Unclogging a Toilet

RE: Unclogging a Toilet Post By amazed (Guest Post) (06/29/2008) I just tried it and it worked! I even used environmentally friendly dish soap. I always thought you had to plunge while you flushed for some reason, but now I know better. Report Spam or Abuse RE: Unclogging a Toilet Post By Dave Again! (Guest Post) (06/27/2008) Everyone, I take back my comments from earlier, which you won't read because the moderator did not feel it appropriate for this site. After quite some time (actually an hour in reality) this did actually work after many, many hours of trying other hairbrained schemes/ideas. My last post was much less optimistic as I had heard so many positive results but curiously never saw any unsuccessful posts, which I thought was unbelievable, even more so when I tried it myself without luck for quite some time. Anyway, I'm feeling bright and sun shiny like everyone else now as I have my toilet back to use! I hate to admit when someone else has a better idea than mine, but I will admit that I've been had by Dawn dish soap! Use it if you have a grown mans clog. IT WILL WORK! Report Spam or Abuse RE: Unclogging a Toilet Post By Dave (Guest Post) (06/27/2008) Alright guys, it's time for a reality check and to grow up! I've tried your little trick for about the 500th time and although my toilet now is clean as ever with about 50 gallons of fresh new dawn detergent, it is still as clogged as ever. For all of those of you who have their toilets cleared, I've actually got a grown mans clog that isn't coming free with some dish soap! Thanks, but I've found the information to be worthless and just another hours worth of wasted time in finding a REAL solution! GROW UP! Report Spam or Abuse RE: Unclogging a Toilet Post By (Guest Post) (06/26/2008) THIS REALLY WORKS! Today is June 26, 2008 and I clogged the toilet. I was using the plunger and the water just kept coming up. I was plunging for like an hour >.<. Anyway, I turned to the Internet and I 1) Boiled water in a hot pot. 2) Let 1/2 cup of dish soap sit on the toilet 3) Plunged 4) Poured more hot water 5) Let it sit for like a minute 6) Plunged again 7) Thought it wasn't working so I left for like another minute 8) When I came back it seemed unclogged so I plunged some more and flushed and SCOREEEEE! UNCLOGGED. I don't know how long it takes for other people to unclog it but it works. Report Spam or Abuse RE: Unclogging a Toilet Post By Eugene (Guest Post) (06/24/2008) OMG Thank you so much for telling us this, i was plunging like crazy hoping to get toilet unclogged before mom got home then I went online and found this awsome thread. I did what it said and 2 plunges, wala toilet unclogged. Thanks. Report Spam or Abuse RE: Unclogging a Toilet Post By (Guest Post) (06/23/2008) So you have to have a plunger, huh? Editor's Note Always a good tool to have in your household. Report Spam or Abuse RE: Unclogging a Toilet Post By Chris (Guest Post) (06/23/2008) My daughter just clogged our toilet and spent almost 1 hr. to unclog using a plunger. I was ready to get a plumber's snake but hesitated since I thought it will be too messy. I saw this solution and boiled a kettle of water, poured 1/2 cup of dish soap, it worked after using the plunger 6 times! Report Spam or Abuse RE: Unclogging a Toilet Post By Guest Visiting Girlfriend's Parents (Guest Post) (06/22/2008) Thank you again for the internet community for giving advice on such a topic matter. I am currently visiting my girlfriend's house in the Bay area and found myself clogging their toilet by stupidly flushing 2 pieces of toilet paper down the drain. I ended up buying 2 plungers, the 2nd one being more high tech than the first, but none of them seemed to fix the problem. My girlfriend's dad ended up using the toilet and found out about the clogging and called me out. Pretty embarrassing. He was planning on calling the plumber the next day, but I desperately searched online for a solution and glad I came across this thread. The trick worked perfectly and no more clog / embarrassment. Report Spam or Abuse RE: Unclogging a Toilet Post By Chris (Guest Post) (06/22/2008) My daughter just clogged our toilet and spent almost 1 hr. to unclog using a plunger. I was ready to get a plumber's snake but hesitated since i think it will be too messy. I saw this solution and boiled a kettle of water, poured 1/2 cup of dish soap, it worked after using the plunger 6 times! Report Spam or Abuse RE: Unclogging a Toilet Post By amy (Guest Post) (06/19/2008) Worked within seriously a minute. I was skeptical but this is the best way great way to unclog a toilet. Report Spam or Abuse RE: Unclogging a Toilet Post By (Guest Post) (06/18/2008) Stupidly flushed 7-8 paper towels in our downstairs bathroom. Didn't realize it had clogged - next day while taking a shower in same bathroom, water wasn't draining and flushing toilet again made things worse. Liquid Plumbr in the shower drain, waited 4 hours - nothing. 