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    Apr 20, 2011, 11:24 AM
    Plumbing backwash
    Bathroom sink backwashed in the middle of the night with blood clots and body tissue material in average apartment complex. Do people usually force medical waste through the lines at night?
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    Apr 20, 2011, 11:31 AM
    Plumbing backwash w/blood clots in apartment
    Bathroom sink filled with backwash containing blood clots in apartment aprox 4a.m. Do people usually force medical waste through the lines at night?
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    Apr 20, 2011, 11:53 AM

    Medical waste has to be incinerated... blood is considered a biohazzard.

    But what country do you live in... standards aren't universal.
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    Apr 20, 2011, 12:04 PM

    I'm in Colorado in an average apartment complex on the top floor. Someone had to force it hard through the lines. Do people usually cram blood clots and tissue through the lines to dispose instead of incinerate? To save money? It happened in the middle of the night about 4 times recently. Creepy.
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    Apr 20, 2011, 12:07 PM

    It's already be posted by you and answered. ONE thread per topic per site rules. Thread has been reported for deletion.
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    Apr 20, 2011, 12:18 PM

    Um... you aren't getting medical waste to the top floor apartment... without flooding all the lower levels, Simple physics... if its backing up in yours... it has to be spraying out of theirs.

    You have gunk from the sewer pipes in your unit loose and backing up from a clog. HUGE difference there.
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    Apr 20, 2011, 03:29 PM

    .if its backing up in yours... it has to be spraying out of theirs.
    Not necessarily Smoothy, could be blockage between top floor and next floor down.
    If there is no flooding below, that means the individual doing it is also on the top floor.
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    Apr 20, 2011, 04:06 PM
    This is ridiculous and creepy. If it's blood and human tissue, which of course you don't really know without a microscope and some knowledge of various species, you call the cops or take a jar of it to a police station.
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    Apr 20, 2011, 05:39 PM

    If blood and body tissue comes into my toilet I'm calling the cops. Someone in my area must be into something creepy.
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    Apr 20, 2011, 05:53 PM
    Backdoor abortion clinic?
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    Apr 20, 2011, 06:19 PM
    Quote Originally Posted by hkstroud View Post
    Not necessarily Smoothy, could be blockage between top floor and next floor down.
    If there is no flooding below, that means the individual doing it is also on the top floor.
    Yeah... but there isn't a hospital or medical center in the apartments on the same floor... or the Roof. That's what my point is.

    Now if there are Russian Mobsters living next door disposing of bodies down their garbage disposal..?
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    Apr 21, 2011, 05:15 AM

    Most likely someone with a serious medical issue and bandages are being flushed down the toilet.
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    Apr 21, 2011, 05:24 AM
    Quote Originally Posted by hkstroud View Post
    Most likely someone with a serious medical issue and bandages are being flushed down the toilet.
    And if that's the case... it should be the Apartment managers issue to resolve. And they would be able to find out if that's the case.

    Because they said apartment and not condominium... I assume its all rental units. And not owner occupied units, in which case it would be different.

    It could just as easily be feminine napkins being flushed and clogging up the pipes. And yeah... there actually are people dumb enough to think those can be flushed.
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    May 4, 2011, 12:30 PM
    Maybe he's a all night butcher prepping for the following days sales shoving all his waste into
    The disposal. Or not.
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