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FrankShore
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Oct 01, 2017

RV - Flush It Or Can It?

Just curious, how many of you flush TP down and how many of you put it in the waste basket.

Inquiring minds...
  • Flush. Only reason I can even imagine not flushing it would be if boondocking for extended time.
  • FrankShore wrote:
    Just curious, how many of you flush TP down and how many of you put it in the waste basket.

    Inquiring minds...


    Easy to answer your question.

    Based on 13 years on various RV forums, probably less than 1% don't flush TP down the toilet.
    It's so rare that someone bags it, it always causes an uproar when someone admits to doing it.

    When it comes to the black tank, some people have an aversion to dealing with it.
  • Baby wipes are not such a good thing to flush. You may not have had problems but the sewer system that you'll run them through might not be so lucky.

    When I visited the Far East about 20 years ago they told us not to flush used toilet paper as the pipes were very small in diameter and would clog easily. I simply could not bring myself to put the used toilet paper in the container supplied and flushed them.

    And I can't believe that the question is even being asked.
  • Awful smelly to place it in a waste basket. No issues for me in 40 years of dumping. Mostly breaks down anyway. Use plenty of water.
  • I flush that and I flush baby wipes down there.. Never had a clog in all my years rv'ing..

    Its been known to have the wifes products end up there too...:E
  • Seams very gross to have a can of used brown tp in the bathroom. We always flush it.
  • I can't believe that is even a question. After the paper has been soiled there is only be one place it should go.