1/2 cup soap in toilet, 1 gallon hot water, plunger immediately. After about 10 plunges, water flushed down toilet, and standing water in shower started draining. GREAT ADVICE, DISH SOAP ROCKS! Report Spam or Abuse RE: Unclogging a Toilet Post By Melinda. (Guest Post) (06/17/2008) My mom and I just tried this literally about 15 minutes ago and it worked. I have to say, we were skeptical at first, but it worked. What we did was pour the dish soap in the toilet bowl and then slowly poured the boiling water in. We let it sit about 4 minutes and then plunged about three or four times and the water went down the drain. Then we flushed it and it was fine! It worked really really well. Report Spam or Abuse RE: Unclogging a Toilet Post By (Guest Post) (06/15/2008) It did work, thanks a lot$$ Report Spam or Abuse RE: Unclogging a Toilet Post By Amanda (Guest Post) (06/15/2008) Best solution ever. I was desperate after my roommate decided to use 2 feet of toilet paper to wipe, and ended up leaving both the mess and the toilet paper in there. I was frantically trying to plunge to to no avail so I searched online. After 3 pots of water and soap it was all clean. LOVE IT! Will be using this for probably the rest of my life. thanks :) Report Spam or Abuse RE: Unclogging a Toilet Post By Jessie W (Guest Post) (06/15/2008) Thank you! Report Spam or Abuse RE: Unclogging a Toilet Post By Cathie (Guest Post) (06/14/2008) Boil some water (about 2qts) 1/2 cup dishwashing liquid Pour 1/2 the boiled water into bowl. Pour 1/2 cup dish liquid on top. Pour rest of water over that Plunge, plunge, plunge If clog not cleared, add more water (hot is ok if not boiled) Keep plunging and adding hot water. Cleared! If it doesnt clear, at least the stench is covered by the soap (bonus to this trick!) Keep plunging and adding hot water- took me about 10 min overall. Editor's Note: It does seem to help if you wait a few minutes after putting in the dish soap and give it some time to work. Report Spam or Abuse RE: Unclogging a Toilet Post by Ariela (203) | (06/08/2008) Profile | Contact I told my daughters boyfriend about this site and method. The toilet was full and nasty. He said *yah well I'll run to my moms and get a snake, I know that will work!* I said well at the price of gas I would try this first. I think he didn't want to admit a senior citizen would know the solution. After I got home my daughter called all happy and said *Mom it worked! lol She was so glad.. plus it saved a 20 mile car ride and the gas! Yay me. I mean TFC! lol Report Spam or Abuse RE: Unclogging a Toilet Post By John (Guest Post) (06/08/2008) It worked!! Hot water, dish soap, and relentless plunging! Thanks for the idea! Report Spam or Abuse RE: Unclogging a Toilet Post By (Guest Post) (06/08/2008) I almost can always unclog a toilet with a plunger. I'm like the queen of unclogging toilets. However my whole toilet was stopped up and I was freaking out. I couldn't plunge my way through this mess. So, I just tried the whole water and soap thing. In less than 2 minutes I just flushed and it went down, it is absolutely amazing. Thanks for the idea! Report Spam or Abuse RE: Unclogging a Toilet Post By Lauren (Guest Post) (06/04/2008) I went to a couple of sites and saw this tip. Then I came here and read the rave reviews. I squeezed some Dawn into the toilet and made the water just hot enough that I could still stick my finger in it. I poured the water in and the clog cleared IMMEDIATELY! Now I don't have to kill my roomate. Report Spam or Abuse RE: Unclogging a Toilet Post By alan830. (Guest Post) (06/03/2008) Just tried it and it worked in less than a minute! We used about 2 qts water from the instahot; poured in about a half cup of diswashing liquid and then the hot water slowly, waited less than a minute, plunged a few times and it freed up! Thanks to all Report Spam or Abuse RE: Unclogging a Toilet Post by jess_admin (623) | (06/03/2008) Profile | Blog! | Contact (submitted via email) Wow, it really worked. At first it filled back up again but as I was going to send a bad comment, I found out it worked. And a really good thing happened, it cleaned our toilet too. Taylor Report Spam or Abuse RE: Unclogging a Toilet Post By (Guest Post) (06/02/2008) Thank you - this worked fantastically! Such an odd occurrence, appreciate the advice. Report Spam or Abuse RE: Unclogging a Toilet Post By Clogging Molly (Guest Post) (05/31/2008) My toilet was clogged for 3 days. Everyday we worked on getting it unclogged. It was so bad that we left the house every time we had to use the bathroom. With every plunge, it seemed as though I could plunge everything up, but not make it go back down. (GROSS) I forgot I was going to look for a solution online 2 days ago, and right when I got online to find a plumber, I remembered to look this up. I boiled a tea kettle of water and threw some dish detergent in the bowl while I was waiting. When the water was boiled, i put in