Thursday, December 13, 2012

CVS Carries the Strength and Reliability of Charmin Basic {Prize Pack Giveaway}

CVS Charmin logo
I've admitted before that there are a lot of things that I don't understand.

Sure, I could research and find out about airwaves and how sound travels to try to grasp the concept of the telephone... but would that make me less in awe of the way that I can press a few buttons and talk to someone on the other side of the world? Probably not.

In the same way, I get that somehow all of the pipes in our house are connected to a water source that can instantly pump in gallons of water when I go to fill the bathtub, but overall it still baffles me a bit.

What I do know is that when it comes to plumbing, it's not something that I want to mess with. Which is why I appreciate that Charmin is making that even easier with the introduction of the Charmin Basic.

Charmin basic

Ever wonder what happens to your toilet paper when it’s flushed? If you've wanted to find out, Charmin has created an informative video that evaluates its toilet paper to ensure that it is safe for all the places it might end up after flushing (drain lines, sewers, septic tanks, and municipal wastewater treatment plants).

Charmin video

As the video explains, extensive tests show that when Charmin is used as intended in a properly functioning plumbing system, it shouldn't cause plumbing problems. In fact, Charmin has been a reliable bath tissue, trusted in millions of Americans' homes, for over 70 years!

Right now, CVS is expanding its assortment of Charmin by carrying Charmin Basic 1 roll. Charmin Basic is two times stronger than the leading value brand when wet, meaning that you change your toilet paper roll less often. Plus, because it's a stronger product so you use less, which ends up saving money.

Combine that with the fact that Charmin Basic has been tested and proven safe for your plumbing system, and it's a win-win!

Charmin bear

If you're ready to put Charmin Basic to the test, as well as see what other high quality P&G products CVS carries, you're in luck! Because thanks to the generosity of Proctor & Gamble...

One lucky person will win a CVS P&G Prize Pack*!

*Prize Pack includes: (1) $10 CVS Gift Card, (1) Charmin Basic 1 roll, (1) Febreze Candle, and (1) Febreze NOTICEables Warmer and Refills

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A big thank you to Proctor & Gamble for providing a prize pack for me as well as for one lucky giveaway winner. The opinions shared are my own and honest and if you really need to see more, click here to see how I roll.

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Suburban prep said...

More than my share of issues.

Ann Fantom said...

Yes, we have had a few toilet overflows....

abfantom at yahoo dot com

Ann Fantom said...

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B. Wilson @ Windy {City} Wilsons said...

Our sink was not connected to a sewer line! Unreal. Can't believe previous owners used it!

Anonymous said...

oh yes, the toilet get clogged a lot

sandra davis said...

i just moved into this house not to long ago and..knock on wood......i havent had any yet

Anonymous said...

toilet was always clogged when the boys where little

beth clark bclark103@yahoo.com

Wild N Mild $$$ said...

Yes, the toilet has over flowed a few times.

wigget said...

more than i care to remember

BeckyM said...

Of course... backed up sink, clogged shower, overflowing toilet!

d schmidt said...

One time the toilet overflowed because our son threw Lego down it, that was fun.... ;)

benz1171 said...

I overflowed the toilet.

JC said...

Oh, lots of times.

sheila musselman askins said...

yes but luckily for me i live in an apartment and they have to fix everything lol

Denise said...

We have always had plumbing problems at this house... I think the line to the sewer is getting overrun by tree roots! We even had the front yard torn up to put in a new sewer pipe. But, I think that the problems are under the street in our court before our line reaches the main sewer line... Grr!

stonemedic76@hotmail.com

scottsgal said...

at our old house a pipe in the walls leaked and we had to cut in through our kitchen ceiling to get to it - what a mess
msboatgal at aol.com

Magela G. said...

Toilet overflow

julie said...

a few clogged toilets now and then

Paol Trenny said...

my nephew did something he thought was bad so he was trying to hide the evidence by flushing down the toilet ----- Paul T/Pauline T aka Paul Tran ..... emscout9 at Hotmail dot com

Nancy said...

Of course! We've had some washing machine issues, shower issues, and sink issues!

ken ohl said...

yes we have had back up in our shower

Mrs. Laura Lane said...

Yes, but I'd rather forget!

Robyn Dones said...

We have a septic system, so we have to be careful. But, just the other day the toilet was clogged.

Thank you for the chance to win!

Unknown said...

We've had some issues like clogged toilets and even a clogged garbage disposal. Nothing just off the wall crazy though. Knock on wood.

Leslie Galloway (LesGalloway //at// hotmail //dot// com) www.facebook.com/GallowayLeslie

jessica said...

