Clogged Toilet

RE: Clogged Toilet Post by kimmy1227 (1) | (09/03/2008) Contact OK...I see that the dish washing detergent and boiling water should work for clogged toilet...I am hesitated about using hot water as it might crack the ceramic of the bowl. I have a clogged toilet, whenever I flush, the water goes down slow (almost overflown) and eventually comes to the normal water line but this is because no one now is allowed to make poo poo in that bowl! I came to find out from my kids that one of my sons actually threw 2 chicken drumsticks into the bowl yesterday!!! I don't know what I should do to unclog the toilet other than calling in a pro to do the job which is going to cost me a lot. Any advices? Report Spam or Abuse RE: Clogged Toilet Post By (Guest Post) (09/02/2008) A friend of mine accidentally dropped plastic bottle about 5 inches tall, oval shaped, which was about 1.75 inches at it widest. When I would flush it would fill up and slowly drain, especially when it came to solids. After a bottle of dish soap, a dash of nail polish remover, a cup of clothing detergent, 3 boiling vats of water and some furious plunging, it came to the surface. So, it can be done. thanks! Report Spam or Abuse RE: Clogged Toilet Post By lamartinm (Guest Post) (09/02/2008) I live in an old but nicely kept apartment and for the last 2 years. I have had all kinds of problems with the plumbing. The kitchen clogs, and both bathrooms. Thanks to this blog. I used the soap and AweSome Liquid cleanser for the toilet today and it worked. I haven't flush it yet, but I am so relieved with the results so far! Report Spam or Abuse RE: Clogged Toilet Post By bmack (Guest Post) (08/24/2008) I can't believe it. I was so happy. Report Spam or Abuse RE: Clogged Toilet Post By (Guest Post) (08/23/2008) It really does work! Report Spam or Abuse RE: Clogged Toilet Post By Donna (Guest Post) (08/22/2008) Thanks for the detergent tip. A tube of hair conditioner from a hair coloring kit got tossed and flushed down the toilet. We snaked and plunged to no avail. Four generous doses of dish detergent in the bowl with toilet paper blew the tube right down the pipes. Toilet now works like a charm. Report Spam or Abuse RE: Clogged Toilet Post By Mutty (Guest Post) (08/15/2008) Wow, our daughter's 3rd birthday party is tomorrow, and her little brother (18 months old) flushes his tooth brush down the toilet (on Mommy's watch)! Clogged every time toilet paper or solids were flushed afterwards. Detergent and hot water alone did not clear the toothbrush (only cleared the toilet paper & solids, and re-clogged again next time), so I made a wad of two Bounty paper towels and flushed it to plug it up good, then filled the bowl with near boiling hot water, and plunged like there is no tomorrow, and it must have pushed the toothbrush right through with the wad of paper towels! Thanks for the ideas everyone! Report Spam or Abuse RE: Clogged Toilet Post By Happy again (Guest Post) (08/08/2008) OMG, thank you people! Thank you, thank you. My 4 year old was trying to help my 3 year old wipe after a #2. Well my older used half a package of wipes, probably 100 wipes and flushed it down. After 2 days of plunging I was just about to call a plumber. The flow was slow and if any one used it, it would clog. My daughter's 3rd birthday party is on Sunday and it's Friday afternoon. Good luck finding a plumber now. Well, you all just saved me tons of money:))) I poured a gallon of hot water into the bowl with half a cup of palmolive, flushed...slightly better. The next time I poured in half a cup of palmolive, with some no name mouthwash, plunged once, flushed, poured some hot water in again, flushed, works great! Thanks :) Report Spam or Abuse RE: Clogged Toilet Post By Valerie (Guest Post) (08/07/2008) I didn't believe this would work after plunging and using the snake both to no avail! But it worked I was so relieved as I was going to call a plumber tomorrow! Saved me lots of money! It worked right away for me! Thank you! Report Spam or Abuse RE: Clogged Toilet Post By justaguy (Guest Post) (08/07/2008) I tried the dawn and hot water three times in a row and the toilet flushed but whenever it flushes, I hear weird scary clanking in the pipes and I don't know what to do about that! Report Spam or Abuse RE: Clogged Toilet Post By ann (Guest Post) (08/04/2008) Thank you! Thank you! Hot water and dish soap worked like a charm on the first try. Repeated two more times just to make sure. Saved me lots of money and a huge headache! Report Spam or Abuse RE: Clogged Toilet Post By ann (Guest Post) (08/04/2008) THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU! Hot water and dish soap worked like a charm on the first try. Repeated two more times just to make sure. Saved me lots of money and a huge headache! Report Spam or Abuse RE: Clogged Toilet Post By Laura (Guest Post) (07/28/2008) Hot water worked! Report Spam or Abuse RE: Clogged Toilet Post By Non (Guest Post) (07/27/2008) Toilet has been flushing down really slow lately and my last trip just brought it to a halt. Plunged for like 15mins nothing doing. So found this thread and I wanted to believed hot water and dish soap worked, so I tried it.... about 20 times probably lol it has gotten 60%+ better I think, gonna