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So this is a US thing, with the weird half-full-of-water bowls, right?
I've had a messy clog maybe once in my life, but evven then it didn't just fill horrifically with water and overflow. It's such a trope that all I can assume is that maybe US toilets do that sometimes?
It happens occasionally, it's not like they overflow after one flush. You flush, notice the water isn't going down, plunger it, and usually you're good
Plus there's a knob where the toilet water hose connects that you can turn off if you see it filling up so that it doesn't overflow
That won't stop it from overflowing. You need to pop the lid off the toilet, push the float down, and unhook the chain going to the flap.
The flap should stop the toilet from flushing once the tank is empty. You shouldn't need to do anything manually to stop it. That's why people are concerned that your toilet overflows. A single flush should never cause your toilet to overflow, even if it's clogged.
Yes, but people tend to have the habit of flushing at least twice in hopes the second time works, despite past experience.
This entire conversation confirms that apparently yeah, US toilets do this and as usual Americans will blame just about everybody for a problem that is readily solvable instead of actually fixing it.
I didn't think I was gonna end up with toilets as a metaphor for, you know, health care, political corruption and gun control, but here we are.
Sure, I'll just smuggle in European toilets to replace the perfectly serviceable toilets in my house.
Shall I remove the toilet seats and paper as well to really get that "Spanish gas station" feel?
Or maybe - just maybe - it's not a big enough problem for anyone to take the time to fix.
I rest the hell out of my case. That case is so rested it's fully asleep.