Anticorp,

You can patent a hose, just by drawing a diagram of some specific use?

unreachable,
@unreachable@lemmy.world avatar

https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/32612ef7-7fb5-44ba-8ba8-f66488963a99.webm

Wispy2891,

Luckily now the patent is expired and we can all use this tech freely without getting sued

DarkSurferZA,

Ok, so I am assuming this means these is no windows or other possible air sources. Why not just break the toilet bowl, and stick the tube out of the top of the downpipe. If your house is on fire, I assume the toilet bowl is not priority from a retention perspective

celliern,

I assume that the water will make a barrier for the smoke

Anticorp,

Break a toilet bowl with your bare hands? Good luck with that!

shneancy,

water being there is crucial for the design as smoke can’t pass through to poison the air on the other side

stevedidWHAT,
@stevedidWHAT@lemmy.world avatar

GPT to people in 2035

Guy_Fieris_Hair,

They taught us this in fire academy. If you run out of air this is an option. But typically, hopefully, they know where you are and will be there with a RIT bag or spare bottle quickly.

GBU_28,

With your scba hose? This has my blinker fluid/water hammer Spidey sense going …

BrianTheeBiscuiteer,

How about you just stick the tube as close as possible to the source of the smoke and take a couple deep breaths? Quicker death that way.

neatchee,

I’m putting some cloth over the end with a rubberband and filling it with crushed altoids. If I’m gonna huff sewage fumes, let’s at least make it minty fresh

edgemaster72,
@edgemaster72@lemmy.world avatar

Flush first so you’re not sticking the tube through the water I guess

rockSlayer,

You can also clear the tube by blowing into it after getting past the s-bend

jackie_jormp_jomp,

You can also drink any water that entered the tube, if you’re a fucking freak

rockSlayer,

Lmao, I suppose there’s also that option too. On average, toilets are more sanitary than a phone so it’s not the end of the world if you do drink it

Empricorn,

It would have cost you absolutely nothing to resist posting that…

SpaceNoodle,

*breathe

db2,

So I can breathe in shit air while I remain stationary and burn to death. Yay?

rockSlayer, (edited )

If you need to do this, it’s literally a last resort. However, breathing fresh air is far better than breathing in smoke.

Pyr_Pressure,

I imagine most bathrooms have a window where you can stick the tube out instead, even if you can’t necessarily escape the fire from it.

rockSlayer,

This is only common in single family homes. As an example, my apartment has 1.5 bathrooms, the only windows are in the bedrooms.

JohnFoe,

Most hotels have fixed windows (in the US) that don’t open. The toilet is also in a zero window area typically.

I could see it as potentially life saving in that instance but sure wouldn’t be pleasant.

RustyWizard,

“Fresh” air. You’re breathing in the septic line.

Strykker,

Basically any recent septic line is setup with a fresh air vent. Yes it’s gonna stink like hell probably but there is an actual fresh air source in there

Pyr_Pressure,

Until the PVC pipe starts to melt and catch fire upstairs / in the attic

rockSlayer,

When you’re trapped in a fire, fresh air is relative

db2,

I’ll take my chances getting out, hard pass on the poo breathing.

rockSlayer,

I’m curious, what does “last resort” mean to you?

Tangent5280,

I hope not. I’d rather have you alive and retching than dead.

shneancy,

trying to escape is a good option when the fire is just starting. But when you’ve been trapped inside, can’t see, can’t breathe, with no way to leave - go breathe the poo air, and pray to whatever god there might be the firefighters get to you before something collapses on your head

ExfilBravo, (edited )

That’s a complicated ass bong man. Not sure hes lighting it right either.

rockerface,

Oh that’s an ass-bong alright

lordkuri,

golf clap

Jerb322,
@Jerb322@lemmy.world avatar

They did it in the movie “The Kingsmen” I think.

spriteblood,

Yep pulled the hoses off the showers, IIRC

bobs_monkey,

Indeed. The thing that threw me off there was that I’d imagine the increased water pressure in that room immediately flood the u-bend on the toilet, given that toilets flush when more water is added to the bowl.

EatYouWell,

Yeah, you can flush a toilet by just dumping water into it.

gibmiser,

Slowly burning to death and asphyxiation is not bad enough, they want you to breathe in septic gas, choke and vomit first.

Tangent5280,

“We trained him wrong, as a joke”

Dave,
@Dave@lemmy.nz avatar

Is the toilet pipe actually full of oxygen? I guess there’s a vent to let it in?

Denvil,

There should be a vent pipe leading to the roof outside to allow gasses to leave the pipes or smth like that, I’m not a plumber, but I assume this uses that

Dave,
@Dave@lemmy.nz avatar

And the pipe allows air down from the vent on the roof or wherever? I would have thought the vent is to let out pressure from methane build up or something. Plus somehow that air needs to not only get down the pipe but also up the one going to the toilet.

I’m starting to think this idea won’t catch on.

Landmammals,

The purpose of the vent is to make sure that there’s no suction so that the water just flows down freely.

Dave,
@Dave@lemmy.nz avatar

Ah that makes sense. I’d guess it’s not great at moving oxygen though.

Landmammals,

Yeah you would quickly run into a problem with dead air space

baggins,

There is no “up” to get to the toilet. The vent pipe needs to have a straight shot down to every part of the system or it doesn’t work.

Dave,
@Dave@lemmy.nz avatar

I’m just looking at the OP’s picture 🤷‍♂️

baggins, (edited )

You don’t think air can go like 12 inches up the pipe?

TimewornTraveler, (edited )

I thought you say there was no up

baggins,

I thought bud meant there was only one vent pipe for the whole building or something

epidermis779,

there is a vent hole at the top of the building

Dave,
@Dave@lemmy.nz avatar

How does air make it all the way down the pipe to the back of the toilet, surely that pipe has methane or other gasses that are the reason for the vent existing?

Revan343, (edited )

Air gets sucked in the vent when sufficient water flows down the pipes, so flush the toilet first, and second, hope that you never need to use this

epidermis779,

I’m not saying you should breathe it. Just that there is a vent.

Carvex,

The vent is to stop vacuum from forming behind your water traps when someone else flushes on the same drain line. There shouldn’t be any real amount of decomposing waste in that pipe permanently, it should wash along to sewer or septic tank. The vent pipe definitely has enough to breath but one can only imagine the smell or taste.

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