Flushing things down the toilet might seem like an easy way to get rid of waste, but it's not without consequences. Toilets are designed for human waste and toilet paper, but not much else.

We might think that what happens in the privacy of the bathroom stays there. But this is not the case when items that shouldn’t be flushed down toilets are flushed, leading to emergency plumbing ...

Bathrooms are a breeding ground for bacteria, making it essential to find ways to keep this high-traffic space as clean as possible. While most people agree that toilets harbor germs, there's an ...

Jeepers, creepers! Look at this photo. This dumpster contains the ingredients of a fatberg — a toxic stew of fats, oils and grease that met up in the sewage system with sanitary products, none of ...

Flushable wipes stick to pipes and don’t dissolve like toilet paper, creating buildup that leads to serious blockages. Flushing tampons, meds, or even small toys can swell or tangle in your plumbing, ...

Tips include flushing rat, squirt soap into toilet or if the rat is too large close toilet lid and call pest control ...

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana -- A crew working to clean a sewer in Louisiana made a gruesome discovery after coming across an obstruction on Saturday. VIEWER WARNING: Story may be too graphic for sensitive ...