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How to unclog a toilet in a simple way?

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Bergeront Tiffney

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Bergeront Tiffney, Computer Engineer, M. Tech, Southeast Montgomery

Answered Sep 30, 2020

Unclogging your toilet is easy. You do not need a plumber for such work.

These simple steps will show you how to unclog your toilet in no time.

1. Keep the toilet from overflowing.

2. Try to reach the obstruction if you can and if you can’t use a quality plunger before use, makes you soak the plunger in hot water.

3. Reach for the hole with the plunger, do not insert everything at once, fix the plunger little by little, and flush the toilet to check the drainage.

If the method above does not work for you, then try to use a drain cleaner. To prepare a drain cleaner, you have to boil half a gallon of water, then pour a cup of baking soda and 2 cups of vinegar into the toilet. Pour the hot water into the toilet and let the mixture sit overnight.

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I. Klose

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I. Klose, Accountant, Franklin

Answered Sep 02, 2020

You don’t require to be a licensed plumber to know how to unclog a toilet. If you are faced with a situation in which you clogged a toilet, these are some simple steps you can learn to avert disaster.

Prevent the toilet from over-flowing.

• If the toilet doesn’t flush properly after one flush, do not flush it again.

• Take off the cover on the back of the commode and close the toilet flapper.

• If splashing should happen to occur, put towels down onto the floor to soak up the water.

• Use a high- quality plunger.

• Insert the plunger into the bowl.

• Shove and pull water through the opening, not air.

• Pump plunger over the hole. Start slowly at first to avoid any mishaps that could be messy.

• Push down and then pull up abruptly to attempt to loosen the clog.

• If plunging drains it, but the clog is still preventing a free flow through the drain, put the plunger in the bowl and fill up the bowl with water again, then plunge again.

• You might have to replicate this process several times before everything is cleared.

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E. Jonathan

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Answered Aug 25, 2020

Let us say that you have a clogged toilet, and you would like to unclog it.

* You may need to be prepared that it will become full to the brim, or it may even overflow.

* Prepare a mixture of baking soda and vinegar and pour down the toilet drain. What this mixture should do is to get rid of the clog.

* When you feel that the toilet has unclogged a bit, you can use a plunger in order to remove the clog further.

* Take note that if the toilet clogging is caused by a hard object, you may need to extract the hard object from the toilet drain.

If all else fails, you need to call a plumber to solve your clogging issue.

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C. Lucan

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C. Lucan, Copywriter, Literature Major, Baton Rouge, Louisiana

Answered Aug 20, 2020

• Fizzy fix: this is a way of channeling what was taught in elementary science into real-life practice.

• If the toilet blow is filled up, it is a two-way thing, it is either you empty some of the water, or you be prepared for a little bit of an overflow.

• Next thing is to pour a cup of sodium hydrogen trioxocarbonate into the toilet drain

• Followed with just a cup of vinegar down to the toilet drain

• When the sodium hydrogen trioxocarbonate and the vinegar poured mix up and combine together they would react, and the effect of their reaction is that there will be bubble

• The bubble arising from the reaction would make the clog to be loosened up.

• After about thirty minutes pour some hot water as follow up if the water drains you are good to go but if it doesn’t repeat the whole procedure one more time.

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Barry Mclean

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Answered Aug 13, 2020

There are so many simple ways by which you can unclog your toilet even without the assistance of a plumber. The first step to take is to stop flushing a second time once you notice a blockage inside the toilet bowl. You can stop the flowing of water into the toilet bowl by opening the toilet tank and remove the lid so as to close the toilet flapper.

In the event that you can clearly see the obstruction, you can remove it even with your hands, but you will need to use a pair of gloves. Suppose this method does not work. You can use a plunger; a high-quality rubber plunger is advised, so it will be very easy to drain the bowel.

If, after the first attempt, the water is not flowing as it should, try to plunge one or two more times. However, another simple way to unclog your toilet is by using any enzyme waste removal product. These types of products help to liquify waste materials.

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O.Olivia

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Answered Aug 12, 2020

A clogged toilet is a common problem. Although it can be a nuisance, there are remedies for it; they do not require the help from a plumber. One way to unclog a toilet is to use a plunger, which can help pull anything that is obstructing the toilet from flushing properly. Another method that can be used to unclog a toilet is to use an enzyme cleaner. This cleaner is used to break down waste and help it unblock the toilet. Boiling water and pouring it in the toilet is another great method to unclog toilets because the scolding hot water can help break down any elements that are clogging in.
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