keep at it. Great advice if it finally works for me thanks. Report Spam or Abuse RE: Clogged Toilet Post By (Guest Post) (07/27/2008) Worked for me too. Tried the closet auger & plunger didn't work. Went on a trip - left the toilet. Came back and my 2 year old daughter had left a present in there, ewww. Removed debris, then poured in hot water, still clogged - then waited until water got low after about 20 minutes, plunged - still stuck. Poured in 1/2 cup palmolive and listerine, waited.... flushed, used plunger once and a la la - unclogged. Magic! Report Spam or Abuse RE: Clogged Toilet Post By Brian (Guest Post) (07/24/2008) Thanks for the help! I did the plunger and even the snake looking for the cardboard toilet paper center my son decided to flush. I had almost given up hope but I knew the internet must have an answer. I came across this site and can sleep much easier tonight. I squirted some dish detergent in and used my wife's hot bath water. I flushed a few times and nothing, but realized that plunging was part of the deal as well and next thing you know the toilet is flushing fine. Thank you so much! Report Spam or Abuse RE: Clogged Toilet Post By Angel (Guest Post) (07/21/2008) My toilet got clogged yesterday due to normal bodily functions. I plunged it repeatedly throughout the day. It was not a very bad clog; the water would drain down slowly. That was a problem though because the water would drain down every time I tried to plunge, and I could never get enough pressure to plunger properly. But when I flushed, the water would not drain properly. This morning I tried plunging some more to no avail. That is when I came to this site. After reading the comments, I tried pouring an ounce or two of Palmolive Oxy Plus into the toilet followed by a few quarts of hot water. Almost before I finished pouring the hot water, all the water rushed down the drain. I then tried flushing and it worked beautifully! Thanks! Report Spam or Abuse RE: Clogged Toilet Post By momof2 (Guest Post) (07/18/2008) It totally worked for me! And I didn't plunge. Just poured hot water and Dawn at the same time and it flushed right away. Took only seconds. I repeated the process 3 more times just to make certain it worked. THANK YOU Report Spam or Abuse RE: Clogged Toilet Post by gtsharon (1) | (06/22/2008) Contact I registered with this blog just so I could say Thank You, Thank You, Thank You! The dish detergent and hot water totally helped unclog my toilet. I was in such a panic cause it was late on a Saturday night, no stores open and no chance of finding a plumber. It does require some patience though. I used half a bucket of very hot tap water with dish detergent dissolved, and poured directly into the bowl, being careful not to over-pour and risk an overflow. I let it sit for about 15 minutes and repeated the process. Each time the water went down- slowly at first, but after about 3 repetitions it was clear that the paper clog had dissolved enough for it to go down a lot more. I was then able to flush normally. By the way, I never even had to plunge. Report Spam or Abuse RE: Clogged Toilet Post By (Guest Post) (06/20/2008) It totally didn't work for me. :-( I tried numerous times as well (8 times). Report Spam or Abuse RE: Clogged Toilet Post By Cherise (Guest Post) (06/18/2008) Thank God, there's finally a fast, simple and cheap solution to this darn ongoing problem. At first I didn't believe it but for those of you out there, take my word, because it really works! Report Spam or Abuse RE: Clogged Toilet Post By chris bleux (Guest Post) (06/12/2008) OMG. My toilet had been clogged for about two days. The plunger wouldn't do anything. Today is my birthday and have a party planned tonight. I wasn't too sure what to do to rectify the toilet issue with out calling a plumber. I had read a post on here that mentioned using mouth wash. I really didn't think it would work but regardless dumped about 10 oz of generic citrus mouth wash down the toilet bowl. I also opted to use hot water with dish soap. I had put some some water on the kettle to boil and went to check on the status of my toilet. I noticed the bowl had gone down just a smidge and decided to try flushing it. BINGO! The mouth wash had done the trick! fabulous Report Spam or Abuse RE: Clogged Toilet Post By Keren (Guest Post) (06/09/2008) The dishwashing detergent and hot water did work. I repeated the process about 4-5 times. Initially, it didn't seem to do anything and the water was still draining very very slowly. So we gave up after 30 min and went for dinner. After 2 hours, we decided to try again. At our last attempt, we poured in the detergent, waited 5 min, added about half toilet bowl full of hot water, waited 10 min and flushed. It was just pure magic. It unclogged. Can't say how relieved I am. Plumbing service is extremely expensive in Australia. I didn't even have to plunge once. Thanks so much! ^^ Report Spam or Abuse RE: Clogged Toilet Post By MCON (Guest Post) (06/07/2008) Two days ago I flushed a bunch of broccoli down the toilet and it got clogged. Plunging alone didn't work. I tried it with a normal cup plunger and didn't get any results. I tried it again with a couple squirts of dish soap and 4 liters of hot water and still nothing... BUT... I bought