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Default blocked toilet! Andrex wet wipes - the culprit! How to unblock?

On Sun, 20 Aug 2006 12:26:07 +0100, Helen Deborah Vecht
wrote:

|Ian Cornish typed
|
| Of course, whilst the OP was sitting on the toilet, he could have read
| the packet of the wipes, which clearly (at least on the packet I have,
| it does) that you should not flush down the toilet, but dispose of in
| the bin.
|
|Had another look at the Andex Moistened packet; not only do they state
|the product is 'flushable' but there is no longer any caveat about
|macerator toilets, which I think I saw previously.
|
|I'm beginning to think the manufacturers ought to be liable for their
|product blocking toilets when used as suggested, and for subsequent
|expense.

Well it is worth OP sending a letter, may not work immediately but maybe
eventually they may change the liable.
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