Frozen Toilet

Jan 27, 2016 12:44
Yesterday, I went home and was going to go to the toilet, but the water in the toilet had frozen.

Unless something is done, the water won't flow.

However, I noticed that the frozen area was only near the surface.

Therefore, I tried to pour boiled water into the frozen area several times, and after a while, finally the frozen water melted and flowed.

Somehow it worked.

If it was water-pipes in the kitchen or the bathroom, we could prevent them from freezing by continue to run slight water constantly, but it not valid for the toilet.

I have to consider solutions.
凍ったトイレ

昨日、家に帰ってトイレに行こうとしたら、水が凍っていました。

このままでは水が流れません。

しかしよく見ると、凍っているのは表面付近だけのようでした。

何度か沸騰したお湯を上からかけ、暫く待っていたら溶けて流れてくれました。

なんとかなりました。

普通の水道であれば、チョロチョロと水を流すことで凍結を防ぐことができますが、トイレはできません。

何か対策を考える必要があります。
No. 1　Yukinekorin's correction
  • Yesterday, I went home and was going to go to the toilet, but the water in the toilet had frozen.
  • Yesterday, I went home and was about to go to the toilet, but the water in the toilet had frozen.
  • Unless something is done, the water won't flow.
  • Unless something is done, the water isn't going to flow.
  • However, I noticed that the frozen area was only near the surface.
  • This sentence is perfect! No correction needed!
  • Therefore, I tried to pour boiled water into the frozen area several times, and after a while, finally the frozen water melted and flowed.
  • Therefore, I tried to pour hot water into the frozen area several times, and after a while, the frozen water melted and started to flow.
  • Somehow it worked.
  • This sentence is perfect! No correction needed!
  • If it was water-pipes in the kitchen or the bathroom, we could prevent them from freezing by continue to run slight water constantly, but it not valid for the toilet.
  • If it were the water-pipes in the kitchen or the bathroom, we could prevent them from freezing by constantly running some water through them every once in a while, but that is not possible for the toilet.
  • I have to consider solutions.
  • I have to think of some solutions.
Ah, that's interesting! Perhaps this is because my country doesn't snow, topics like this actually allows me to learn about incidents that do not occur in my country and it enthralls me. It must be troublesome solving that, but still, I would really have liked to see how it looked! (笑) Good luck finding a solution for it :)
kanotown
Thank you very much always for correcting my post! :)
Haha, indeed it might be a rare occurrence, but it's also astonishingly inconvenient.

Actually, I forgot that I had turned off the cleaning function with warm water and the heated seat function to save electricity. So I turned on them, but if they doesn't work, I will buy antifreeze liquid.
Yukinekorin
It's my pleasure ^^

I do understand it is astonishingly inconvenient to melt that freeze. Hope it works after you've turned them on! Then you could save some money ;)
kanotown
Thanks for caring :)
It seems to work, but I'm scared of the electricity charge, haha.
Yukinekorin
No problem :) hahaha this seems like a tough time for you. Over here in Singapore, it's the other way round. We are afraid of the electricity bills when it comes to summer, because we would somehow switch on the air conditioner every single night due to the sweltering heat here. xD
kanotown
Actually, I have been to Singapore in December, and I was surprised at the heat and the humidity. Since I have a low tolerance for heat, I might switch on the air conditioner through a whole year if I live in Singapore, haha.
No. 2　bradleychalkers's correction
  • Yesterday, I went home and was going to go to the toilet, but the water in the toilet had frozen.
  • This sentence is perfect! No correction needed!
  • Unless something is done, the water won't flow.
  • Unless something was done, the water wouldn't flow.
  • However, I noticed that the frozen area was only near the surface.
  • This sentence is perfect! No correction needed!
  • Therefore, I tried to pour boiled water into the frozen area several times, and after a while, finally the frozen water melted and flowed.
  • Therefore, I tried to pour boiling water onto the frozen area several times, and after a while, the frozen water finally melted and flowed.
  • Somehow it worked.
  • This sentence is perfect! No correction needed!
  • If it was water-pipes in the kitchen or the bathroom, we could prevent them from freezing by continue to run slight water constantly, but it not valid for the toilet.
  • If it were water-pipes in the kitchen or the bathroom, we could prevent them from freezing by constantly slightly running the water, but that won't work for the toilet.
  • I have to consider solutions.
  • I have to think of some solutions.
Great job!!!
kanotown
Thank you so much for correcting my post! :D
No. 3　Chris's correction
  • Therefore, I tried to pour boiled water into the frozen area several times, and after a while, finally the frozen water melted and flowed.
  • Therefore, I tried pouring boiled water onto the frozen area several times, and after a while, the frozen water finally melted and started to flow.
  • I have to consider solutions.
  • I have to consider all of the possible solutions.
    　Maybe something like this, if you want to keep "consider".
kanotown
Thank you so much for correcting my post! :)
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