Hey Toilet Breath

[generalmeow]

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Breath through your toilet in a fire to avoid breathing smoke. Sounds legit to me. I might have to cut a few pieces of tubing and keep them in bathrooms.

[BuffCyclist]

And here I thought you were showing us how to smoke cigarettes or other items at home/work and not have anyone find out. [facepalm]

[MarkCO]

You do realize that it is probably better to just get out? Breach the vent system with fire and sucking in fatal fumes is not a good way to go out, or so I assume. That vent stack goes to the roof, where the smoke is usually at...

[merl]

Was going to say I can see issues with that but it is the best of bad options if you cannot get out.

[stoner01]

I'd rather have an escape ladder or a bailout bag. I've done bailout training before and I'd rather jump out a window than rely on a toilet.

[Lurch]

You do that on a septic system and you are better off breathing in the smoke. [GasM]

[colorider]

Not an option. You will fill the vent tube with exhaled air which is not going to keep you alive long. Only way it would work is if you clear the tube of exhaled air with each breath. Not going to happen. The air column needs to be fresh air with each breath or you will quickly consume all the usuable oxygen. Learned this in scuba when discussing taking shallow breaths while using a snorkel

[merl]

Not an option. You will fill the vent tube with exhaled air which is not going to keep you alive long. Only way it would work is if you clear the tube of exhaled air with each breath. Not going to happen. The air column needs to be fresh air with each breath or you will quickly consume all the usuable oxygen. Learned this in scuba when discussing taking shallow breaths while using a snorkel

I was not seeing it as a hunker down and hope the fire goes out thing.
I was seeing it as house is already full of smoke, hyperventilate through this then make a dash for it with a clear head.

A reason to keep a length of old hose under the sink, why not. If you are actually gonna buy anything more smoke detectors so you have more warning is a better choice.

[generalmeow]

You do realize that it is probably better to just get out?

Breathing through the toilet is definitely better.

Get a load of this guy! He would rather leave the house than breathe through the toilet.

[driver]

That looks more like something from a bizzare fetish catalog than a survival tool.

[davsel]

I could see it working for when THEY toss the teargas through your window.
Perhaps not the best fighting position, but could certainly buy some time.

[stoner01]

That looks more like something from a bizzare fetish catalog than a survival tool.

I burst out laughing in the lobby and people looked at me funny. Thanks

[generalmeow]

Last time I saw a contraption like this I was having sex with your mom.

[Wulf202]

The vent stacks go to the roof and if your place is filled with smoke it'll likely be very smokey on the roof too. So you will be breathing methane and smoke.

If you really want to trying it just disconnect your lavatory sinks ptrap and use the there. Same vent stack. Less poo

[RblDiver]

Hrm, breathe through the toilet or breathe smoke fumes...with what goes through mine, I think I'll take the smoke thanks!

[generalmeow]

After reading all the comments, I'm in agreement that this probably isn't a good idea. But if you were trapped with absolutely nowhere to go, it might be worth a try.

If you could reverse the direction on your bathroom fan, that would seem like a better idea. Would that be enough to create positive pressure in the bathroom?

[Sawin]

After reading all the comments, I'm in agreement that this probably isn't a good idea. But if you were trapped with absolutely nowhere to go, it might be worth a try.

If you could reverse the direction on your bathroom fan, that would seem like a better idea. Would that be enough to create positive pressure in the bathroom?

Yeah, to engulf yourself in flames ;)

[MarkCO]

If trapped in a room in your house because there is smoke or fire outside a door, kick the interior drywall out on the inside opposite that door. Feel for heat, if none, push the lower drywall on the other side out with you feet until you can determine what the condition is on the other side. If clear, punch out and get out. Wet towels around a door will give you several minutes of smoke free breathing. If you are planning to leave, wrap wet towels around your entire head and torso before breaching a door or drywall. You can likely survive running through a house fire with this method.

I "outlasted" a trained team of 6 with Sims and teargas by kicking though multiple layers of drywall in an actual house donated for training...not that hard.

Second to smoke inhalation, gasping in hot combustion gases is the slow but sure way to dead. DON'T inhale when running through any area that may have hot gases. If you encounter any flash, cover your mouth and nose and get low. Not a substitute for fire training, but this is the quick and simple version.

[Great-Kazoo]

If trapped in a room in your house because there is smoke or fire outside a door, kick the interior drywall out on the inside opposite that door. Feel for heat, if none, push the lower drywall on the other side out with you feet until you can determine what the condition is on the other side. If clear, punch out and get out. Wet towels around a door will give you several minutes of smoke free breathing. If you are planning to leave, wrap wet towels around your entire head and torso before breaching a door or drywall. You can likely survive running through a house fire with this method.

I "outlasted" a trained team of 6 with Sims and teargas by kicking though multiple layers of drywall in an actual house donated for training...not that hard.

Second to smoke inhalation, gasping in hot combustion gases is the slow but sure way to dead. DON'T inhale when running through any area that may have hot gases. If you encounter any flash, cover your mouth and nose and get low. Not a substitute for fire training, but this is the quick and simple version.

Beat me to it. Wet towels folks, wet towels and low to the ground.

[Flatline]

A fire can double in size every 30 seconds, don't waste your time with this kind of stuff. If I come in to get you I don't bring in a spare SCBA, so your gonna be breathing in the smoke anyway. Stay low and filter breath (towel, shirt, etc), while making your way out. I'd personally rather bail out of a second story window without any safety gear than wait for someone to come (floors and roofs collapse, CO builds up, fire conflagrates through vents, ect), mostly because I think a broken leg is much better than dead.

[Skip]

Great advice in this thread!

[Sawin]

If trapped in a room in your house because there is smoke or fire outside a door, kick the interior drywall out on the inside opposite that door. Feel for heat, if none, push the lower drywall on the other side out with you feet until you can determine what the condition is on the other side. If clear, punch out and get out. Wet towels around a door will give you several minutes of smoke free breathing. If you are planning to leave, wrap wet towels around your entire head and torso before breaching a door or drywall. You can likely survive running through a house fire with this method.

I "outlasted" a trained team of 6 with Sims and teargas by kicking though multiple layers of drywall in an actual house donated for training...not that hard.

Second to smoke inhalation, gasping in hot combustion gases is the slow but sure way to dead. DON'T inhale when running through any area that may have hot gases. If you encounter any flash, cover your mouth and nose and get low. Not a substitute for fire training, but this is the quick and simple version.

I think that was the post to save this whole thread, Mark.

[BushMasterBoy]

Oh FFS, just go out and buy a bong!

[Big E3]

In every fire I have had an opportunity to be involved and evaluate, the attic is always an area of very high heat. Almost every PVC vent stack passes through that space and will most likely be melting or close to it, and you don't want to be breathing melted PVC fumes.

[hghclsswhitetrsh]

If it's yellow let it mellow, if it's brown flush it down..

[R&S]

hmmm, if your in the bathroom where there are towels, wet towels and rap them around you and run would be another solution, FWIW

[sniper7]

What if you have the rule "if its yellow let it mellow, if its brown flush it down" but you happened to forget your own rule and the brown remains?