I think my toilet is blocked, when i flush the water rises and then goes down but not the paper or solids!!?

Question

Do i need a plunger or is it another problem? Usually i wait a couple of hours and it flushes fine but then it occurs again. Is it a bligger problem?

Answer 1

Try draino gel. It works great!

Answer 2

Fluff has the answer: Use the "plumbers helper" first but, be gentle, don't go crazy. My problem with this is it could "blow" the wax seal, and has, making the problem worse.

After several tries and it still doesn't work, use the wire, you can rent one but, again, be careful.

If your still having some trouble but, it goes down, there may be something in the flush line in the bowl, do you know where your "other" cell phone is? The top to your shaving creme can, the top to the deodorant can?

Turn off the water supple under the stool. Flush what you can out of the bowl. Mop what you can with a rag also out of the bowl. Hold a small purse mirror at the bottom and you'll be able to see, hold a flashlight with the free hand, the top inside of the flush tube. If anything, as mentioned is in there, you'll be able to see it.

You may be able to hook it out with a coat hanger, a wire or, call the plumber if you have an extra $200.00 Good luck.

Answer 3

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Letting us know that you are hooked up to sewer DOES matter. It is like an supersized septic tank (in other words it never gets full)-unless your area is suffering flooding in the streets. The problem is in the house. If you have a 100 year old house then you most likely have a basement. Go down there and stand basically where the toilet would be. Plumbers use straight pipe where ever they can so it is a straight drop down into the basement and then the plumbing elbows into the wall. A hundred years ago they thought of problems that may occur and where they may occur so at the elbow is a "clean out" cap Usually you can see it because it has a large square nut on top(either an outy or an inny). Though, maybe 100 years back it was a large 6 sided nut welded onto (or casted as part of a brass plate which is about 4" across. Meaning it takes a large wrench. This is the point where if any trouble occurs in your plumbing " the plug point would occur here. So unscrew that plate and run the snake both upward and also sideways into the wall. If there is any blockage you will find it with your snake(and poke through it a number of times so you break the wall of blockage. What can block the line you ask? Toys, diapers, tampon maxi's, hard large turds(Mexican food gives me the runs so I cannot include that) and anything else that is not crap and piss(such as garbage disposal chunks of food. Now this would be the last place I would try. It sounds more like in the "neck" of the toilet. That is where I would look first. It is odd, or you could continue to do the plunger thing until this "package of you know what"(maybe it is a moneybelt or a stinking big diamond ring) hits the main sewer line. Which is at minimum 12" in diameter. So, flush it so it is clean water. "It is the same water you drink in the kitchen or boil your potatoes or wash your veges or bath in so it is just as clean." The one with the smaller skinny hands is gonna do this job---stick your hand into the water(yes it is cold and reach around the pathway your "ex- turkey dinner" goes. You should feel a rise in the ceramic and then an opening. This opening should be round or oval and about the size of a tea cup circle at the top. You should not be able to "break anything off" with your fingers as it is all hard ceramic just like the tea cup. If sludge or other stuff that breaks off with your finger tips ---it should not be. If a toy is there, or a diaper, or a wad of toilet paper push it on its way past this point. It will go down the pipes just fine. The toilet neck was the small point. It happened to find a hangnail (rough spot on the ceramic of the bowl outlet and caught onto it. Will it happen again? Depends if you are lucky with lottery tickets. After that then you basically know it is open for sure. Plumbing updates (that is mainly a style or color thing) as the principles of how they work remain the same-and parts for most situations are interchangeable) If you are happy with the hot water supply-no need to change it. The "dumper" does not need changing as it is filling the upper tank corrctly. So it is a style thing. The only difference that has occurred in plumbing is that cast iron outflow pipes(such as from the can) have been replaced with plastic. About it. Principle remains the same. Pipes can last 200 years. When you see them getting moist on the outside of the pipe in the dry basement then it may be time to start looking into cast iron adapters to plastic or a complete redo. They have many options. I personally like the wooden ones - the non flush units. Gurgling in the other drains. Means generally those sinks or floor drains have not been used in quite awhile. Quick solution to that is take a quart of water(it can be a cup but if you use more no difference) and pour it down each drain you find. Whether it be a sink, tub, or floor drain. Each of these need water in them otherwise you will get sewer gas smell into the house. The water plug allows water to go down but also plugs the stinky smells from coming up. Smells like rotten eggs or "award winning" farts in through-out the whole house. Make sure the drain is used or water added to it at least once every year.