half the kettle, plunged until it broke loose and started draining slowly, then threw in the other half and plunged again and it all went down so easy. I boiled another pot just in case I would need it, but by the time the other kettle was hot, the toilet was working beautifully. Thank you soooo much. Report Spam or Abuse RE: Unclogging a Toilet Post By It Freaking Works! (Guest Post) (05/25/2008) It Freaking Works! Got to say I was about to post a negative comment after trying it once, but went back and poured some more hot water and plunged a few more times and it sucked the water and everything right in! Darn awesome. Here is exactly what I did: Boiled about a gallon of water with dish detergent, I added about 1/2 cup of it, poured the hot water into the toilet directly, plunged a few times, added some more hot water, plunged about 4 more times and Barabim Baraboom no more clogged toilet. Thanks! Report Spam or Abuse RE: Unclogging a Toilet Post By RW (Guest Post) (05/24/2008) This is great! The super hadn't come, we were looking at a day's plans ruined since we'd have to wait around for him, and searched the net for a solution. Everyone raved about this method (at other sites as well) so we tried it. It took about 15 minutes, and the bowl nearly overflowed with suds (my fault, I used too much dish liquid), but it eventually worked. Had some minor clogging the next day, but another squirt of dish liquid did the trick quickly. Stick with 2 squirts, and don't give up if it takes a while. Report Spam or Abuse RE: Unclogging a Toilet Post By (Guest Post) (05/20/2008) I'm always the skeptic, but when you can't get rid of a clog, you'll try anything. The dish soap and a kettle of boiling water followed by a few plunges actually worked! Thanks! Report Spam or Abuse RE: Unclogging a Toilet Post By NightEVO08 (Guest Post) (05/19/2008) Mine has been clogged (no water) for a month, I poured the dishsoap in, one big pot of water...warm, couple plunges and woosh, clog gone :) Report Spam or Abuse RE: Unclogging a Toilet Post By (Guest Post) (05/18/2008) Worked great. My toilet had been clogged for 2 days and when we flushed any other toilet in the house it would come up through the clogged toilet. I tried plunging and also tried the snake but nothing. I saw this post and decided "WHY NOT?". I put about 3 squirts of dawn and 2 pots of hot water and presto.....the clog is gone. Awesome tip. Report Spam or Abuse RE: Unclogging a Toilet Post By (Guest Post) (05/10/2008) Should I wait until the bowl is drained all the way before I use the soap and hot water? Because I just tried flushing it again, and it filled up. Report Spam or Abuse RE: Unclogging a Toilet Post By Cassie Robbins (Guest Post) (05/10/2008) I thought everyone was crazy when I read the reviews on the dish soap and hot water and my toilet was driving me crazy! My cousin and his wife used to live where we live now and she used to flush baby wipes down the toilet and always wondered why they had problems. Well when we moved in and they moved downstairs we inherited their plumbing problem. We were getting sick of having to plunge the toilet after every bathroom use and the plunger was usually no help anyways. Well today was one of those days so I did a search to see what I could do. I tried the dish soap thing and it was amazing. I know to never waste my money again. Thank You! Report Spam or Abuse RE: Unclogging a Toilet Post by weathergirl (1) | (05/09/2008) Contact 1 c. Dish detergent + pot of hot water = unclogged toilet! Amazing! I love home remedies. So glad I tried this. Report Spam or Abuse RE: Unclogging a Toilet Post By Jackson (Guest Post) (05/06/2008) Can't believe it worked. I let the detergent sit overnight, and poured the boiling water in this morning. It unclogged after about a minute or so. Amazing, thank you very much for the handy solution. Report Spam or Abuse RE: Unclogging a Toilet Post By Thank you Thank you! (Guest Post) (05/04/2008) Car's in the shop so we're stranded at the house and plunging didn't work...neither did the wire hanger. Two days with the clog and we were getting desperate when I looked online for a solution. Being someone who looks everything up online, I don't know why I didn't look it up sooner! We were about ready to walk to the store to get Drano. Glad we didn't have to do that. Thanks a lot! Report Spam or Abuse RE: Unclogging a Toilet Post By Wez (Guest Post) (05/04/2008) I can't believe worked! but it did. Thanks so much. Report Spam or Abuse RE: Unclogging a Toilet Post By dawn (Guest Post) (05/03/2008) Fantastic! After a vile day spent plunging and flushing to no avail, found this site and tried washing up liquid plus a kettle of boiling water. Didn't quite work the first time, though the pan did empty itself, very slowly. Tried again 15 mins later, then plunged a few times and it went. Thank goodness. Feel thoroughly sick now though! Report Spam or Abuse RE: Unclogging a Toilet Post By Berger (Guest