Clogged toilet

[Geonz]

IT's vile.
It does mean that finally I have a use for one of those swimming pool chlorine tablets I picked up off the road last year, so it smells bleachy.
I don't put weird stuff down there, so I'm assuming it's the stray tp or tampon... so I went at it with a plunger, but I don't know how to know whether or not it's cleared or not, since of course it doesn't drain out. Should I bucket out what's in there so that if it fills it won't overflow and give it a try? (When I get home from work, that is...) Thankfully, there's this working toilet down in the basement that two years of lack of use has not rendered busted.

[ny biker]

I feel your pain. This was a problem I never had in anyplace I lived, but it's happened 3 times now at my current home. For me, I knew the plunger worked when the water did drain out of it.

Good luck.

[redrhodie]

Plunger time! Don't flush until the water goes down. If it's too high, it will overflow. If it's receded to a lower level, you can try flushing, but it may still be clogged.

Make sure you use a toilet plunger, not a sink plunger. The toilet one is red.

[Geonz]

Both my plungers are red... but I'll google images :) Thanx!!!

[tulip]

if all else fails, there's always the snake.

[Pax]

If you can't free it up call Schoonovers, they'll bring an industrial snake that will go all the way out to the street. They're the cheapest and they do a really good job.

[SadieKate]

Make sure you use a toilet plunger, not a sink plunger. The toilet one is red.Since when is the color important? I know you like red (as do I), but my black toilet plunger (http://www.amazon.com/Oxo-36281-OXO-Toilet-Plunger/dp/B000H5XQ1I)works very well.

Shape wins over color. :p
http://www.acehardware.com/sm-harveys-designer-sink-plunger--pi-1277208.html

[ny biker]

Since when is the color important? I know you like red (as do I), but my black toilet plunger (http://www.amazon.com/Oxo-36281-OXO-Toilet-Plunger/dp/B000H5XQ1I)works very well.

Shape wins over color. :p
http://www.amazon.com/Oxo-36281-OXO-Toilet-Plunger/dp/B000H5XQ1I

That's the one I have, and it's worked for me so far.

[redrhodie]

Since when is the color important? I know you like red (as do I), but my black toilet plunger (http://www.amazon.com/Oxo-36281-OXO-Toilet-Plunger/dp/B000H5XQ1I)works very well.

Shape wins over color. :p
http://www.amazon.com/Oxo-36281-OXO-Toilet-Plunger/dp/B000H5XQ1I

Maybe it doesn't matter for toilets? I know for tubs, the red ones don't work as well as the black ones. The black ones have that extra lip on the bottom, which get better suction.

I know when trying to unclog a tub with the red one, it didn't work, but they always work fine for the toilet. :)

Plus, it's red.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plunger I was wrong, as usual! But there are 2 types.

[SadieKate]

But you were right about the difference between the toilet and sink versions, just for the wrong reason!

[redrhodie]

But you were right about the difference between the toilet and sink versions, just for the wrong reason!

You're right! Actually, I wrote it the right way at first (black) then doubted myself, googled it, saw a pic of a toilet being plunged with a red one, and edited my post. I couldn't possibly be right, right?

Good thing I'm not a bomb defuser. We'd all be dead :rolleyes:!