Toilet Worms
Big Bubba
install a new wax ring. No problem there.
My issue is that when it leaks, out come these little worms (nasty, I know.)
After I remove the toilet how can I get rid of these creatures?
TIA.
BR
badgolferman
Maybe this'll help:
http://www.grandmas-wisdom.com/tapeworm.html
Big Bubba
toilet, not on me. They are very samll, about a quarter inch long.
BR
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Bob
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put them on a piece of bread and eat them.
The Daring Dufas
TDD
Big Bubba
BR
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Claude Hopper
Bleach them.
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Claude Hopper :)
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Mike S.
knows how long) clogged toilet in a building I was working at..I pulled the
bag to fix the toilet after someone called me and was totally grossed out by
a squirming mess of little worms in the water and crap in the bowl. I'm not
normally easily upset ( hell I used to repair sewage ejector pumps for a
living) but this was so unexpected and so nasty I admit I took a few steps
back and almost ran for it!
Once I recovered my composure, I went and got some supplies for the
attack..I poured a gallon of bleach ( ok, it was overkill, but these things
were gross) into the crap in the toilet and the worms reacted violently,
spasmed for a few minutes, then died and that was the end of it. Never saw
another one anywhere. I never did figure out what they were, in my shop
discussions we were evenly divided between fly larva ( maggots) and some
kind of parasite that was living in the shit in the toilet and kept on
living after the dump. I can't say I wanted to get any closer to really
examine them to figure it out anyway.
So get a nice spray bottle, fill it with pure bleach, then blast away when
you have the toilet out, I suspect this will solve the problem.
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Mike S.
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The Ranger
A spray bottle containing unadulterated Clorox Bleach (applied
liberally) and then wiped up with paper towels will cure the
parasite problem. You might also bring a heat gun to help speed
up the drying process of the wood underneath the ring where the
little beasties are living... Just in case.
The Ranger
Big Bubba
OK. Done deal. It wasn't nearly as bad as expected. Them worms weren't
too happy though.
I can see how it all happened. There was small leak in the ring and some of
my waste colledted outside of the ring under the base of the toilet. Well,
this must be a fantastic place for these munchkins.
Thanks for everybody suggestions.
BR
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ransley
You never thought of doing something before, like a can of Raid or
some bleach down there mr bubba, even any cheap booze will work,
geeze.
Frank
Coleah
TIA.
BR
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Here's something that has always puzzled me. It was in the late
70's/early 80's in an old house (supposed to be hooked to city water and
sewer). The bathtub backed up with raw sewage. Then some months later
the owner reported that there were snakes inside the toilet tank. I
passed the story off as owner's daughter reporting it was known to 'tell
tales'.
However, when the house was sold the new owner experienced the same
thing...snakes in the toilet tank. Supposedly the water in the tank was
clear and clean, but no one could figure out how the snakes were getting
in there. The water bill didn't indicate excess as in a broken pipe,
perhaps.
When I saw this post about 'worms', I thought perhaps that might have
been the answer...however they were not small little worms....they were
big and described as snakes. The newspaper even ran an article about
the house.
Anyone ever hear of something like this?
h
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fill pipe/hose?
badgolferman
Maybe it was coming up through the sewer pipe. I'd like to see the
look on the face of the person sitting on the potty when they felt
something touching them while taking a crap.
Red Green
news:hsoeg45egci1pimck...@4ax.com:
> On Mon, 27 Oct 2008 18:22:53 -0400, "Mike S." <fa...@fake.invalid>
> wrote:
>
>>I saw something similar in a neglected ( covered with a plastic bag
>>for god knows how long) clogged toilet in a building I was working
>>at..I pulled the bag to fix the toilet after someone called me and was
>>totally grossed out by a squirming mess of little worms in the water
>>and crap in the bowl. I'm not normally easily upset ( hell I used to
>>repair sewage ejector pumps for a living) but this was so unexpected
>>and so nasty I admit I took a few steps back and almost ran for it!