Post) (04/29/2008) This is amazing. We flushed a toliet cleaning head down the toilet only to find it is was a disposable cleaning head and not a flushable one. We tried everything; multiple plunges, chemicals, even went and bought a plumbing snake. To our disappointment none of these worked. I was ready to quit and thought I would try looking online. Should have done that first and saved myself about $35. Tried this, and it worked the first time. About 4 squirts of dish soap, one pot of boiling water, and 10-15 plunges our toilet is back in action. Thanks for the tip. Report Spam or Abuse RE: Unclogging a Toilet Post By Jessica (Guest Post) (04/28/2008) Did it about 10 seconds ago, it had been clogged for a day from paper towels. I had blisters on my hands from plunging, so thankful I found this idea. I was very skeptical, but the minute I put the semi-warm water in, it worked instantly, no additional plunging needed! Thank you. Report Spam or Abuse RE: Unclogging a Toilet Post By M (Guest Post) (04/27/2008) I was skeptical when reading this article about pouring hot water and soap for a stubborn clog. However I was turned into a believer, tried to unclog a toil for about half hour even used an auger and voila, tried the hot water and soap and it worked like a charm. Thanks a bunch! Report Spam or Abuse RE: Unclogging a Toilet Post By Diane (Guest Post) (04/26/2008) I LOVE the internet! Was going nuts with a clog that was effecting both of my toilets! Came here and saw all of the rave reviews about dish soap and hot water, so OF COURSE I tried it! A about 5 good squirts of soap, slowly poured in a pot of boiling water, plunged about 10 times and then flushed. GONE! Unbelievable, truly amazing. Thank you, thank you, thank you whoever divulged this miraculous secret! Report Spam or Abuse RE: Unclogging a Toilet Post By bill (Guest Post) (04/19/2008) Like an idiot, I called the plumber first, then looked on the internet. The race was on and luckily, the plumber was behind schedule. After plunging both toilets and watching my bathtub backup for an hour, I tried the soap and hot water. First attempt worked within seconds. The second toilet came clean after a few plunges. It really worked! Report Spam or Abuse RE: Unclogging a Toilet Post By (Guest Post) (04/18/2008) Another happy customer. It took a few tries, and draining the cold (dirty) water from the bowl so the hot water could do its thing, but it worked. The soap alone wasn't enough for this one, and it took a while for the clog to break loose once the hot water and soap was applied. Oh, an important FYI: if your dog ever throws up his dinner right after he eats because he drank too much water too fast, DO NOT flush the regurgitated food down the toilet. Report Spam or Abuse RE: Unclogging a Toilet Post by farmer5 (1) | (04/13/2008) Profile | Blog! | Contact Try using a long pluming snake. If your toilet continues to clog it could be a problum with the pluming or things could be getting thrown down that should not be. "stop putting paper towels down the toilet", says my father Report Spam or Abuse RE: Unclogging a Toilet Post By :) (Guest Post) (04/12/2008) Wow, I was about to call the plumber. I have been plunging for a LONG time. Looked online, read this thread. Put in the palmolive and a big bucket of hot water, flushed it right down! Thank you thank you! Report Spam or Abuse RE: Unclogging a Toilet Post By Ella (Guest Post) (04/10/2008) Yep - worked great, just like everyone else said. Put dish soap, waited, then hot water (slowly)...waited....then plunged. Nothing. Drain must have been slowly running however, because almost no water left in bowl. I flush again & the bowl starts filling too full again, so I feverishly start plunging & 'oila!'It drains completely and unclogs! This is after 45 minutes of plunging it with no effect! Thank you so much! Report Spam or Abuse RE: Unclogging a Toilet Post By nsb (Guest Post) (04/09/2008) Awesomeness. unclogged in less than 10 minutes! Report Spam or Abuse RE: Unclogging a Toilet Post By GB (Guest Post) (04/05/2008) Yes! Thank you very much! The dish soap/boiling water combination did the trick. I snaked and snaked the toilet, plunged for an hour to no avail before this. Thank you again for such a simple solution! 