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Post by okiemomof3 on May 10, 2016 21:37:27 GMT
most of the men will cringe when they hear this, but i have in taken apart a metal hanger and poked down the toilet and it worked!
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Post by Bear Foot Farm on May 10, 2016 21:48:27 GMT
A plumber's "snake" is a better tool but sometimes a coathanger will work.
Adding a little dishwashing soap sometimes helps too
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Post by Wendy on May 11, 2016 2:16:18 GMT
When our toilet starts to back up & plunging doesn't work it requires a cleaning of the filter that is in the outlet pipe going to the leech field. Usually just clogged up with hair & such. Is it possibly that?
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Post by Deleted on May 11, 2016 3:20:29 GMT
A plumber's "snake" is a better tool but sometimes a coathanger will work. Adding a little dishwashing soap sometimes helps too Making sure the toilet is empty of water or as empty as you can get it, then add about half a bottle of dishwashing soap and give it time to settle in around the clog, about 2 or 3 minutes should do it, then pour in about 2 quarts of boiling water and then use your plunger a time or two...then flush it.
Disclaimer: I've never tried this method but I thought that it sounds feasible when I found it on the net. Sounds like the idea is to lubricate it will make it easier to go down.
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Post by Deleted on May 11, 2016 3:23:50 GMT
uh oh, I didn't see your last post before I put my 2 bits in...that may not work then.
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Post by themotherhen on May 11, 2016 4:33:32 GMT
Have you tried baking soda and vinegar?
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Post by wolfmom on May 11, 2016 11:12:02 GMT
Have you tried baking soda and vinegar? Yes - Baking soda and vinegar! Let it foam, then pour boiling water in. Works for me. Have you found a toy like a ball or something else that would seal the pipe?? |
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Post by Bear Foot Farm on May 11, 2016 12:18:40 GMT
If I were leaving, I'd just use Vinegar and let the acidity work while I was gone.
Using soap, you only need a few drops to help break surface tension
Half a bottle is asking for trouble
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Post by copperkid3 on May 11, 2016 13:41:35 GMT
If I were leaving, I'd just use Vinegar and let the acidity work while I was gone. Using soap, you only need a few drops to help break surface tension Half a bottle is asking for troubleUmmmmm...... the toilet's backed up. They already have "trouble". |
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Post by Bear Foot Farm on May 11, 2016 14:28:36 GMT
If I were leaving, I'd just use Vinegar and let the acidity work while I was gone. Using soap, you only need a few drops to help break surface tension Half a bottle is asking for troubleUmmmmm...... the toilet's backed up. They already have "trouble". All the more reason to not compound the problems with all that soap With a 5 year old having possible involvement, it may require a more physical solution |
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Post by copperkid3 on May 11, 2016 14:34:07 GMT
I think it's a given that the kid was involved....
the real question is to get him to talk honestly about what he stuffed in there.
Then you'll have some idea on how to "attack" the problem.
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Post by woolybear on May 11, 2016 15:28:21 GMT
Well according to all the times I've seen it used on tv (and like the internet, if it's seen on tv then it has to be true), I suggest a cherry bomb. Blow that clog right down the drain and out the other toilets.
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Post by Cabin Fever on May 11, 2016 16:30:57 GMT
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Post by Deleted on May 11, 2016 16:55:56 GMT
Missing any potatoes? Knew a little girl one time that flushed potatoes down the toilet til no more would go!
Now that was a fun fix. Too many years ago to be sure but I think the toilet was removed before the potatoes
were discovered.