a air pump toilet plunger with the extension to fit snuggly in the toilet and a huge bottle of dawn dish soap. After filling the toilet with about 4 liters of hot tap water and 1/4 a bottle of dawn, I plunged and to my amazement IT WORKED! Best thing ever. Report Spam or Abuse RE: Clogged Toilet Post By aa (Guest Post) (06/03/2008) I don't ever write on the internet but I have to say I'm amazed by the hot water and soap fix. It worked like a charm, I couldn't believe my eyes. I had literally been plunging all day long. Used 1/4 cup dish soap, and a gallon of hot water, plunged 10 times, and the clog disappeared! THANK YOU! Report Spam or Abuse RE: Clogged Toilet Post By Rebekah (Guest Post) (05/29/2008) I was on a missions trip to Armenia a few weeks ago and our toilet got clogged. (these toilets can hardly handle toilet paper, in fact we put it in a trash can, let alone normal bodily functions.) Anyway, after trying forever, I was finally able to get it go down by letting mouth wash sit in the bowl for an hour. Not only did it smell minty fresh, but it flushed! (Well as far as Armenian toilets flush. Pouring water down the tank, cause the flusher didn't do anything.) I really like American toilets.. Report Spam or Abuse RE: Clogged Toilet Post By cloggers (Guest Post) (05/23/2008) Dawn and hot water didn't work. There's paper towel stuck and I've been trying for the past hour. Dawn and hot water bites. Report Spam or Abuse RE: Clogged Toilet Post By yoya (Guest Post) (05/20/2008) I tried the soap and hot tap water twice and nothing, I tried the plunger and nothing I even tried the snake and now I have it stuck in the toilet somewhere. Does anyone have any suggestions? Report Spam or Abuse RE: Clogged Toilet Post By yoya (Guest Post) (05/20/2008) I tried the soap and the hot tap water twice and nothing , I tried the plunger and nothing I tried the snake and I have it stuck somewhere in the pipes, this is not a good day, can anyone help with an answer? I believe it is just human waste this is the 4 kids bathroom and they want it fixed we have two others but I don't want them to mess them up too! Report Spam or Abuse RE: Clogged Toilet Post By Sp (Guest Post) (05/19/2008) I am utterly amazed. I snaked earlier with a hanger and discovered soap had been dropped in to toilet. I purchased Rid-X only to discover (before I opened the package) that it does not work well with unclogging toilets. I even used my hand (the water was clean...Ivory clean) to no avail. I used some hot water from the tap and about 2oz of Dawn....bah-bye clog! Awesome. Report Spam or Abuse RE: Clogged Toilet Post By Klaas (Guest Post) (05/18/2008) The dishwashing detergent and plunger worked great! Thank you guys for this amazing tip. Cheers to all of you! Report Spam or Abuse RE: Clogged Toilet Post By da1nonly (Guest Post) (05/15/2008) It worked. Been trying to unclog this for 2 days now. Tried a little soap and some hot water waited 15mins and plunged... It didn't work! Put more soap more hot water. Plunged like 50+ times and then bingo! Everything clear. My little one, dropped a big one the size of a corn on a cob. I don't know how something that big fits in a kid that small, but at least everything is good now. THANKS EVERYONE! Report Spam or Abuse RE: Clogged Toilet Post By Andy (Guest Post) (05/03/2008) Just one try. Worked like a charm. Thanks! Report Spam or Abuse RE: Clogged Toilet Post By A Human Being (Guest Post) (04/29/2008) I did something so stupid last night. I was cleaning out my lunch and I dumped some sliced watermelon in the toilet and flushed.....and my toilet clogged. I was so upset! I tried plunging and it made things worse. Desperate, I Googled "clogged toilet" and I found this forum. When I read that dishwater liquid and boiling hot water could fix the problem, I figured, what do I have to lose? I followed what everybody said and IT WORKED! My toilet is flowing normally - better than normal and best of all, it's CLEAN! Thank you, everybody! ^_____^ Somebody please nominate this forum for a Webby Award! Report Spam or Abuse RE: Clogged Toilet Post By wow... (Guest Post) (04/26/2008) It totally works. I can't believe it. I had a completely blocked toilet (the water wouldn't move at ALL), but adding dish soap and hot water several times WORKED!!! Try it!!! Report Spam or Abuse RE: Clogged Toilet Post By Krista (Guest Post) (04/24/2008) Well, it sort of worked... I'm at work, and it was acting weird before I got here. Meaning it's someone else's fault. There was hardly any water in the bowl, and the room smelled of sewage. ICK! Then I used it, flushed and it didn't do anything. Just filled higher and higher. Tried this, and after another 15-20 plunges, it went down. But I flushed and it filled right back up. Plunged some more, and now it's back to how it was this morning. I don't dare flush again. I'll let the next person deal with it. They're the one who clogged it to begin with. :P But at least it's not overflowing anymore, and the dishsoap helped with the smell. :) Report Spam or Abuse RE: Clogged Toilet Post By doudou (Guest Post) (04/17/2008) It is amazing. I just mixed the DAWN dishwashing detergent with hot water for the tap. Pour it in the bowl and wait for about 5 mins. Then I flushed it. My toilet works as