04/05/2008 Report Spam or Abuse RE: Unclogging a Toilet Post By Dawn (Guest Post) (04/03/2008) This worked for me too!! Thanks! Report Spam or Abuse RE: Unclogging a Toilet Post By Kate (Guest Post) (04/02/2008) I am amazed at how well this worked! I'll definitely share this with everyone I know!! Report Spam or Abuse RE: Unclogging a Toilet Post By Paul (Guest Post) (04/02/2008) The dish soap and hot water worked great! My son stuffed a bunch of paper towels down the upstairs toilet, this made it run OK. Report Spam or Abuse RE: Unclogging a Toilet Post By Kelli (Guest Post) (04/01/2008) Thanks so much! My husband has been fighting the clogged toilet all night, and dish soap worked on the first try. I've never heard of this remedy before, but we'll remember it from now on! Report Spam or Abuse RE: Unclogging a Toilet Post By Ms. Ireallydontwannagointhewoods (Guest Post) (04/01/2008) Thanks a bunch for that privy information about the dish soap! I had tried everything including an auger, but none worked. Then I tried the dish soap/hot water and in 20 minutes our one and only toilet was unclogged PHEWWW! I was so worried that my six year old little boy would have to go and with no working toilet. Report Spam or Abuse RE: Unclogging a Toilet Post By Ginny. (Guest Post) (03/31/2008) I tried the hot water (boiling) and 3 squirts of dish soap. I'm not sure if that was what worked it out or not but I put about 16 cups of hot water in and plunged a lot, even emptied the bowl twice. When my husband came home he suggested plunging faster and that is what finally worked. It was certainly better than using additional chemicals! Report Spam or Abuse RE: Unclogging a Toilet Post By Chris (Guest Post) (03/31/2008) Yes, I used this method today after I clogged the toilet. This was the fifth time I clogged the toilet, and the plunger did not work this time. Found your tip, followed it (three squirts of dishwashing liquid, wait a few minutes, get a potful of boiling hot water and pour, wait a few minutes and plunge), and it worked like a charm! Thanks! It saved me from having to call apartment maintenance, and the embarrassment of explaining why the toilet was clogged in the first place! Report Spam or Abuse RE: Unclogging a Toilet Post By TEE (Guest Post) (03/30/2008) Toilet has been clogged since Saturday night. Sunday afternoon i decided 2 check internet. Thank you. The detergent and hot water really works! Thanks again. Report Spam or Abuse RE: Unclogging a Toilet Post By JOHN (Guest Post) (03/29/2008) This really works. After much struggle, my 6 year old deposited what must have been a world record sized output and it clogged the toilet. It wouldn't flush, but would drain after a few minutes. I tried the ball plunger, but it didn't work. Tried a drain cleaner with sulfuric acid and it didn't work. Then after reading this I put a good squirt of dishwashing liquid in the toilet, waited a few minutes while boiling a few quarts of water, then poured the hot water into the toilet and flushed. It went right down. Report Spam or Abuse RE: Unclogging a Toilet Post By J (Guest Post) (03/25/2008) call me a skeptic, but I was desperate. At home, toilet clogged and filled to the brim, the only one we have---for a family of 5! husband not due home for 4 or more hours. Plunged-no luck. put in soap--nothing happened. went to store bought snake--no luck. siphoned out all the water and put in hot water from bathroom sink---plunged twice more and VOILA! A clean functional (albeit a tad sudsy) toilet! thank you! Report Spam or Abuse RE: Unclogging a Toilet Post By Nyrahs (Guest Post) (03/21/2008) I was very skeptical, but the dish detergent and hot water really worked! Report Spam or Abuse RE: Unclogging a Toilet Post By Pizzadough (Guest Post) (03/19/2008) Well, I had a clogged toilet, thought the problem was fixed. Used a plunger on it and got the ever satisfying swirl. Several hours go by and the clog settles back in - at my wits end, I searched the web and found this site. Encouraged by the positive feedback by this odd method and frustrated by valuable time wasted with no results, I tried this way and after my second attempt - no success. I think this is a bogus method myself. Report Spam or Abuse RE: Unclogging a Toilet Post By Naj (Guest Post) (03/15/2008) IT REALLY REALLY WORKS. We were skeptical at first but just tried it and it worked. Thanks! Report Spam or Abuse RE: Unclogging a Toilet Post By Yay It Worked! (Guest Post) (03/14/2008) So, I'm babysitting and I've been feeling a bit jammed up lately. My stomach is killing me and finally I'm like: "Yay! It's time!" I go in and, you know. Well, I almost passed out from the effort but finally I'm done. I glance down and I'm like: "Oh. My. Gosh. THAT poo is bigger than Bono right there." I wondered if it would make it down at all, but I thought, what are you going to do with it now? So flush. Clog. I search for friend's plunger and yeah, they don't have a plunger. I pack up the baby, go to the store, buy a plunger and...yeah, Didn't Even Touch It. So I'm having a small heart attack worrying about my friends coming home to the aftermath of the world's largest poo. It'll be pretty embarrassing to have to offer to pay for a plumber and, I mean, obviously I did it because they didn't do it and no one else has been there. Pretending it didn't happen is not an option. I tried the dish soap as an absolute last ditch effort. I almost didn't do it because I thought that explaining a bubbly clogged up toilet would be even worse than explaining a regular one. But thank God I did! Three big squirts. Let it sit a few minutes. Couple of plunges. Disappointment...left