Yachting and Boating World forums: Kitchen roll and toilets

Yes I know that you're not supposed to put kitchen roll down Jabsco toilets, but I forgot. What was meant to be a 30 second job "nipping up" the jubilee clip at the waste pipe to stop a very slight weep has become a saga and made me weep! I tightened the clip and wanting to keep things spotlessly clean under the command of swmbo, I used plenty of kitchen roll. Where's the easiest place to put it? Of course down the cludgy, which of course jammed the pump. Hacked off at my stupidity I went home. The following evening I drove down to the boat, dismantled the pump and removed the kitchen roll. Great. Easy peazy. Reassembled it all to find it wouldn't sook in or pump out. Messed around for ages. Gave up in a fit of pissedofedness. Next night back again with new enthusiasm. Despite all efforts I just couldn't budge or remove any of the pipe work. I then noticed that the pump would work emptying the bowl to the holding tank - but not overboard. Also discovered the discharge pump for the holding tank wouldn't work either. Conclusion therefore had to be a blockage at the seacock. Fed up again - went home. Decided it would be easier to write a cheque. Got engineer down who confirmed blockage is at the seacock. He managed to eventually remove the pipe after an hour or so, but still couldn't clear the blockage. Different options were tried without success. So.. tomorrow a diver is going under to try and clear it from the outside. I can see an effing big bill coming. Effing boats! Effin stupid me who should have known better. So the motto is clear. Don't EVER consider putting kitchen roll down a Jabsco toilet - but hey you all knew that already - just like I did!

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