Nothing serious, just drains getting clogged. Thank goodness we rent so the landlord deals with this!

jek9880 at gmail dot com

debijackson said...

NOPE not a one debbie jackson
djackson1958 at hotmail dot com

Anonymous said...

just toilet overflows in the old house. NONE in the new house knock on wood:)

jmatek AT wi DOT rr DOT com

Anonymous said...

We had the pipes in our bathroom
leak and we had a big mess in our
bathroom. Cathy Truman
kbtruman(at)att(dot)net

Gina F. said...

Yes, like a backed up sink, clogged bathtub, and a overflowing toilet here and there.

ginaferrell3 at yahoo dot com

Randi said...

Our biggest plumbing problem is that we have one of those "green" toilets that supposedly uses less water. However, it takes between 4-8 flushes to get it to go down! :)

Unknown said...

We've had a few plumbing problems, but none too terrible.

Unknown said...

We have never had plumbing mishaps thank Goodness!!!

Anonymous said...

well yes many times and the mess it created was a worst part of it.

apple blossom said...

yes. plumbing problems

Marti Tabora said...

Yes, we've had plumbing mishaps a few times. Leaky pipes can be a real mess.

SueZH said...

Thank God we haven't had any in quite a while.

Mysharona said...

Plenty, we had a sewer pipe clog issue

CindyWindy2003 said...

so far we haven't knock on wood, carawling(at)hotmail(dot)com

Dave said...

we learned after we bought our house that the front pipes are bent in eeh yard and will back up reguarly...of course the plumber suggested redoing all the pipes for 90,000...yep, we opted out and guess what? Hasn't backed up again, but we'll see :)

peg42 said...

Many times. The worst was when our son put a pencil down the toilet without us knowing. Sometimes the toilet would work, others not. My husband had to take the whole toilet apart and that's when we found the pencil. lol
Thanks so much

CherylS22 said...

We've been lucky - just leaky faucets.
Thanks for the giveaway!

MELINA said...

we had some problems about a year ago, the dirty water was backing up to all the sinks in the house

Unknown said...

never had any issues yet

kport207 at gmail dot com

trisha said...

Not that i can recall thankfully

christy s said...

Just the occasional toilet clogs.

Wendy said...

toilet overflow OMG!!!!

Karen said...

Yep, we have those issues sometimes.

ktgonyea at gmail.com

RealtorSD said...

In my rental property we had a leaking pipe under the tub on the second floor. it was fun to pay that bill!

Senior Home Transformations said...

I always have concerns when I have a septic tank, and I certainly have had my share of toilet overflows, mostly due to the type of tp.

Dani said...

Lots of plumbing mishaps, especially when my daughter was little. When she moved out, I noticed I was going through a third of the toilet paper and those mishaps seemed to stop, too.

Anonymous said...

YEs from leaking from the CHEAP turn off valves hubby put in under EACh SINK... to the kids clogging the toilets.. we have our share...
NEVER CUT CORNERS WITH YOUR PLUMBING.

captainliss40 said...

No plumbing mishaps...yet!

Maria Ivey said...

Yep! With only one bathroom we've had a number of toilet overflows due to too much toilet paper being used. Too many girls in this house.

clc408 said...

Yes, when the pump failed on our well and we were without water.

CAMWinters said...

I pushed the kitchen faucet to far and water went everywhere. Worse yet I didn't know where the cut off was. We had quiet a mess.

Denise said...

Our water heater had a tiny leak a few years back. We're lucky it wasn't a larger leak, and that we caught it early!

Sarah Hall said...

Oh, yes. We have had leaky pipes in the kitchen and the bathroom. We had to replace a water heater and we had clogged drainage pipes.

Unknown said...

Not too much at this house but my former apartment, yes

chris z said...

yes i have

Amanda E. said...

Worst mishap was when the garbage disposal decided to start leaking water.

Edge Of Insanity said...

Oh yea! We actually shared a septic tank with a neighbor before they moved and every time they flushed the toilet, it would back up into ours... ewww!!

llinda29 said...

no mishaps here

Anonymous said...

Plumbing mishaps? Absolutely! Infact, just last month I had an issue. Hopefully it will be the last.

Love3570@aol.com

Stevie said...

does someone clogging our toilet with paper towels during my daughter's 1st birthday party count/

mamamouse72 said...

Live in a condo,no plumbing problems yet...

casaflamingos said...

pipe broke and water all over

Audra Weathers said...

