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Old 09-14-2012, 10:34 PM
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Originally Posted by bkcunningham1 View Post
People do it to prevent the water from evaporating. If the water evaporates from your traps, the sewer gas will get in your house. The best trick to prevent this is to cover the water in the toilet bowl with a little vegetable oil. You should also pour a little in your sinks as well.
Just to be on the safe side (and to satisfy my paranoia...used for self preservation purposes only of course ) how about a little vegetable oil AND plastic over the seat??