the bathroom. Friend calls and says they're on their way home. I think: "Well, one last try. And, huzzah, one small plunge later and No More Clog! Report Spam or Abuse Dish Soap + Hot water + ball type plunger Post By Groovezilla (Guest Post) (03/13/2008) THANK YOU. I took your advise (3 squirts of dish soap and hot water), and water did not recede right away. After I poured some water, it receded a little. I then used the ball type plunger twice. It worked! From G_zilla Report Spam or Abuse Hot water and soap Post By Sabrina, Pennsylvania (Guest Post) (03/12/2008) Thank you sooo much for the tip on Dishwasher detergent and hot water!!!! Saved me from a lot of trouble. Why are we not supposed to put commercial drain openers in toilet bowl? Does it kill the bacterias required for disintegration of sewage? Wouldn't dishwasher liquid have the same effect on the bacterias? Well, whether it does or does not , it sure unclogged the toilet !! Report Spam or Abuse RE: Unclogging a Toilet Post By Rick McGuire (Guest Post) (03/11/2008) I had a toilet clogged with paper towels for almost a week. I'd exhausted all my ideas and was about to call the plumber. In desperation I searched the web and found this dish soap and hot water idea and tried it.Voila! It worked! Four or five good shots of dish soap and hot tap water (I was afraid to use boiling), and in five minutes I gave it a couple plunges and it dumped! Many thanks to the brainiac on this one! cbarnatwkdotnet Report Spam or Abuse RE: Unclogging a Toilet Post By (Guest Post) (03/09/2008) Thank you ; this really worked and saved my day! Report Spam or Abuse RE: Unclogging a Toilet Post By (Guest Post) (03/07/2008) Quick result! Just clogged toilet and now I tried the bubble method THE TOILETS STILL CLOGGED! ANY RESULTS NEED THEM QUICK! Report Spam or Abuse Dish Soap and Boiling Water Post by ashoka2 (1) | (03/06/2008) Contact I had clogged my toilet and it wasn't pleasant. It was late at night and i didn't have a snake or plunger. As a last resort I did a search and came across this site. I poured a cup of dishwashing soap and slowly added boiling water. I let sit for 10 minutes and flushed. Nothing. I left the bathroom dejected and all of a sudden I heard a swoosh. It worked! Report Spam or Abuse RE: Unclogging a Toilet Post By A (Guest Post) (03/06/2008) The dish soap really worked! I was unsure at first, but now I really believe! THANKS! You all saved me! Report Spam or Abuse RE: Unclogging a Toilet Post By karen (Guest Post) (03/06/2008) My toilet was clogged for days, I just typed in what unclogs toilets and this page came up. I just want to say thank you so much! You guys and gals saved me from having to hire a plumber. The soap and the hot water works. If it is really clogged it might just take more dish soap, more hot water and plunging. WOW and it works GREAT! Report Spam or Abuse RE: Unclogging a Toilet Post By BERNARD BADASSKY (Guest Post) (03/04/2008) I READ THE REPETETIVE REVIEW AND TRIED THE PREFERED METHOD OF DISH SOAP AND FALLING HOT WATER.IT WORKED! Report Spam or Abuse Re: Toilet Post By Adam (Guest Post) (03/03/2008) One of my brilliant roommates decided to pour spaghetti down the toilet. We worked for hours to unclog and FINALLY dish soap (no hot water) did the trick! Thanks everyone! Report Spam or Abuse RE: Unclogging a Toilet Post By Joe (Guest Post) (03/01/2008) I live in an old building in Hollywood with lousy plumbing and the dish soap (3 strong squirts) and some jamming down the throat of the toilet with a bowl cleaner did the trick. Report Spam or Abuse RE: Unclogging a Toilet Post By Ben K. (Guest Post) (02/19/2008) This really works. I tried plunger , snake and chemicals but to no avail. The last resort was looking online and I found this and tried it. It works!! Thank you, Ben Report Spam or Abuse RE: Unclogging a Toilet Post By martin (Guest Post) (02/17/2008) OMG! worst ever toilet stuck and the water doesn't go down. A squeeze of dish washing liquid does it! OMG I cant believe it! Works works works! Report Spam or Abuse RE: Unclogging a Toilet Post By martin (Guest Post) (02/17/2008) OMG! worst ever toilet stuck and the water doesn't go down. A squeeze of dishwater liquid does it! OMG I can't believe it! Works works works! Report Spam or Abuse RE: Unclogging a Toilet Post By Maria (Guest Post) (02/16/2008) Amazing! I had tried all morning to unclog my toilet with the plunge and all I got was a big mess. It took only ONE try with a few squirts of dish soap and a pot of boiling water. DONE! Thanks a lot! Report Spam or Abuse RE: Unclogging a Toilet Post By rick (Guest Post) (02/13/2008) This absolutely works! My upstairs toilet clogged for DAYS. I must have pumped the plunger 200 times over that period. Last night I put 1 c. dish washing detergent in, let it sit overnight and after the 2nd pot of boiling water this AM WHOOSH! Report Spam or Abuse RE: Unclogging a Toilet Post By Dean (Guest Post) (02/13/2008) There are a lot