Oh yes...I've had to have entire lines of plumbing redone in a house. I seem to always have trouble with leaky faucets and clogged drains.

natalie rose machowski said...

recently we had a leak in the pipes in the wall in our living room. We still have the old fashioned baseboard heat.We are having forced air installed in the spring.

amos122902 said...

Our upstairs toiler overflowed once and wouldn't stop running. By the time we got home, it had come through the ceiling and we had an inch of water downstairs.

Tracy said...

never had any huge bathroom messes ........just the reg overflow eek

Unknown said...

I've been pretty lucky, we've had only one overflow incident. And it was fixed by snaking out the tub? Weird isn't it?

sohamolina said...

yes many mishaps

Jennifer said...

Yes! The builders screwed a screw into our flexi-pipes.

Anonymous said...

When we lived up north there was an occasional problem with freezing pipes in the winter.

♡♥♬ Louis ♬♥♡ said...

yes, once - someone used to much tp - toilet clogged, tried the rubber pumper just make that "stuff" come up the bath tub - not pretty

Thank you for hosting this giveaway

Louis
pumuckler {at} gmail {dot} com

Kia89 said...

We've had a few plumbing problems.

Jessica Cote said...

we had water leaking through our garage wall and had to have a plumber come fix it since the pipe had apparently busted

Linda W. said...

My son seems to clog the toilet everytime he goes.

playswithclay said...

























































































































the septic backed up twice in 3 years--roots.













jzagarjr said...

Last Thanksgiving, our garbage disposal stopped working so the sink got blocked up. We had a plumber come out the next day.

The Crazy Gengler Boys said...

Our old house in FL had a major overflow where we it went into the carpeted bedrooms. We had roots growing through our pipes in our yard that caused it. What a mess! Thankfully, we moved to TX and it is not our problem anymore. :-_

aggiegrad02@gmail.com

Seyma Bennett Shabbir said...

Nothing yet, hope it stays that way
seyma_bennett@hotmail.com

susitravl said...

None yet and I hope I never have to deal with plumbing mishaps.

Jenny Stanek said...

There has perhaps been a clog or two

orangestar17(at)hotmail(dot)com

Unknown said...

Regular toilet overflow when it gets clogged. Nothing major!

Flowerg said...

Not with the toilet but with the sink. It kept getting clogged so I looked up on Youtube on how to fix it and it worked. Good Ole Youtube lol. Thanks!

sparkedcat said...

Just this week the shower drain became clogged.

Cserafini said...

Our toilet was leaking underneath the floor and caused mold!

Anonymous said...

my son got a sparkly water filled ball stuck in our toilet it took us 1/2 a day to finally get it out

edq143 at yahoo dot com

christina o said...

My upper and lower all had to be replaced in the same week. Everything broke. It was a sewage nightmare!

Selinda said...

Definitely! The worse was when my mother-in-law broke the shower and continued to take a shower while water was going down in my basement!

Thanks,

selinda_mccumbers at yahoo.com

sweepmom said...

Yes, we had a couple leaky pipes.

caseyle2010 said...

we have been lucky enough not to have any problems... yet!
caseyeve_003 at yahoo dot com

jlafount said...

Had the sewer pipes blow out one time in the yard. Fun

jcwega27 said...

the master bath....
jessicawedwards@gmail.com

Crazylicious85 said...

Always ughhh! Laundry room flooded. kitchen sink leaks all the time and our dishwasher wasn't draining properly...never ending issues!

Allison Lancaster

Jackie said...

Yes. A couple of times toilet got clogged because of too much toilet paper, and once someone flushed a q-tip.
Thanks!

Allison said...

luckily we haven't had any other than the bathroom sink getting clogged with hair

Kristen said...

Yes, we have had a toilet overflow.

Anonymous said...

When we lived in apartments we had sewage back up in our bathroom! It was gross...happened about every 4 months or so

pattifritz2000 at yahoo dot com
thank you

Kaila said...

Kitchen sink leak that flooded under the sink.

Jay said...

We haven't had a mishap besides our washer overflowing.

Elizabeth said...

We have a cranky toilet at the moment, so yes, you could say we've had some plumbing mishaps! Ugh, don't even want to think about it!

g7s22 said...

Luckily Not!

Donnie said...

Only had a cracked, leaking toilet tank when I had a whole house full of company. Oh did I mention I only had one bathroom..lol...
Donnie W
ki4ggs(at)gmail(dot)com

Unknown said...

nope
Thanks for the giveaway! Janna Johnson jannajanna@hotmail.com Janna@feedyourpig on gfc

JEFF TAYLOR said...

