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REALLY clogged toilet... plunger isn't working... drano?

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Originally posted by: ironcrotch
i remember when i was younger i flushed a potato down the drain, and my dad had to use a snake to drill it down. brown bits would come off the potato and he kept freaking out cuz it looked like crap, i never told him it was a potato either.
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hahaha 🙂 I did that once with a plastic cup... I flushed it down... parents had to actually remove the toilet from the floor and snake the plumbing to get it out...

I never told them that I did it, or what it was... I just played stupid 🙂
 
wooooooo it's clear.

see edit 3 for how i did it. I had never heard of using dishsoap to clear a clogged drain before
 
Originally posted by: zixxer
Originally posted by: Son of a N00b
you know you are not supposed to flush those wipes, even if it does not clog its bad for your septic system (assuming you have one)

you should not use drano for the same reason, IIRC it can kill the good bacteria in your septic system, or city plant I guess...I am not sure what i read though so that could be completely wrong, but I remember hearing not to use liquid pumbler stuff for your toliet. I am going to google why.
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I really think it's because of it splashing, and that the plumber will be pissed when he's gotta deal w/ a toilet full of drano


I know I know... I completely wasn't thinking when I flushed those damn things.
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Plumbers dont like Drano cause its hard on the snake. If you did use Drano and tell the plmber that, he may be less then eager to run his snake down the drain.
 
Sometimes I find that the plunging won't work. It is because beneath the rim of the toilet there are holes where water comes out when you flush. When plunging, these holes interfere because they allow air to escape, so you are pushing air out of the holes rather than attacking the clog.

What I do is take the cover off of the tank and find the flapper valve, then I flush the toilet and wait untill it is about to overflow, at this point the water has risen above the rim bottom and covered the air holes, then I close the flapper valve with my hand so the toilet won't overflow and start plunging. It helps to have the plunger in posistion before starting. Since the water is covering all of the holes where air could escape from, the plunging works better. Just make sure you are ready with the flapper valve because you don't want the toilet to overflow. It's handy to know where it is anyway because if the toilet is ever about to overflow, you can close the flapper valve to stop it from happening.
 
Originally posted by: Specop 007
Originally posted by: zixxer
Originally posted by: Son of a N00b
you know you are not supposed to flush those wipes, even if it does not clog its bad for your septic system (assuming you have one)

you should not use drano for the same reason, IIRC it can kill the good bacteria in your septic system, or city plant I guess...I am not sure what i read though so that could be completely wrong, but I remember hearing not to use liquid pumbler stuff for your toliet. I am going to google why.
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I really think it's because of it splashing, and that the plumber will be pissed when he's gotta deal w/ a toilet full of drano


I know I know... I completely wasn't thinking when I flushed those damn things.
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Plumbers dont like Drano cause its hard on the snake. If you did use Drano and tell the plmber that, he may be less then eager to run his snake down the drain.
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Uh....huh...go on 😉
 
Originally posted by: RossMAN
Replace your toilet with the Toto Drake, the Toyota of toilets.
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hrm.. I was looking at consumer reports and they rate my current toilets better than the toto ones. I have gerber ultraflush's right now (3 of them)
 
Originally posted by: zixxer
Originally posted by: RossMAN
Replace your toilet with the Toto Drake, the Toyota of toilets.
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hrm.. I was looking at consumer reports and they rate my current toilets better than the toto ones. I have gerber ultraflush's right now (3 of them)
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Dear Lord.
I had no idea there was such a market for toilets.
 
My wife used to toss baby wipes down the toilet until I saw her doing it and told her that they don't turn into a mushy pulp like toilet paper does. Might as well stuff a wash cloth down there and expect it to flush...:roll:
 
Originally posted by: Specop 007
Originally posted by: zixxer
Originally posted by: RossMAN
Replace your toilet with the Toto Drake, the Toyota of toilets.
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hrm.. I was looking at consumer reports and they rate my current toilets better than the toto ones. I have gerber ultraflush's right now (3 of them)
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Dear Lord.
I had no idea there was such a market for toilets.
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Screw CR.

Toto toilets are the sh!t.
 
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