of solutions posted that should do the trick. One warning is using hot water can crack the bowl, because the difference in temperature between the water in the ,bowl and hot or boiling water. If you use hot water make it not too hot. Editor's Note Also be sure to start pouring the hot water slowing, to gradually change the temperature of the water in the toilet bowl. Report Spam or Abuse RE: Unclogging a Toilet Post By Dennise (Guest Post) (02/11/2008) Hot water+dish soap works! I just fixed my toilet problem within a minute. Thanks guys! Report Spam or Abuse RE: Unclogging a Toilet Post By Tammy (Guest Post) (02/10/2008) Thanks for posting this information. My toilet has been clogged for a couple of days and nothing has helped. The dawn dish washing liquid and the hot water did the trick! Report Spam or Abuse Request: Unclogging a Toilet Post by lewis_admin (1274) | (02/08/2008) Profile | Blog! | Contact Tips to help you unclog a stuck toilet. How can I unclog my toilet? Toni from Windsor Locks, CT Answers: RE: Unclogging a Toilet Dish detergent and hot water & plunging works great! Thanks! (03/07/2007) By Jim A RE: Unclogging a Toilet Thank you! I put in the dishing washing liquid, waited 5 minutes and added the boiling water. I was very skeptical, but it worked! We haven't used the downstairs bathroom in weeks! (03/03/2007) By Cyndy RE: Unclogging a Toilet I own a motel and I have a lot of clogged toilet issues. I had one toilet that I plunged for seven days straight and didn't think it would ever work right again. I used the squirt of Dawn dishsoap and the pot of boiling water poured in the bowl, and it worked! I won't bother buying all of the expensive products any more, this simple technique really works. (03/03/2007) By Persnickety Paula RE: Unclogging a Toilet Fortunately the toilet was clean, I bailed out all the water except for a cup or two, filled it with a cup of Dawn soap. I poured in a large pan filled with boiling water from some height so as to force the water down the toilet and push the soap as far down as possible. I plunged for about 30 seconds and left it sit for 15 minutes. I returned and plunged for about 2 minutes and it broke free. I hoped, but didn't think this would work. I'm convinced. (03/06/2007) By kcuhC Report Spam or Abuse Request: Unclogging a Toilet Post by lewis_admin (1274) | (03/02/2007) Profile | Blog! | Contact Tips to help you unclog a stuck toilet. Answers: Stuck Objects If there is an object stuck in the toilet, the best thing to do is remove the toilet and place in tub or shower. Pour water into bowl and plunge. You can even try to use a coat hanger going in from the bottom to loosen the object then plunge again. It is a lot of work but it does work. My kids flushed an apple core. Putting in the tub will keep object from clogging pipes causing more problems. Just be sure to replace the wax seal. (05/12/2004) By haf_hotandbothered Coat Hanger Using a wire coat hanger, poke the end of the hanger into each little hole just under the rim of the bowl. Sometimes it is a calcium build up that causes the problem. I remembered this tip from our rental house years back ... that was what the plumber recommended to the tenant. After plunging with not much success, tried the tip above and it worked great. Saved having a plumber come out! (05/12/2004) By Syd Unclogging a Toilet Is it a flush problem - water running out of the cistern slowly? Then the build up of mineral salts may be the problem as others have described. Or is it a drainage problem - the water flushes into the bowl OK but the bowl fills up and drains slowly away? If so the cheapest method is to get a large plunger - a rubber suction cup on a stick available for a few dollars at hardware shops. Plunge that up and down until the obstruction moves by the alternating negative and positive pressure. You may need to do this numerous times. If that doesn't work plumbers have a long snake like thing they put down round the bend and it rotates and breaks up any obstructions. Preferable to having to disconnect the toilet I would think. If the obstruction is further along, e.g. tree roots growing into the underground drain pipe, this can also be bored out by a plumber but is not a permanent solution as they will grow back unless the offending plants are removed. (05/12/2004) By Jo Bodey Roots We recently had problems with our toilet not flushing properly. The plumber said we had tree roots in the drain in the front yard. He said to go to Home Depot or someplace like that and by a bottle of stuff to put in the toilet to kill the roots. You have to do this twice a year. Just ask one of the people working there and they will show you what you ned to buy. (05/13/2004) By Caima Snake We recently had this problem and had to "snake" the toilet. We priced a snake at Home Depot and it was less than $20 -- but then a co-worker offered the use of his snake, so we didn't even have to spend that! It takes a little elbow