Clogged toilet at my apartment. My neighbors were flushing baby wipes into our (shared) sewer line. What a nightmare!

Unknown said...

Just a leaky pipe. *knock on wood*

Unknown said...

i have all boys - of course we have plumbing problems, lol

kim burnett said...

with a toddler the toilet seems to get clogged a bit

Jennifer T. said...

Luckily,we've only had the occasional clogged toilet.
jtmagmom73(at)gmail(dot)com

Anonymous said...

only clogged sinks and toilets
gloria johnson
gloria4869@yahoo.com

Amy Z. said...

We've sometimes have clogged toilets.

Anonymous said...

Trying to find leak, ran water through one pipe and it came out the kitchen sink faucet causing a great flood.

Jessica B said...

We have never had a plumbing mishap at my house...but our camp...another story!!! WHAT A MESS!!!

Courtnie said...

I've never had a plumbing mishap luckily.

Jean said...

the upstairs toilet clogs all the time

Unknown said...

I remember when I was small, I clogged the toilet with a toy and the toilet overflowed. I just put a bath towel over the water and ran away XD

Connie Lee said...

Some water pipes burst after a freezing weather, water went everywhere until we got it turned off.

Barbara R. said...

Yes, a leak in pipes/toilet in bathroom that went into the wall. A real mess.

Nicole Acuna said...

Yes, a few months ago we had a backup and it flooded our yard, cost a LOT of money to fix!

latanya t said...

the toilet getting clogged

Jen lleras said...

we have not! oh god the horror.

Anonymous said...

Its happened more than I care to think about.lol amyleda37@yahoo.com

Lina said...

yes we have and it was NOT pleasant

Anonymous said...

I had a back up in shower.

dawn keenan (newnameford) said...

Stinky clogged toilets!

Mom Knows Best said...

slow drains

Unknown said...

We've had troubles with our shower pipes

Ashley N. said...

Yes we have had many problems with plumbing, now not as much!

billiM said...

I live in a very old apartment, so plumbing disaster is very common in my place.

Unknown said...

I just had to move b/c of plumbing issues in my apt.

Aleksandra Nearing said...

No bathroom mishaps!!

Sweeter the berry said...

A flood was in the basement and destroyed lots of my things.

Unknown said...

We came in late at night from a Day in an Amusement Park... the 5 year old was the last to use the bathroom...everyone crashed as we were so tired...none of us heard the commode running..and running...and running...ALL night long. I woke up to the carpet in my bedroom completely soaked... as was the 2nd bedroom & Hallway. COMPLETE disaster. Thank goodness for Home Insurance. We got ALL new flooring.

Unknown said...

Aside from the occasional clogged toilet, we haven't had any major missteps.

Nikki Strong said...

We bought an older house, and we have had to replace 80 percent of the plumbing. It seems that if it carries water, it get clogged around here. I will be glad when we could finally build our own house from scratch!

NStrong3604 at yahoo dot com

Denise S. said...

Yes, we've had quite a few mishaps!

Ashley L said...

Would love to win this! Merry Christmas!

doodlebug said...

Nothing other than overflowing toilets now and then but luckily we rent and all we have to do is call the landlord and they come and fix it.

Sylvia said...

we rented an apartment once and had the sewage back up and flow into the yard shortly after we moved in. yuck

Tamar said...

i just bought a house and overall it's okay but one of our pipes leaks into the light fixture on the floor below it. it is very odd. we don't know how to fix it or where it is coming from.

Aunt Maggie Rocks said...

Oh yea, our toilet has overflowed a few times!

Maggie

Allison Downes said...

Yes! Toilet, sink, and shower drain gets stopped up every once in a while!

Thanks for the great giveaway!

eclairre said...

Nope, none here

jessica g said...

Just a few clogs now and then

Saida said...

no, I HAVENT

Unknown said...

No plumbing mishaps so far!

robyn paris said...

no i have not had a plumbing mishap, knock on wood

mandala said...

No plumbing mishaps thankfully!

guettel78 said...

Nothing too major - just had one toilet that kept overflowing and had to be replaced, but otherwise we've had good luck (knock porcelain!).

Geoff K
gkaufmanss at yahoo dot com

Alicia said...

Plumbing mishaps, are you kidding me? Of course we've had them.

Amy Orvin said...

Yes, Our toilet has overflowed once or twice.

2dogs5catscrew@att.net

Unknown said...

My husband blows up the toilet on a regular basis, he's delivered more babies then me!! LOL I'm sorry if this sounds pretty gross,...well in fact, it is pretty gross!! LOL

Unknown said...

