Thanks for letting me know.

dar512 · 10-18-2007, 04:13 PM

I don't know that I buy this. Every tub I've ever worked on had a p-trap to block the methane gas from the sewer. You wouldn't get more than a few square inches of air from this side of it.

glatt · 10-18-2007, 07:14 PM

... but if you suck real hard, and drink that water from the trap, then you've got all the noxious air in the sewers, baby!

Well, either that or you would be sucking smoke in from the overflow drain, if it's a tub.

xoxoxoBruce · 10-18-2007, 09:53 PM

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Originally Posted by glatt

... but if you suck real hard, and drink that water from the trap, then you've got all the noxious air in the sewers, baby!

More likely a drum trap and you won't be sucking that dry.

The newspaper also said it was a Nufie, but the dog had dreds.

Flint · 10-18-2007, 10:25 PM

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Originally Posted by dar512

I don't know that I buy this. Every tub I've ever worked on had a p-trap to block the methane gas from the sewer. You wouldn't get more than a few square inches of air from this side of it.

That's right. That's why this would never work. Not even to get to that free air from the vent pipe sticking out of the roof.

ZenGum · 10-19-2007, 07:38 AM

This was pretty much debunked already, but I have checked with an actual fireman I know and his verdict was "definitely bollocks".
There would be maybe one breath of air in the pipe. And with the house burning around them, do you really think firemen are going to go and lie down in the bathtub?

glatt · 10-19-2007, 09:14 AM

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Originally Posted by Flint

That's right. That's why this would never work. Not even to get to that free air from the vent pipe sticking out of the roof.

Pretty good drawing Flint. Let me add to it to show what would happen if you could make a perfect seal against the tub drain and suck like crazy.

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glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	... but if you suck real hard, and drink that water from the trap, then you've got all the noxious air in the sewers, baby! Well, either that or you would be sucking smoke in from the overflow drain, if it's a tub.

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ZenGum Doctor Wtf Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Badelaide, Baustralia Posts: 12,861	This was pretty much debunked already, but I have checked with an actual fireman I know and his verdict was "definitely bollocks". There would be maybe one breath of air in the pipe. And with the house burning around them, do you really think firemen are going to go and lie down in the bathtub?

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