blort

[psocoptera]

BLORT:

a) the sound made by psocoptera's toilet spontaneously spewing up a bowlful of what looked like soapsuds

b) the sound of the toilet exuding *more* soapsuds to spill out on the floor in a big foamy puddle

c) the sound of the toilet starting to do this *again* after psocoptera mopped up the first batch and washed the floor

d) all of the above



Fortunately it seems to have stopped without overflowing again. And as far as things that might come out a toilet outflow, "some sort of sudsy cleaning product accident" is really not bad. And the building manager should be sending a plumber over tomorrow to investigate. But seriously, why the heck would a toilet start foaming for *no apparent reason*? It could still flush just fine, so it wasn't backed up. Something in the building plumbing, or someone in the building flushing something they shouldn't have. Grrr.

Comments

[ruthling.livejournal.com]

I feel like I should have something helpful to add, but I don't. Sounds annoying. I hope the plumber can figure something out.

[irilyth]

Yeep! Sounds like something got hooked up to something wrong or something... Hope the plumber can fix it before your apartment is filled with soapy doom.

[ruthling.livejournal.com]

That icon always makes me, um, laugh sort of uncomfortably. Have you ever seen the Galapagos tortoises in the concrete pen at the San Diego zoo? I have at least once been privileged to see them getting some. The sound they made is unforgettable.

illegal washing machine?

[saxifrage.livejournal.com]

In my condo building in Durham the pipes are apparently narrow, such that if someone runs a washing machine, when it drains the soapy water can end up backing into the toilet of the unit below it. This problem can be avoided by using a lo-flow washing machine which uses less water and therefore doesn't drain as much. If the pipes in your building are narrow, and a resident has a washing machine they're not supposed to have, I imagine it could cause that kind of scenario. Perhaps someone in your building has a washing machine they aren't supposed to have?

Re: illegal washing machine?

[ruthling.livejournal.com]

That makes sense! psocoptera, did the soap smell like laundry detergent? Was there lint?

[myalexandria.livejournal.com]

actually, that happened about once a month in the apartment I shared with J. Apparently they'd had the plumber round a few times for the previous tenants, but it could never be fixed. It was a huge pain in the ass, but such is life in the city sometimes.

this was not a very comforting comment, I know :)