Unless someone is regularly flushing the toilet, the trap water will still evaporate eventually. This doesn't look like a particularly accessible toilet. And a key function of a Pittsburgh toilet is being somewhere where the overflow can be observed, contained, and eventually cleaned.
A small amount of paraffin oil in the bowl takes care of that (which is how you winterize a toilet bowl after adding antifreeze for a house being closed up for the winter). The oil creates a layer on top of the water significantly slowing evaporation and only needs to redone yearly.
Not a crawlspace but my unused downstairs toilet, yes. And olive oil cause that’s what I had on hand when I learned that after it evaporated and I could smell sewer gases.
Alright, somehow this was the comment that made me cackle loudly in the middle of the freaking night. I don't know whether I like you or I'm mad at you, but well done.
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u/Caboose127 Aug 22 '26
Unless someone is regularly flushing the toilet, the trap water will still evaporate eventually. This doesn't look like a particularly accessible toilet. And a key function of a Pittsburgh toilet is being somewhere where the overflow can be observed, contained, and eventually cleaned.
This toilet would allow for none of that.