normal now! Thank you very much for the tips. Report Spam or Abuse RE: Clogged Toilet Post by mom-from-missouri (145) | (04/11/2008) Profile | Contact Try lowering a powerful magnet on a string. You can get them for around $8 at ace that hold up to 16 lbs. They are round with a hole in the middle to run a rope through. This worked for us. RE: Clogged Toilet Post By Rafaella (Guest Post) (02/16/2008) Took the 2nd story toilet off while doing tile work and dropped a large drill bit (one of those quick change adapters) down the pipe. It's decent size so it's a problem. Can't see it, rolled down past where the pipe curves but I didn't hear anything that would indicate it dropped down to the first story. Is there a trap? Tried to snake it but didn't want to push it down further. Any ideas? Report Spam or Abuse RE: Clogged Toilet Post By Karla (Guest Post) (04/11/2008) Patience is definitely the key to this one! Do not give up, it will work! It took me awhile, but I am so grateful now! Thanks everyone! Report Spam or Abuse RE: Clogged Toilet Post By David (Guest Post) (04/06/2008) Well what do you know, it worked! Thank you. Report Spam or Abuse RE: Clogged Toilet Post By Dermot (Guest Post) (04/06/2008) What a brillant tip. I like many others here was very sceptical about this but I have to say it is one of the best tips I have ever come across. So simple, yet so powerful. Great tip, well done and many thanks for sharing the tip with us all. Report Spam or Abuse RE: Clogged Toilet Post By Sherry (Guest Post) (04/03/2008) The poo and paper would not flush down and I dreaded having to plunger it. Waited a while and flushed again to no avail, decided to look on the internet and came to this site, decided it was worth a try, so I gave two squirts of palmolive dish soap and 2 cups of hot water from the water dispenser, waited about 15 minutes and read some more here and decided to add a 2 qt sauce pan of hot water from the tap and saw that it went down slowly, so I added another 2 qt hot tap water which went down a little faster, so decided to try to flush again and it all went down! So I'm now a happy camper also and am writing to say the unbelievable worked and thanks to the one who discovered and shared this great tip! Report Spam or Abuse RE: Clogged Toilet Post By Erika (Guest Post) (04/02/2008) I know everyone said it but I have to repeat it: IT WORKS! I clogged my toilet and was really hoping I didn't have to use a plunger. Instead l found this site and decided to give it a try. I put in a few squirts of dish washing liquid and waited about ten minutes. Then I poured about a gallon of hot water from the tap in and waited about ten minutes, and it flushed perfectly. THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU!! Report Spam or Abuse EVIL CLOGG! Post By Elizabeth (Guest Post) (03/30/2008) I had a clog in my toilet that just won't budge. I have tried dish soap and hot water as well as hour's of plunging. Any suggestions without using a snake? Report Spam or Abuse RE: Clogged Toilet - Dish Soap Post By Florida Grrl (Guest Post) (03/29/2008) I hate to sound like everyone else here, but I was thinking, 'this isn't going to work'. The one thing you HAVE to have to make this successful though is PATIENCE. It takes time between the steps and to let the soap set in and the water to drain. If you don't put in the time, I can't promise it will work for you. Also, I did not have any 'item' stuck in my toilet. I put Dawn in my toilet when the water was drained and tried to flush it just with the Dawn. The first time, nothing was improved, but the second time, the clog was basically cleared. I had already started boiling water on the stove, so I figured I'd throw in the hot water to make sure the clog was completely gone, but I'm not sure it was necessary. I never used a plunger or anything like that. I am so impressed and happy that I didn't have to call anyone or spend any additional money. This is great. Report Spam or Abuse RE: Clogged Toilet Post By Korkut OZUYENER (Guest Post) (03/28/2008) Thanks! It is great to be able to fix something like this at 2 AM. Hot water and dish washer detergent really works! It saved me a lot of money! Report Spam or Abuse RE: Clogged Toilet Post By (Guest Post) (03/28/2008) Thank you so much. It really works. Dishwashing soap and hot water. GOD Bless Report Spam or Abuse RE: Clogged Toilet Post By Thom (Guest Post) (03/25/2008) Ok. I laughed at this thinking NO WAY! but after two gallons of hot water and 8 squirts of soap... it seems to be working. Great idea, dish washing soap and hot water. I had plunged and plunged and snaked. No luck... but soap and hot water YEPPERS! Report Spam or Abuse RE: Clogged Toilet Post By amazed (Guest Post) (03/25/2008) Dishwashing liquid and hot water really works! On the first flush, I started getting skeptical because the toilet was filling to the brim again. Then I plunged maybe five more times, and it drained completely. Another flush an it was back to normal. I am so impressed... and relieved! Thanks for this tip. Report Spam or Abuse RE: Clogged Toilet Post By (Guest Post) (03/21/2008) Thanks! Worked great! Report Spam or Abuse RE: Clogged Toilet Post By Sarah Cole (Guest Post) (03/19/2008) Ok I've tried plunging, didn't work, tried