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Post by copperkid3 on May 11, 2016 18:04:03 GMT
Missing any potatoes? Knew a little girl one time that flushed potatoes down the toilet til no more would go! Now that was a fun fix. Too many years ago to be sure but I think the toilet was removed before the potatoes were discovered. I was just going to suggest that scenerio as the most likely means of resolving this. |
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Post by horseyrider on May 11, 2016 19:01:43 GMT
Missing any potatoes? Knew a little girl one time that flushed potatoes down the toilet til no more would go! Now that was a fun fix. Too many years ago to be sure but I think the toilet was removed before the potatoes were discovered. This made me laugh. I remember when my kids were little, my daughter was visiting a neighbor boy and his little sister decided to flush multiple washcloths. They're just like Kleenex, aren't they?  Leave it to kids. |
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Post by Melissa on May 11, 2016 21:56:14 GMT
Cale replaced a toilet once that would not flush. He tried the snake, opening the drain underneath, etc... When he took it out he said there was so much hard build up it had blocked the hole down to about an inch! Would that be calcium deposits?? Something like that I suppose.
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Post by paquebot on May 12, 2016 2:40:58 GMT
We had the same thing happen as what Melissa ran into. Problem was that a chunk of it came loose and clogged it almost as solid as a rock. No young kids around so we knew that nothing foreign had clogged it. Mounting bolts had rusted off ages before so no problem to unhook everything and take it outside and chisel out the lime buildup.
Martin
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Post by Awnry Abe on May 12, 2016 2:59:47 GMT
Jam some potato peels down there. Seems that potato peels are involved in every successful cleared clogged plumbing experience I have ever had.
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Post by copperkid3 on May 12, 2016 15:07:32 GMT
So ...... We are at our son's house ........ Son just asked ....... "So, Dad. What do you know about toilets?"    Does your "five year old grandson" reside here also? Think we're seeing a pattern developing..... |
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Post by Rustaholic on May 20, 2016 10:56:56 GMT
I don't remember the name of the product but I found it at walmart. It is the one that has a money back guarantee to open the clog. Our clog was down in the main line out so no drains would work. I was shocked when that stuff worked. I own a power snake that I bought to get at a clog 50 feet out under my mother's driveway. That product I bought was the last step before pulling the toilet off and using the power auger. I was just happy I didn't have to go that way. I do have a clean-out in the pipe outside that I actually installed to drain the black water tank in our travel trailer. I think I should install one more out there facing the other way so I could get at our problem area from outside and not have to pull the toilet.
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Post by shellymay on May 20, 2016 11:53:02 GMT
Tallpines, Rolling on the floor here, you have now visited three different places with toilet issues, not my idea of a vacation with all that plumber crack you may be getting exposed to 
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Post by Rustaholic on May 20, 2016 21:26:28 GMT
Problem corrected. Because we already had a toilet purchased to replace this one (due to aggressive staining) we yanked out the old and put in the new. We purchased the auger but never tried it. The toilet did not have anything solid in it, other than plenty of compacted $tinky $hit. It's a mystery why neither one of our 2 plungers would move it. I suspect the rotary tool would have worked. However there was a bit of marital angst once it was installed. We are both tall and arthritic and really prefer the taller toilet. This one was labeled as "handicap" height ...... But once it was in place, we discovered it is 3/4 inch lower than the one it replaced. First words out of DH's mouth in a condescending tone. "Well! You picked it out!" I can certainly adjust to the 3/4 inch ..... But I will never get use to that "tone"
The problem wasn't really corrected it was routed around. Tallpines, It must be that you already had a toilet that was at "handicap" height. How do you know it is lower? Did you measure the old one in place or after it was out of it's place. If it was out of it's place that extra 3/4" could be caused by the lip on the bottom that is supposed to go down into the hole.
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Post by Melissa on May 21, 2016 1:00:58 GMT
Tallpines, Sometimes I think men don't get how they sound. Cale can sometimes be loud and I will ask him why he is yelling and he has no idea he is! I think working around equipment and loud noises has affected his hearing a bit, or he is used to talking loud to other men on the job and it carries over.
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Post by jangirl on May 21, 2016 1:19:37 GMT
Melissa, I think you are right. My dh has hearing problems and our granddaughter will call me and say 'Papa was yelling at me so I'm calling you to ask'...whatever she needed to ask him. I tell her to remember he has hearing aids in and sometimes in a noisy area, he talks louder because he can't hear well. He also uses a 'tone' sometimes and doesn't realize he sounds disgusted or impatient. I've been trying to train him for 37 years, but not much change!
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