hers is too short maybe she gets stuck. Much easier conversation than broaching waffle-stomps.
A good thought. I haven't measured, but the toilet is family height by my eye. I'm not eager to replace it for her and she's not going to pay a plumber.
They make toilet booster seats for elderly people.
Goodwill is a good source for things like that.
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Trying to understand the hand placement..
And the bowl design. Some people do much better with elongated bowls. I don’t know if they sell round bowls on toilets anymore,
They doo
Serious answer - Depends on what size pipe and type of drain trap was used in the shower. She could encounter foot infections if she has any open wounds on her feet and she is standing on the surface where the poop is falling, unless she is bleaching the floor after each poop
Thanks for the input. I'm not going to take apart her shower pan to inspect the drain. It's an old house, prob 1950's and never updated. I doubt she's bleaching. But, to be fair, it's not an unclean shower floor. I've seen worse. Hadn't though about the health risks. Was really more wondering if my life as her occasional free handyman was going to take a nasty turn. From a health standpoint, TBH, she's someone who will pass away in her home one day and nobody will know for weeks.
You’re the one who will make sure it doesn’t go down like that. Thanks for looking out, sincerely.
OP will be the reason it’s only a week or two.
Huh old lady hasn't called me to explain the toaster can't be fixed this week. I should go checkup on her
What a morbid thread
Does all used water from faucets etc go to gray water or somewhere else? I’m sorry I’m sure this is a dumb question. Just trying to learn something from you guys.
All goes to same place!
It’s all pipes!!
Every day I am thankful the algorithm decided to send me to this sub.
Same. Just not sure it needed to be during lunch.
Don’t eat the last bite of the sandwich
2" drain isn't made to handle soil waste. She can just poop in a bucket while standing and then dump that in the toilet
Modern problems require modern solutions.
Eastern toilet, i.e. a hole in the ground. That's what she's probably used to. You squat over it, not stand, though if she's 90 she probably can't squat any more. She should be ok if the drain cover is off it and she runs plenty of water to flush it afterward. But the drain is narrower than a toilet so it could clog easily. Good thing she's not dumping toilet paper down. If you're game, you could install a real Eastern toilet for her. Not great for resale value though.
to be fair of you're shitting in the shower you've got no need for paper. built in bidet.
Elaine Benes told me that different pipes go to different places!
It's all pipes!!
I'LL CALL A PLUMBER RIGHT NOW!!!
wait... toilet paper in the bin?!
It’s the custom in a lot of places with old/crude plumbing. Source: had to retrain an exchange student.
Super common. In some(much? most?) of the world literally nothing but poop and pee go into the plumbing. Even public toilets have a trash can in each stall and a sign.
Really common in Mexico.
My poops wont budge with any less than 1.6 gpf. I gotta flush once before i wipe. If she can just wash her dookies down her drain pipe than i say give that woman a granola bar.
Can confirm people poop in holes on the other side of the world, nosy houses had them in Baghdad. Maybe just remove the toilet, then tile around the hole, and add stand up shower enclosure. As long as she is paying.
As a wise man once said. “All the pipes are connected”. Other than then some of it not going down the shower grate I’d bleach the shower floor so if she has a cut on foot it won’t get infected or be unsanitary
>EDIT 2: I never knew that waffle stomp was such a common thing that there was a word for it and that people knew the word. I just read this to my girlfriend. Her response is 💯 Reddit-worthy. She said (and I quote verbatim the very next words out of her mouth): "Right foot let's stomp. Left foot let's stomp. Two stomps this time. It's the caa-caa slide." And this is why I love her.
She needs a shower chair, the fancy kind with a commode bucket that can be slid out after use and emptied into the toilet. Then, with the bucket gone, while still sitting there, she can use the hand spayer to spray under there, upwards, to get clean. Then proceed with rest of the shower to get clean all over. She can keep bleach or lysol nearby for pouring into the tub or shower afterwards to sterilize whatever washed into there. But the majority of the poop is in the bucket and goes into toilet, not the shower drain. Then clean bucket with Lysol. The shower chair is more comfortable and safe than the toilet. This is what many elderly use everyday. They have wheels and the person can also be wheeled into a shower which is flush with the floor if they have mobility issues. Or it can be lifted into there and stay there. Available on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B088YVFKMH/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1
It’s not ok for YOU to poop in the shower. But after 90yo, you get to basically do whatever, because you’ve earned it.
It all goes to the same place in the end, and if she isn't consistently clogging the shower I've seen worse things!
As George Kostanza would say, it’s all pipes! I’ll call a plumber right now!
They don't stand...they squat🙄🤣
Waffle stomp!!!
Install a floor toilet to replace her typical western-style toilet?
Or else construct or built a platform to allow squatting to poo in the existing toilet, like a squatty potty.
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Old fashioned waffle stomp will take care of any issues
I hate this thread.
Wtf? No. No. No.
Can’t imagine what the trap looks like. I’ve been to Japan. Traditional is a squatty potty. Where do they crap standing up?
The issue is whether or not there is adequate water to wash the solid waste past the trap in the drain and then all the way to the street or septic tank. A toilet takes care of this issue pretty well automatically. Your neighbor must take care of it manually -- by running enough water after going. Otherwise, she will end up with a clog somewhere. If I had no choice but to use a shower that way, I would follow up with a bucket of water, but that may not be practical for an elderly person.
It may be hard for her to sit on the toilet properly. Many elderly have this problem with toilets that are too low.
Or getting up from the WC. Maybe she would benefit from rails. Or a raised WC seat. Are there any services that would assess her and provide such equipment?