the dish detergent and hot/boiling water thing, didn't work, just creaked the bowl and now I'm in trouble with mom. Anyone else got an idea that might help? I've been working on this think from 8 AM this morning when I first got up, it's now 4 PM. I have no clue what clogged it in the first place most likely human waste but still plunging normally fixes it pretty quickly. It drains but not like it's suposed to and it keeps over flowing. Report Spam or Abuse RE: Clogged Toilet Post By Esther (Guest Post) (03/16/2008) Whoever gave this idea of soap and hot water...May God Bless You. I used hot water from the tap and pamolive dish soap. I poured the dish soap in first and followed it with the hot water and it worked like magic! My toilet was clogged for a week and its now flowing freely again. Thanks for saving me so much $$ I would have paid a plumber! I canceled my plumber appointment immediately! Report Spam or Abuse RE: Clogged Toilet Post By me (Guest Post) (03/16/2008) It worked thank God! Report Spam or Abuse RE: Clogged Toilet Post By (Guest Post) (03/14/2008) Wow, the soap and hot water did the mighty trick, my son clogged it with a tissue roll, thanks a lot Report Spam or Abuse RE: Clogged Toilet Post By Shweet (Guest Post) (03/13/2008) I just tried this, my toilet got plugged and used some soap and hot water, works greats, sweet. Report Spam or Abuse RE: Clogged Toilet Post By carol nenna. (Guest Post) (03/07/2008) Can't believe it! Just tried the dawn dish detergent and hot water. Worked after two tries. I thought I'd have to call a plumber and spend a lot of money. truly a really hidden secret. I wonder how many people have spent money for a plumber and could have fixed the problem themselves? Thank you Report Spam or Abuse RE: Clogged Toilet Post By LIndsay (Guest Post) (03/06/2008) I know everyone else has already sung the praises of the dish soap and hot water method, but I have to add to it. I was dreading having to tell my property manager that the toilet was clogged. I tried plunging and just hoping it would clear up on its own, and neither worked. I tried this tactic, and everything is great now. I did have to do it twice and then just kept pouring water in for a while, so don't give up if it doesn't work immediately. Report Spam or Abuse RE: Clogged Toilet Post By Cate (Guest Post) (03/05/2008) Another testimonial here. Tried plunging for 4 days, no luck unclogging. Dawn and hot water did the trick. It took a bit of time. I did the soap and one teakettle full of water--plunged a bit, waited for the water to drain down and did another teakettle of water. Voila! Report Spam or Abuse RE: Clogged Toilet Post By Believer (Guest Post) (03/03/2008) My toilet's been for two days and I've tried everything (plunging, 3 different kinds of Drano), and the Palmolive soap and hot water worked like a dream. I had to use it a few times, but it worked above and beyond everything else! Thanks so much! Report Spam or Abuse RE: Clogged Toilet Post By Kim (Guest Post) (03/02/2008) WooHoo! The dish soap/hot water suggestion really worked. I accidentally flushed a pantyliner and my husband was convinced we'd have a $500 plumbing bill. This worked like a charm! Amazing! Thanks so much! Report Spam or Abuse RE: Clogged Toilet Post By Linell (Guest Post) (02/29/2008) Wow! I cant believe this. My friend and I had one to many sodas a week ago, and I decided to flush his old toothbrush down the toilet. Plunged for a week straight until I read this and it really does work. Crazy! Thank you so much because I did not want to spend the money to have a plumber get this out. Report Spam or Abuse RE: Clogged Toilet Post By Grateful (Guest Post) (02/29/2008) Wow, it works like a charm~ Thank you very much! Instead of dish soap, I use body shampoo and boil the water using water heater in the bathroom. yes, very convenient indeed~ The flush works fine now. Great~ Report Spam or Abuse RE: Clogged Toilet Post By Allan (Guest Post) (02/29/2008) OH MY GOD! It really works! At first, I didn't believe it, then I started reading the comments and said, 'why not?', put a little bit of soap, hot-ish water, flushed it, and plunged for like 2 seconds, and it was great! Thank you so much! Report Spam or Abuse RE: Clogged Toilet Post By The Colombian! (Guest Post) (02/28/2008) I live in a house with 7 other fools. We clog our toilet pretty often. Nothing out of the world but one day, omg we clogged that thing with a whole lot of toliet paper with a mix of 2 people's poo poo. ya dig? funny part is no one seems to be the one to do it ;-) of course but it overflowed the toilet every time we tried to flush.. I actually tried the dish soup and hot water and it WORKED! <--- sorry for the caps, but I always wanted to do that :-) But yea, much appreciated for the person that started this question and the person that answered it. Report Spam or Abuse RE: Clogged Toilet Post By tbonz (Guest Post) (02/25/2008) I thought you all were full of .... well you know. Dish soap and hot water...lol, Well, I'm the one full of it, because after my toilet became clogged, I hit the net, to try and find solutions. The hot water and dish soap worked great. Thanks to whom ever thought of it. Report Spam or Abuse RE: Clogged Toilet Post By Anonymous (Guest