HELP!!! How to clear the clogged toilet...

**Tellos Athenaios** · 09-15-2010, 18:03

The coat hanger seems the better bet, a pump the next best. Unless the bet is that we see you on “New of the Weird” as some freak accident involving a toilet.

**Skullheadhq** · 09-15-2010, 18:12

That's a pretty poopy situation you're in

**A Nerd** · 09-15-2010, 19:26

No one has mentioned a pipe snake yet. Works far better than a coat hanger. It is designed to do what the coat hanger could be used for, it just has a longer reach.

**Ja'chyra** · 09-15-2010, 19:39

Lol, two options, plunger or snake, and not a sink plunger either you need a bigger one with about a 12" diameter, the snake is just like a very long flexible spring and remeber to turn it as you put it down.

You can also look and see if the pipe has any openings further down to determine where the blockage is, but, and I can't stress this enough, DON'T USE CHEMICALS as you're not a plumber and the odds are you'll just make a corosive mess above the blockage and burst the pipe.

Oh, and stop flushing the bloody thing.

**InsaneApache** · 09-15-2010, 19:58

High pressure hose. Fun, fun fun all the way.

**Lemur** · 09-15-2010, 20:57

Originally Posted by InsaneApache

High pressure hose. Fun, fun fun all the way.

I'm picturing the backsplash. And flinching.

**Ja'chyra** · 09-15-2010, 21:04

Should we mention cherry bombs?

Clear the blockage and redecorate.

**Beskar** · 09-15-2010, 19:58

People keep flushing because they imagine there is a magical trap-door that opens out which is meant to let everything out. So they keep flushing, and holding it down, to open this magical trap-door.

**Hosakawa Tito** · 09-16-2010, 00:08

Does your apartment have it's own septic tank/leach field system or is it connected to a city sewer line? Are the pipes cast iron *bad news* or plastic?

Septic tanks should be cleaned every 3-5 years for optimal performance. Old systems using cast iron pipe clog easily over time because the inside of the pipe is very rough with stalactite-like projections of cast-iron that snag toilet paper & other solid matter that eventually narrows and clogs the pipe. If the plumbing snake doesn't work you probably have more than a simple clog problem, and fixing it will probably be more involved than you can accomplish by yourself. The expression "up

's creek without a paddle" springs to mind. I wouldn't pay the landlord a cent to fix his sewer problem, that's his responsibility. You might want to start looking for another place to rent.

Playing alchemist and combining caustic chemicals with no knowledge of what you are doing can lead to serious injury or death, don't do it.

**Gregoshi** · 09-16-2010, 04:35

Okay, about dozen bits of advice, half of them lethal.

One bit of clogged toiletric knowledge I learned a few years ago that helped my plunging success tremendously, was that the force of a pull is much more effective than a push. A push just jams things up more. Make sure there is enough water in the bowl to cover the plunger head. A few plunges to establish a good suction seal and then a quick, sharp pull of the plunger should start loosening up the clog. You may have to do this several times, but it will eventually come. My son was a toilet clogging champion when he was young. His "fecal matter" was of "impossible" size for one his age, so I had many plunger workout sessions.

Good luck Cute Wolf. May the Force be with you.