Plumbers have shared the cleaning products they would never use in a bathroom and warned that some popular hacks can actually cause more damage than good – and one is a bleach tablet
When sprucing up your home, you’d hope the products you’re using are safe, fit for purpose and effective.
However, as people devise clever shortcuts and hacks, not everything that claims to simplify life is the best choice and it could do more harm than good. According to these plumbers, there are certain things they would never do when cleaning bathrooms – as they reveal the products and cleaning methods they would steer clear of at all costs.
Witnessing the costly errors others make, they urge homeowners not to follow suit. The first thing they warning against is a specific cleaning product that can “destroy” your toilet. They suggest that a toilet brush and a cleaner such as a spray is a far superior way to clean your toilet than dropping a bleach tablet down there.
Although it will necessitate more effort, “the longer the tablet sits, the longer its chemicals chip away at your toilet’s materials. Your toilet pipes will eventually start to leak frequently, and your toilet won’t flush properly,” explained Mr. Rooter Plumbing company.
Experts are sounding the alarm for homeowners, cautioning that not everything marketed as flushable should go down the toilet. “To say ‘flushable’ just means it’s going to go through your toilet. But what it does to your plumbing system, especially if you have older pipes, is if you have, like, cast iron, the wipes don’t disintegrate,” plumber Kelly Ireland explained to Huffington Post.
This can lead to a costly situation where pipes need to be excavated. Kelly advises that even if you use these products, it’s better to bin them instead of flushing. Additionally, plumbers are warning against the use of heavy-duty chemicals for unblocking drains, pointing out that they often do “more harm than good” with hair clogs and can corrode old pipes.
Another popular tip making the rounds is using baking soda in plug holes, but AJ Jenkins, another plumber, warns that mixing baking soda with substances like vinegar could “eat away” at the rubber gasket in sinks.