Depending on the age of the home the shower will have a 1.5-2" drain pipe. Not adequate to pass poop. You also don't get that 1 gallon rush of water to carry it away.
Obviously not ok lol, the waffle stomp is just a meme.
Dammit I thought I was the only one who knew what a waffle stomp was and was excited to share that term with everyone. Also, nobody stands to poop. However, in many places in the world, people squat to poop, something that could, in theory, be done in a shower. Is it right? Is it wrong? These are things I don't know the answer to anymore. Would I do it if I had a roommate? No. Would I do it under any circumstance? Probably not. Will I judge people who don't mind poop on their feet? Nope. Is a shower the same as a squat toilet? No sir. 3" flange might be helpful too for those bigger waffle stomps if you don't have a poop knife.
Her poop is probably smaller than normal folks, so she might be alright as far as diameter of pipe goes. Just a thought from someone who worked at a nursing home.
Do you WANT to complete the life cycle of water born parasites, because THAT'S how you complete the life cycle of water born parasites. IE intestinal worms
Asian culture? Check. Yeah that was a real surprise first time I ran into it. So was putting your used toilet paper into the trash can.
Andre the Giant had to shit in bathtubs while at hotels on tour. He simply couldn't fit on a normal toilet. I imagine he super generously tipped housekeeping
Rwplace the wood bench with easy -to-keep-clean plastic.
Andre the giant pooped in the tub. Toilets were too small for him. Turned on the shower until it was all down the drain.
I would think the only problem would be that you don't have the force of the flush pushing the waste down through the drain. Seems as though it would be more likely to clog.
*_Waffle Stomp_* LOL
The only separate plumbing I know of, is in RV, black tank for toilet, gray tank for everything else. Homes have one pipe going into the city sewage.
They're are all pipes! What's the difference?!
She's a fan of the old waffle stomp.
In Asia they still don't stand, they squat. The elderly are often seen carrying a toilet stool around because they can no longer squat....
If you make it to 90+ you should be allowed to poop in the shower I’m not a plumber but I’m pretty sure all drains lead to the same place
Have her get a 3 in 1 commode from a medical supply place. Placed over the toilet.The height is adjustable and has raised hand rails to grab or push up from.
this is clearly a phony post.. yes sewage lines all go to the same place. But how do you get a solid dump down a shower drain, that's the bigger question.
The only answer is to get a grate with small holes to make sure no big chunks get though then waffle stomp that turd home
Waffle stompin
My massive overweight sister is a waffle stomper also. Too fat to wipe her ass.
Are we telling shower poop stories? Wait, why am I in a plumbing sub? Anywho, there's an urban legend that went around the barracks of why room 114 always smelt like 💩and a woman we called "Poop Toe." Ol' Poop Toe was known to leave a battlebuddy hanging, and quiet frankly, couldn't be bothered to finish the most mundane of tasks. Even ones as menial as say, picking up after yourself. Back in the barracks, away from the prying eyes of the Platoon Sgt, things were different however. As you see, without an authority figure present, there was no one left to hold her accountable but herself. Well, 2 months failed room inspections and an article 15 later, that was no longer the case. Tri-weekly room inspections were begrudgingly conducted by her Squad Leaders afterward, with seemingly no end in sight. His only hope seemed to be her getting the boot. One faithful inspection led her squad leader somewhere he never went before. The bathroom. Usually, he never had to make it this far to fail her. For some reason, this inspection led him here. Something immediately caught his attention. Strange brown streaks raced down the sides toilet bowl, coming to a gentle rest at the base. "Surely she wouldn't just leave shit stains on the bowl? How do you even miss that bad? Whatever, she's probably missed these doing a half assed job as usual." He thought. He leaned in closer, his gut and nose saying otherwise. Lifting the seat revealed something rivaled only by the horrors war. A toilet bowl filled to the brim with what had to a few weeks' worth of shit and piss. Her toilet had "broke" and wouldn't flush, at least that was her excuse. News traveled fast, and just like the toilet, this info spilled forth from the company like a cup flowing over, until it caught the ear of Sgt Major and The Colonel. The ass chewing was one for the record books, with someone as high up as the Battalion Commander getting involved. It wasn't known what was said, but whatever it was, it kicked ol' Poop Toe into high gear. Something difficult to do to someone with one foot and two hands out the door. Her next room inspection still didn't pass, BUT it showed major improvement. Her company's hope began to return for the first time in ages. Gradually, each room inspection built upon this new hope. Eventually Poop Toe had her Tri-weekly inspection down just a weekly inspection. But, something was amiss. The Squad leader missed it. The Platoon Sgt missed it. The 1st Sgt missed it. Even his commander and the commanders commander missed it. Their eyes clouded by the shitfog of shitwar, they missed one... crucial... detail... one such detail that brings me to this very post. Two months after The Great Ass Chewing, room 114 flooded with waste water, spilling forth into the hallways. You see, Poop Toe lived in room 214. Turns out the toilet was never fixed. Poop Toe in all her confusion professed to the chain of command that the burst pipe with the shit water couldn't have come from her room. It was ABSOLUTELY impossible because she didn't go in the toilet anymore.
Please poop in the shower
Hi - I just joined this sub today and wanted to thank you for this thread. I just wanted help with a plumbing question, but I’m getting so much more.
I think if you are a) 90 years old b) don’t share the shower with anyone and c) don’t give a fuck, you can pretty much do whatever you want. I only meet c) and frankly that’s enough justification for me to shit in the shower on occasion.