Post) (02/20/2008) Oh my goodness the dish soap & hot water WORKED!!! Thank you everybody!!!!!!!!! Report Spam or Abuse RE: Clogged Toilet Post By Christie (Guest Post) (02/17/2008) This works wonderfully! I hadn't been able to use this toilet for over 2 weeks without it overflowing. My husband plungged until he had blisters. We tried this and it worked immediately. We didn't even have to plunge. Report Spam or Abuse RE: Clogged Toilet Post By Rafaella (Guest Post) (02/16/2008) Took the 2nd story toilet off while doing tile work and dropped a large drill bit (one of those quick change adapters) down the pipe. It's decent size so it's a problem. Can't see it, rolled down past where the pipe curves but I didn't hear anything that would indicate it dropped down to the first story. Is there a trap? Tried to snake it but didn't want to push it down further. Any ideas? Report Spam or Abuse RE: Clogged Toilet Post By George (Guest Post) (02/15/2008) Thank You! Thank You! I did not really believe that soap and hot water would work. I have a bad history of leaving a large amount of human waste on the toilet. My toilet has been clogged for about two days, and I kept trying to flush and flush. I even used a professional snake that I got from work. It didn't work. So I looked online and found this website. I really didn't believe the soap and hot water would work, but it did! I am so happy i found this website. You guys saved me from a plumber. Which I was about to call before i saw this website. Report Spam or Abuse RE: Clogged Toilet Post By Rav (Guest Post) (02/13/2008) Wow! The dish detergent worked like a magic on my clogged toilet. Thanks a lot. Report Spam or Abuse RE: Clogged Toilet Post By val (Guest Post) (02/08/2008) I flushed one of those plastic toilet fresheners down the toilet. Didn't even realized it fell into the commode. The hot water and dish detergent worked. Then dropped an ornament magnet with seashells down the toilet. Tried auger, different plungers, bleach, etc. again just finished with dish detergent and hot water. boiled some on stove, then buckets from tub tap. so far, it's working. now I see water is leaking by the on off spiget. May use puddy on that. I'm a woman living alone, by choice, so I fix by hook or by crook all I can, thanx all for info, so appreciated. Report Spam or Abuse RE: Clogged Toilet Post By Misterbee180 (Guest Post) (02/07/2008) This idea of hot water and dish soap is amazing. I have a shatty plunger at home that does jack for taking out big clogs. I had been working on one for about 2 hours today and when i found this site i was quite unsure of it's worth. But 15 minutes later after the mixture of the hot water and the soap the toilet was unclogged and i was able to get on w/ my life! Thanks alot! Report Spam or Abuse RE: Clogged Toilet Post By MAMA MIA (Guest Post) (02/04/2008) Hi! I just wanted to drop a line and say 'IT WORKED" so others don't lose faith. By the way, at first it did not work, but as they say "try try again". So I did and what was an extremely stubborn clog just gave way with a few uses of the plunger. I was trying to unclog this stubborn clog since yesterday. I am so happy I didn't have to call a plumber...last time a similar type clog cost $200.00 for the cost of half a container of dish detergent and some boiling water (I didn't use nearly as much as others indicated they used) I saved lots of money! Perhaps more than $200.00! So please try this if you ever experience any problems! I am glad that lady with the banana peel problem posted her question. Report Spam or Abuse RE: Clogged Toilet Post By Canada eh (Guest Post) (02/03/2008) I was concerned about cracking the pot with boiling water, so I used hot water out of the tap. I added the soap and poured it in the toilet and let it sit for 5 minutes. Then I plunged some of the warm soapy water past the obstruction to ensure some of the soapy water coated the obstruction. I waited another 5 minutes and then plunged the rest of the water in the bowl. It worked flawlessly. Just a tip for the ladies, don't flush your tampons as they get stuck. Report Spam or Abuse RE: Clogged Toilet Post By debi (Guest Post) (02/02/2008) yes the boiling water and soap worked.. HOWEVER THE BOILING WATER CRACKED THE PORCELAIN COMMODE. And regardless i still must replace the commode. Cheap isn't always better. Thanks for the "free tip" that wll now cost me $150.00. Report Spam or Abuse RE: Clogged Toilet Post By Allison (Guest Post) (02/01/2008) Wow! Here's another reply with THANK YOUS for the soap and water! IT WORKED! I have a science background and I admit to being skeptical, but to all those who are out of options: try this before calling a plumber. This website deserves an award! Report Spam or Abuse RE: Clogged Toilet Post by lkrulik (1) | (01/26/2008) Contact I can't honestly believe this worked!!! I was completely skeptical when my wife found this site. Plunging after the hot water was key. flushes great now. Report Spam or Abuse RE: Clogged Toilet Post By Guest (Guest Post) (01/26/2008) Dude, you just saved me like $500! I did not believe the dish soap thing would work but I had to try it so I could say I did my due diligence before calling a plumber. IT WORKS! It got a freakin toothbrush out of my toilet. TRY IT BEFORE