>>
>>Once I recovered my composure, I went and got some supplies for the
>>attack..I poured a gallon of bleach ( ok, it was overkill, but these
>>things were gross) into the crap in the toilet and the worms reacted
>>violently, spasmed for a few minutes, then died and that was the end
>>of it. Never saw another one anywhere. I never did figure out what
>>they were, in my shop discussions we were evenly divided between fly
>>larva ( maggots) and some kind of parasite that was living in the shit
>>in the toilet and kept on living after the dump. I can't say I wanted
>>to get any closer to really examine them to figure it out anyway.
>>
>>So get a nice spray bottle, fill it with pure bleach, then blast away
>>when you have the toilet out, I suspect this will solve the problem.
>
> Years ago, I worked for a rental company. They had about 70 old
> houses in the ghetto part of a large city. I was their handyman, but
> since I was initially a plumber, I did mostly just their plumbing
> work.
>
> I had done plumbing for years, and nothing really bothered me.....
> UNTIL THIS DAY. It was a hot and humid summer day. The toilet was
> located on the second floor near the top of the stairs and a door
> leading to an outside upper porch.
>
> It was close to 100 degrees when I walked up the stairs. When I
> neared the top step, the odor nearly made me vomit. I opened the
> bathroom door and saw the horrors. These people had filled the
> toilet, then let the shit pile up on top of the pile until it was
> nearly as high as the tp of the toilet tank. I walked out on that
> porch to get some fresh air, and heaved my cookies.
>
> After regaining my composure, I went back downstairs and grabbed the
> phone, and called the landlord (my boss). I explained the situation.
> He told me to do whatever is needed, and to replace the toilet if I
> must.
>
> I left the job and went to the hardware store. I bought several
> plastic tarps, some bleach, rope, a window fan, several mops, and a
> new toilet with all the bolts and stuff. Then I went to another place
> and bought a respirator. I returned to the job, held my breath while
> I placed the window fan in the window (which of course was painted
> shut), and got that working. Then I put on the respirator, and
> wrapped several layers of the tarp over the entire toilet, and tied it
> securely, only leaving the mounting bolts exposed. I shut off the
> water valve under the toilet and sawed off the supply pipe. Then I
> grabbed a large hammer and broke the toilet base by the bolts.
>
> I went out on the porch and removed the railing. I tried to push the
> toilet out the door in one piece and found it was too heavy. I went
> back to the hardware store, bought more tarps and more rope. When I
> returned to the job, I covered the whole area from the bathroom to the
> porch with tarps, after yelling at the owner for allowing her bratty
> kids out on the porch with no railing. After covering the entire
> floor with traps, I tied a rope to the toilet and tossed it over the
> porch. I went outside, got in my truck, and parked the truck in the
> yard. I tied the rope to the bumper and drove forward until the
> toilet fell off the porch into the yard, leaving a huge mess of broken
> porcelain, filthy tarps, and shit all over the lawn.
>
> I got back upstairs, threw all the tarps off the porch, and soaked the
> bathroom floor with bleach and water, leaving it soak while I replaced
> the porch railing. After that, I mopped the floor and walls, around
> the toilet and proceeded to install the new toilet.
>
> When I was done, I told the renter that I was finished and was walking
> out the door, when the woman started hollaring about the mess on their
> lawn. She complained about the odor. I promptly told her that I am a
> plumber, not a cleanup person. She continued to hollar, at which time
> I grabbed her phone and dialed the landlord. I handed her the phone
> as I walked out the door and quickly drove away.
>
> The landlord later told me that he was happy to issue her an eviction
> notice after she cussed him out and threatened him. He said that he
> would send someone over there with a some sort of machinery to clean
> up the mess on the lawn, but not until these tenants had moved out.
>
> He told me to do whatever is needed,
You should have sub-k'd that one out!
BobK207
> letter...@invalid.com wrote innews:hsoeg45egci1pimck...@4ax.com:
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>
>
> > On Mon, 27 Oct 2008 18:22:53 -0400, "Mike S." <f...@fake.invalid>
>>>>>You should have sub-k'd that one out! <<<<,
Yes, I would agree but now he's got one hell of a story!
cheers
Bob