Clogged Toilet
By pumy from Cleveland
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RE: Clogged Toilet
I just tried this after my daughter flushed half a box of wipes. I had snaked it like 30 times and used a plunger it seemed like for half a day. This was my last resort before calling a plumber. And guess what? It worked! I seriously love whoever thought of this!
Post by lakerhart
RE: Clogged Toilet
So, I frantically Googled "clogged toilet", after my husband tried relentlessly to get our pooper to break free. We had such a mess. I picked up an auger at Home Depot for $8, and thought it would do the trick. After 2 hours of plunging, an hour of cranking an auger and countless times flushing with our fingers crossed only to have the yucky water rise to the rim, I was about to give up and call that bathroom "off limits". Then I read the posts about Dawn. Amazing. It really worked. I poured it down, followed it by hot water and my husband went to plunging. That beautiful gurgling sound was music to my ears. No more clog! Thank you!
Post by HappyPoster
RE: Clogged Toilet
Do not use boiling water in a cold commode! My dad is a plumber and it will crack the bowl! It could even shatter it! Go to a hardware store and buy a snake or some kind of plumbing tool to 'fish' out the clog or break it!
Post by lilxplrer
RE: Clogged Toilet
My husband took a wire coat hanger and bent a hook on the end to use on a couple of occasions when our grandson put a toy or something in the toilet that we had to try to "fish out". It took quite a bit of time, and work, on the one toy, but he finally hooked it.
Post by emmamamie
RE: Clogged Toilet
My daughter did a similar thing but with a plastic toilet deodoriser, She was told to flush the toilet, but don't let it refill, you do this by holding up the ballcock. Then boil up a kettle and pour down the toilet, you made need to do thid several times. The Idea is that the plastic will start to melt and change shape and hopefully flush away. Hope this helps.
Withaney from UK
Post by Withaney
RE: Clogged Toilet
Use what is called a plumbers snake it has a coil wire that you crank down into the bowl until you find the blockage then just roll it back in and bring the blockage out.
Post by dcsprsmm
RE: Clogged Toilet
There is a gadget at the home improvement store; don't remember what it's called or the cost but I think it was around $20. My grandson put a toy in the toilet once and I got it out with that. You turn it and it goes way down in the toilet and grabs things. Someone at the home improvement store can tell you about it. I would not take the toilet up without trying this thing.
Post by TXBetty
RE: Clogged Toilet
Yes will have to take the toilet apart, but be sure to have another wax ring for sealing the bottom when you put the toilet back on the floor.
Post by rainy21
RE: Clogged Toilet
If you can not reach the roller you will have to take the toilet apart. If your child is so young she doesn't know yet not to drop things into the toilet it isn't safe for her to be in the bathroom alone. Ge a toilet lid lock for the future.
Post by lindal
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