YOU CALL A PLUMBER. Thanks again guys and/or gals. Report Spam or Abuse RE: Clogged Toilet Post By (Guest Post) (01/23/2008) My toilet has been clogged since last night. I tried plunging, plunging, and plunging. Then I went and got Draino today and did more plunging. Nothing. So I got online and found this site, went to the kitchen for some dish detergent and now I have a working toilet again. It is amazing. I added the detergent for about 5 minutes, added boiling water and let that sit for about 15 minutes, and then went and flushed. I had to plunge a little and then the water just went down. Its been working great ever since! Report Spam or Abuse RE: Clogged Toilet Post By Neil (Guest Post) (01/22/2008) I'd say use an auger on the banana. Plunging might only jam it in worse. My toilet was clogged badly with "human waste." It was so bad, I couldn't even get the filthy water to move. After two hours of plunging, pacing, flushing, and a flooded bathroom, I decided it couldn't hurt to try the Dawn and hot water. So I shot about half a cup in, waited five minutes, added one gallon of very hot water, waited a few more minutes, flushed, and NOTHING. Discouraged, I went back to plunging, which was the key. After about 10 pumps I heard a beautiful "swoosh" and the toilet was clean. The only problem now is that it's filled with soap bubbles. Still, I didn't believe it would break up such a terrible clog, but it did. Thanks so much to whoever invented it. Report Spam or Abuse RE: Clogged Toilet Post By Cory (Guest Post) (01/12/2008) Dish detergent and boiling water does work. I was doubtful but it does work. 5 seconds squeeze..waited for 5 minutes, about 3 gallons of near boiling water.. waited another 5 min. Flushed and plunged.. maybe twice and it worked. Amazing. Report Spam or Abuse RE: Clogged Toilet Post By Kevin Shropshire from Tampa (Guest Post) (01/12/2008) I tried the soap and hot water trick after expelling Thanksgiving dinner in the toilet last year. I tried plunging -- but after two hours in the bathroom inhaling my waste and the kitty litter box, I was about to call a plumber. After thinking twice about spending money I did not have, I surfed the net and came across this site. THANK YOU! I tried the soap and hot water tip and it worked like magic. THANK YOU! Report Spam or Abuse RE: Clogged Toilet Post by 4Friend (1) | (01/11/2008) Contact I like the dish soap idea. It works great. We have a Toiletta it also works great for breaking up possible clogs. A plumber told us about the 1.6 gallon flush toilets. They work great, without exception, if everything is within limits. Those limits are the amount of waste in a flush, the movement generated by the flush, and the amount of water in the after flush. One major limits is how far your home is from the street, and the amount of fall (fraction of an inch per drop per foot) that you have. It takes "X" number of gallons to move waste 100 feet in a 4 inch line. If you live more then 100 feet from the street drop and have only minimal flow of 1/8 inch per foot, you are getting into the problem zone. The Toiletta will break up large waste obstructions that would otherwise become dewatered on the way to the street. This causes a dam effect and can creat slow flushes in the home. I hope this helps some of you home owners that have that problem. It helped our situation. The new toilet created problems, but Toiletta fixed it. Report Spam or Abuse RE: Clogged Toilet Post By AJ J (Guest Post) (01/07/2008) Dish washing soap is amazing combined with the effects of hot water. I am never buying drain-o again. Report Spam or Abuse RE: Clogged Toilet Post By Greg (Guest Post) (01/03/2008) Ok. I must admit that I thought this was a VERY odd solution but the Soap and Hot Water worked for me too. Tried everything else; vinegar/baking soda, auger, Drano Gel. Nothing. Did this once and it got 50% better. Did it a second time and I am up to about 90%. What cost me about $20.00 could have cost me $1 but I am glad I found this before I called the plumber. GREAT TIP! Report Spam or Abuse RE: Clogged Toilet Post By Stuck (Guest Post) (01/02/2008) What about a banana peel? My kid just did this today. It's draining slowly will the dish soap work?HELP Report Spam or Abuse RE: Clogged Toilet Post by moneysaver1 (2) | (12/29/2007) Contact Will it work for where a rimblock has fallen into the loo and got stuck somewhere past or in the "hole" ( a type of rimblock can be seen at http://www.wilkinsonplus.com/invt/0253291 ) The "hole" is quite small. Had the plumber out who used a ?jet-wash and "unblocked" it, i.e. the toilet flushes, water rises but then goes down as long as it's not used. If the toilet is used as normal, the water does not then go down. Any ideas. Report Spam or Abuse RE: Clogged Toilet Post By AL (Guest Post) (12/25/2007) I accidentally flushed a sponge down my toilet. This was about a week ago. I acknowledged the fact that it was not working well at all since, but my college finals made time really limited. Now I'm struggling with this toilet gurgling when flushed, and then flushing very slowly, with the water climbing a bit too high, and then gurgling at the end again, then filling back up again slowly. I just tried the hot water and soap, and it only very slightly