grease, but it's a lot cheaper than calling a plumber! Also some major hardware stores may allow you to rent a snake, rather than purchase. (05/18/2004) By Becki in Indiana Unclogging Toilets Add 1 cup of liquid dish soap, let it sit for a while, and flush to unclog toilets. By Pat Dish Soap The dish soap tip works great! This method has worked for me every time. I usually give three big squirts from the bottle, let it sit a moment then flush again. Sometimes it takes plunging, but usually not. (05/20/2005) By Melinda Try Again In The Morning Don't pull the toilet. the hole in the toilet is about an inch and a half and the drain pipe is at least 3. you can try a plunger but the toilet auger i.e. snake always works best. Also, if it doesn't stink too bad you can shut the lid and try again in the morning. The paper will dissolve over night (07/05/2005) By Plumber Bucket of Water Try this if the plunger or auger fails... fill a bucket with warm water...about a 1/8 or 1/4 high and dump the water into the bowl from waist high into a nearly empty bowl. The water pressure from this impact sometimes will force any plugs in the trap to break up and flow through. You may have to do this more than once. (05/22/2006) By Formerly Frustrated Dawn The dishsoap idea worked! I used Dawn...if it dissolves grease, it will dissolve anything. I had paper towels stuck inside the pipe somewhere. I let the soap work overnight, then this morning I flushed and plunged. When I saw pieces of paper towel coming up I knew it had dissolved. Thank you for the great money saving idea! (07/10/2006) By Lee Kitty Litter Our toilet was backed up with kitty litter and paper towels - an impossible combination! We tried plunging, hot water, dish soap overnight...and were about to go to the hardware store to buy an auger when the Scunci came to mind. A Scunci, if you haven't seen on TV, is a hand held steamer which produces a jet of steam out a little nozzle. You're probably not supposed to do this, but we recalled how well it worked unblocking a clogged shower drain, so gave it a try. We first bailed out most of the water in the bowl and then put the end of the Scunci nozzle at the base of the toilet, hit the steam button and after just a couple of minutes and one more plunge, the toilet flushed perfectly. (09/09/2006) By We Love Scunci! Dishwashing Liquid Dishwashing liquid did the trick. Thank you! I had never heard of the concept but it worked like a dream. Some soap and my plunger then the problem was solved! (09/20/2006) By April Dishsoap In order to unclog a toilet you will need dish soap and boiling water. Pour boiling water into toilet and then add some dish soap. Get a plunger and keep pushing. Eventually your toilet will suck up all the water and your work is done. Good Luck! (11/22/2006) Vinegar With 6 daughters are toilet is always clogging. At night we will pour a gallon of vinegar and let it sit overnight. This is a precaution. A gallon of vinegar is cheap $2-3. (01/29/2007) By Debbi Snake I love all these ideas! With my three kids and a couple potty training, I will have plenty of opportunity to try these. I thought I'd add though, to not only keep a plunger nearby but purchase a "snake" from your local hardware store. This WILL fix any clog- trust me (lol). They are cheap, easy to use, and what the plumbers use. (02/04/2007) By kgurrl Magic My day began with nothing more pleasant (not!) than a clogged toilet. I've only experienced the joy of unclogging a toilet once before, so I didn't have a plunger on hand. Thank goodness I checked your website before running out to the store! I started first with dish soap, letting it sit for about 5 minutes, and then I poured in nearly boiling water. I let this combo sit for about 10 minutes before I went at the toilet with a coat hanger. Less than a minute later, my toilet was as good as new! Thank you! (02/10/2007) By HKH Dish Soap It really worked. I just went to the home depot and bought a snake to unclog my toilet which I'e been working on for almost two hours. It didn't work. Then I read everyone talking about the dish soap. All I can say is thank you toilet clogging gods. it works like a champ. (02/17/2007) By brian g Dish Soap I never give my name over the internet but I tried the soap and boiling water to unplug my toilet and it worked. I really thought that it was a really ridiculous thing to try. It worked like a charm. Thank you very much. I was just going to call a plumber but did not want to put a mortgage on my house. Thanks again. (02/21/2007) By MICHAEL MEGAFFIN Dish Soap I've been at it for a week and tried everything Walmart has, nothing worked! A few squirts of soap and two pots of boiling water and a little plunger action and it WORKED! (02/23/2007) By Krystal Dish Soap and Boiling Water Awesome solution. I just added some dish soap solution and 3 pots of boiling water and 2-3 plunges. It worked like a charm. Thanks a lot. (02/24/2007) By Metal Report Spam or Abuse