Oh gosh, when don't we have a plumping mishap in my house? My fiance must use the whole roll of toilet paper because he clogs the toilet every time he uses it. Ugh!

Debra Guillen said...

My house is 60 years old and we have had our shares of mishaps; overflowing toilets, clogged sinks, etc.

Rose-Marie said...
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ohstac said...

Thankfully nothing more than a clogged toilet

Yona Williams said...

Overflowed toilet - too much toilet paper.

Anonymous said...

We've had problems with our disposal.

Unknown said...

Yup, we had a water pipe break underground and ended up with a 350$ water bill because the water company failed to inform us we were using thousands of gallons of water daily.

Debra said...

nothing other than the cat knocking the tp in the toilet

angela0040 said...

not yet thankfully

luckynordberg said...

Overflowing toilet is our only mishap

Becky said...

so far so good

bettycd said...

We live in an older home. The copper pipes thin over time and get pin hole leaks. Our township almost seemed gleeful as they informed us that the new water tower was expectd to cause issues with the older development's pipes. They were right - water spots would start appearing randomly in the basement ceiling.

Anonymous said...

We have had many plumbing mishaps in our home; kitchen sink, toilet and shower - all in one year.

ReviewsSheRote said...

Knock on wood nothing major--just a leaky pip in the basetment Hubby could fix EZ =)

Angelique Drummond said...

Toilet over flows and clogs, shower plugged up with hair, sinks not draining. Yes, plenty of plumbing issues

Unknown said...

Yes, unfortunately. We have had several clogged pipes, and clogged toilets.

Sarah said...

We had the washer overflow due to a clogged pipe.

virgomomwriter said...

We've had a variety of plumbing mishaps, and I'm proud to say I've fixed most of them!

Anonymous said...

Nothing major, only clog thanks to long hair.

polly said...

about 6 years ago i was making homemade egg nog on christmas eve....i put 36 egg shells down the disposal.....clog clog clog!called at 12:00 he didn't show up until 7:30 pm i had a plumber at during my dinner party of 20...was the most expensive egg nog i have ever made*wink* still a sore subject with hubby!

Sass said...

My sink clogged up once and I cleared it, only to have it go into the dishwasher --- I then had a plumber come out --- they turned on teh dishwasher and it cleared. Cost me $135 for them to do that. Lovely.

Lisa said...

only minor clogging sometimes

Tara said...

We had a leaky faucet once.

Pim said...

Yes, clogged pipe.

Nknouse22 said...

Ihave 3 young childrenand MANY clogged toilets

Pricousins said...

The toilet overflowed once, but we've only lived here since May!

one frugal lady said...

I've never had a plumbing mishap... yet!
onecheaplady@yahoo.com

michelle gilliland mcafee said...

The toliet used to back up all the time when we first moved in it was a mess.

Cindy Merrill said...

We have a leaking pipe under our sink right now, actually.

jbmthill said...

My plumbing mishap was my old washing machine that would NOT stop at the fill level and overflowed 3 times all over my wood floor!!!

like2sweep@gmail.com

Gina Ocean said...

We have had no plumbing mishaps in our home that I can recall.

Christie said...

I have not thank goodness, I suppose I will now lol

Jen said...

We just moved in to a new house and had to have a lot of plumbing work done.

Stephanie said...

Knock on wood but we have not had any pluming mishaps at our house :)
nurse_mommy(at)live(dot)com

Erica C. said...

We have had a leak from the bathroom stain the ceiling below it...but it's all fixed now!
ericacarnes(at)gmail(dot)com

jodi lasher said...

I honestly have not had any plumbing issues and now i hope i dont jinx myself lol

Unknown said...

no thank goodness :: knocks on wood ::

dani marie ferriza2(at)yahoo(dot)com

Anonymous said...

My toilet gets clogged

Aimee C said...

The only issue we have had is the toilet needing minor repairs and with the wonders of todays internet I fixed it myself! Was very proud!

Brittney said...

we have them all the time!
right now the toilet won't stop running..

Brittney said...

we have them all the time!
right now the toilet won't stop running..

LesleyfromWI said...

Last year my son didn't notice the toilet was continuously running and it overflowed all night. It collapsed the dining room ceiling & we had to have the whole ceiling redone along with my wood floors. Not fun

Derek Timm said...

Thankfully, no we haven't!

Deb K said...

Yes,we have had quite a few with the grandchildren living here!

Denise Taylor-Dennis said...

One time the hose under the sink became disconnected and water started going everywhere until we were able to shut it off.

Gennie Lancaster said...

We just had to have a plumber come to our house because of knocking in the pipes.

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