helped, but not significantly at all. Should I move forward to a snake? Do I have to call a plumber? This sucks! Editor's Note: You probably will need to get a snake but it could just be caught in the U pipe of the toilet. You could try hooking it with a wire coat hanger. If you can't get a hold of it, then it probably has gone farther down and you will need a snake or call a plumber. Report Spam or Abuse RE: Clogged Toilet Post By first time DIYer (Guest Post) (12/24/2007) Amazing solution... I needed to repeat the disk soap-boiling water sequence twice but it finally worked... phew happy holidays for real :) Report Spam or Abuse RE: Clogged Toilet Post By Frank (Guest Post) (12/23/2007) I got a almost total blocked toilet, dripping off a full bowl of water in 24 hours. I am a heavy DIY guy so I get on it by first try the liquid plumber, brought a bottle at $7 from WalMart and proceeded exactly according to its instructions, it only made a little progress, but back to used t be just a day latter, tried again by exhaust the whole bottle, does noot work at all. Got a $7 snack, the steel coil stuff, did not do the trick either, thought it may be to short, went to Home Depot, got a 50ft one, cost little over $28, put it at work, feeded into the pipe about 30ft untill it nolonger able to go further. Still did not work. In my last hope, jump into internet try to find something, find this one, dish washer soap plus hot water, really did not believe it will work, but this is my last hope before I get the toilet removed. So I tried it, put half bottle of the soap, then boiled a big pan of hot water, about 4 gallons, right after I dump the hot water in, I knew it worked for the water down the drain really fast, and it did! Thanks for the idea. Any body know why this works? Report Spam or Abuse RE: Clogged Toilet Post By Mike Nelson (Guest Post) (12/21/2007) Today is your lucky day. Go to www.Toiletta.com and look at their wounderful Toilet Tool. It is just the tool you need to cut and grab items in the drain you can not see. The Toiletta Toilet Tool will open the drain and keep it clear. Toiletta un-plugs clogs like no other toilet tool. If you like the tool, write them an e-mail and tell them Mike told you to tell them you liked the tool. Remember to tell them Mike sent you. They know who I am, as I am one of there biggest fans. I will take care of the rest. If you were to buy this tool it would cost you $6.00 plus shipping and handeling. Merry Christmas. offer extended to January 1st, 2008 Report Spam or Abuse RE: Clogged Toilet Post By John D (Guest Post) (12/15/2007) I dropped a Clorox tab in the toilet bowl and as I was trying to retrieve it, it when down the drain. I tried pouring pots of hot water down the drain, but now when I flush, it backs up. Should I try the dish soap or just pull the toilet off and try to pull it out this way? Report Spam or Abuse RE: Clogged Toilet Post By Mark (Guest Post) (12/11/2007) Hey I was a skeptic, but now I am a believer. Dawn and hot water did in 10 minutes what plunging and a snake plus 2 hours of wasted time failed to do. Thanks for the tip, it really works Report Spam or Abuse RE: Clogged Toilet Post By peggyjules (Guest Post) (12/11/2007) Yay! It worked without plunging! Now I'll have a slightly less grumpy roommate!! Report Spam or Abuse RE: Clogged Toilet Post By HAPPY MAN (Guest Post) (12/09/2007) It worked for me. Thanks very very much guys. What i did: 1-put dishwashing liquid in toilet bowl 1st, about 5 seconds worth not squeezing too hard, and let sit for 5+mins 2-put boiling water in toilet bowl & let sit for 10+ mins. 3-Then plunged and flushed at same time a few times. Did not work right away then went back about 5 mins later and flushed and it work. Yea Report Spam or Abuse RE: Clogged Toilet Post By (Guest Post) (12/08/2007) This is great! It worked! I'm so happy. :) Report Spam or Abuse RE: Clogged Toilet Post By guest (Guest Post) (12/06/2007) THANK YOU! I used dish soap and hot water and cleared a drain that I had been plunging for hours! I'm so happy I didn't have to call a plumber or go buy a snake! Report Spam or Abuse RE: Clogged Toilet Post By Stephanie (Guest Post) (12/05/2007) WOW! The dishsoap/hot water seemed to do the trick. Awesome. Thanks. Report Spam or Abuse RE: Clogged Toilet Post By Renee (Guest Post) (12/03/2007) I am AMAZED by the dish soap trick! I tried with a plunger and a snake and neither worked. I did not have any dish soap but I used a cup of laundry detergent and put it in the toilet with no water. Then I boiled some water and put it in the toilet. I let it sit for about 5 minutes and plunged. After about 25 plunges the water went down and I no longer have a clog! THIS IS AMAZING! THANKS! Report Spam or Abuse RE: Clogged Toilet Post By Rb (Guest Post) (12/02/2007) Ehh so I accidentally flushed my belt buckle down the toilet is there anyway to get it out or will we need a new toilet. Editor's Note: It probably won't go past the U pipe. You could try unbending a wire coat hanger and see if you can hook it and bring it back up. Otherwise, rather than buying a new toilet, the toilet can be removed. You will need to get it out and then replace the wax seal or call a plumber to do it. 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