Answer 4

You have something solid partially blocking the drain. The paper piles up on it further blocking the drain so the commode will not flush. After a couple of hours, the TP dissolves and you are able to flush ok. But, then the new paper piles up on whatever is in there and blocks it again. You need a commode snake to clear it. If that doesn't work then you have to remove the commode to find the blockage. If you have small children, I'll bet you'll find a plastic toy or maybe a comb in the commode. You need a wax ring to reinstall and maybe new bolts if yours are rusted. Call a plumber if you aren't sure of your abilities to do this. You could have a nice mess on your hands if you don't install it properly.

Answer 5

Plunger time. Every house should have one, especially with the new lower water use toilets. They plug easier.

The plunger works on the pull, not the push. Pushing just compacts the clog.

If the plunger doesn't work and you've really tried to pull up the clog, then you need a plumber's snake. You can rent these. It's a wire that goes down the toilet and wiggles around, getting through the clog.

If you continue to have this problem and your plumbing is older, you may have roots growing into the pipes and need professional plumbing services like RotoRooter.

Answer 6

I think Sparky was referring to what I would call a "clean out." The clean out..... is a roughed in part of the plumbing (always on the lowest level of your house).... where you can actually unscrew a large cap and access the sewer line directly. Unless you have a very old plumbing system your house very likely has a clean out. It is an unpleasant task.... but it beats spending a bunch of money to have someone else do it. Generally running a pipe snake through the clean out is far more effective than trying to fit it through all of the tight turns in your toilet. EDIT: No it isn't a mandatory update.... but it is something that I think every modern building code requires. That's because your problem is so common.... and cutting into pipes (and repairing them) is so difficult... they simply require an easy fix so one can access the waste water system without huge bills. A 100 year old house probably does not have a clean out unless the plumbing has been updated. A 100 year old house could also mean a worst case scenario unfortunately... that being that part of the sewer line has collapsed due to age/ root infiltration/ rust (those old pipes are probably cast iron) etc. The only way to find out would be to have the sewer line scoped... something a plumber or house inspector would be able to do for you. My neighbors recently had that problem.... and it required the excavation of their back yard and around $15K.... so I really hope that is not it. EDIT 2: I hope it's not that too.... but sewer lines don't last forever.... and yes... that's what it costs. That's because they have to dig up the old line from your house out to the middle of the street (or wherever the sewer main runs).... replace that long section of sewer pipe.... fill in the excavation.... and then re-pave the part of the street they had to tear up. It's a mess. Hopefully it is a simple blockage in the line. Good luck.

Answer 7

its clogged with too much poo...

next time it does that lift up the tid on the back of the toilet and see if it is filled with water before you flush. Normally the water in the tank will have enough pressure to push the poo down the drain however if the tank is empty when you flush it will not flush the poo.

so its either a water issue in the tank or a clog. try a plunger and if that doesnt work then roll up the sleeves and go explore the blockage...

Answer 8

My husband and I have had this happen in the first and second house we lived in. I guess the toilet was old and there is some kind of valve or flapper under the toilet some where that was not working right. The plumber we called out said that we needed a new toilet. They are not that expensive to replace. Try it, it should solve your problem.

Answer 9

My Toilet Is Blocked

Answer 10

You need a snake machine at the clean out to your street. It may be tree roots in the line. Home depot sells snakes for about 500$. You could rent one at a rental yard like us rentals, or nations rents. But then you have to run it your self. If you have rental property the investment in a snake is a no brain-er.
If you rent call your landlord.

Answer 11

Dude. If you have 'solids' floating in your toilet for 'a couple hours' every day, you really need to call a plumber.