Loo paper - Lavac

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Our new boat has a Lavac and the documentation says you should use "Andrex type paper - unlike normal boating practice" because it "works better".
Is this advice still current (the loo is quite old) - as I thought thin cheap paper was the ecological choice - and if so why?
 
I think you'll find it means "Andrex type = soft and dissolvable" as opposed to "Izal type = insoluble = sandpaper without the sand"

Not recommended are: Pre-moistened toilet paper, "wet ones", baby wipes, kitchen towel, or anything labelled as "flushable" (nappies, sanitary towels, etc.)

I'm not saying that you don't know that, but someone else might read this who doesn't.
 
I think don't use the old hard Izal type paper or the thick quilted stuff that has become popular recently.
I reckon if you have to be careful not to poke your fingers through it in use it'll be just fine. /forums/images/graemlins/frown.gif

Apart from paper nothing else that has not been eaten!

The Lavac is probably more tolerant than most others if installed and maintained properly. Periodically check/clean the air vent on the inlet pipe especially if it starts to take a long time for the vacuum to go or if there is too much water left in the bowl.
 
I have had a Lavac for years, one of the simplist and best boat loos you can get! The best thing to do is buy the cheapest, non-quilted, tesco-value toilet tissue as this desolves far better than any of the posh, quilted for comfort stuff.

Un-blocking a lavac toilet is not fun....
 
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You could eat the paper, then put it down the loo

[/ QUOTE ] Its not the paper that has to be eaten, that can go down the loo. Its the feminine hygiene things and wet-wipes that have to be eaten.
 
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You could eat the paper, then put it down the loo

[/ QUOTE ] Its not the paper that has to be eaten, that can go down the loo. Its the feminine hygiene things and wet-wipes that have to be eaten.

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LOL - I thought I was bordering on the disgusting! /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif
 
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You could eat the paper, then put it down the loo.

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yea, and I suppose it wipes your botty as it come out? /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

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There's a thought - self-wiping moist paper. Might take a while to get through, though.
 
What did I start there ...
Anyway, thanks, I now twig that way back when this loo was young, that sort of tracing paper-y stuff "medicated with Izal Germicide" was all the rage (someone older than me remembers) ... and the only soft stuff was newly invented Andrex. So nowadays supermarket cheap and thin is the best choice, Lavacs included.
 
Don't know about Andrex in particular, but I recall that Charmin had a reputation for causing trouble (people said it was due to the high cellulose content) .... but maybe it's just that the people who buy it use too much?!. Never had a problem with LIDL or Netto cheapest /forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif

Vic
 
"use too much"

Yeah, I ration female passengers to 100 sheets per visit. They do grumble about how tight-fisted I am, but when I force them to unblock it themselves if they use their ration in a single lump rather than two or three handfulls, they start to understand the principles involved.
 
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