i poured hot grease from my deep fryer a few weeks ago and now i hear a gurgling coming from my toilet,help?

Question

i stupidly listened to bad advice of how to dispose of cooking oil from my deep fryer. I poured it down the toilet about 2 weeks ago and now i hear a gurgling coming from my toilet and the water in my washing machine backed up when it went to the spin cycle..what does this mean and what can i do?

Answer 1

Since you got a truly excellent answer from a plumber I can't possibly add to your actual question, but....I can tell you how to dispose of grease in the future. Wait until it cools and then put it in the trash!!! I usually put a wad of paper towels into my trash can and pour the grease onto them (so what I'm throwing away is grease saturated towels, not actual liquid grease) that way if the bag breaks you don't have a HUGE mess to clean up. Next time, listen to your own instincts and not to stupid advise!

Answer 2

Well Im a plumber and I have heard it all so this is no Big shock to me at all.
I guess I dont have to tell you that you made a clog in your line. So with that in mind there are a few things to do.
Thereare products out there that will eat the grease out of the line but they take time to work 2 to 3 weeks if best.
If your lines are backup up now dont even bother with draino and all that crap. Call someone out to snake the line and get it open. But if the line is open but running slowly do this.
Go to Lows or Home Depot and but GREASE LIGHTING (Its in the cleaning isle) The bathroom that you dumped the grease down. You will want to run the tub with HOT (VERY HOT WATER) even if you use all 40 gallons of your hot water tank. When the water becomes warm shut it off. Pour 2 to 3 gallons in the drain of the tub. 2 things will happen doing this. The hot water will wash some of the grease away and it will soften the rest The grease Lig- will dissolve whats left in the pipe. REMEMBER do this at night or in morn when no water will be used or flushed. At night is better cuz your sleeping. If you put the GL down the tub and flush the toilet it will flush the GL away. After you do this in the Morning run more hot water to help push it all out.
Now there are products out there for things like this But you cant buy them in your local stores only a lic plumber can get it.
The only other way to get all the grease out And I mean all it to have the Line jetted ( This is a machine like a power washer that they put in the pipes and it blasts the walls of the pipes and cleans them. (Not cheap in some areas)
PS- If your wondering why you need to put the GL in the tub well the tub line drains into the toilet line 99%of the time so when you drain the tub the water is going the same route as if you had flushed the toilet.
If you need more help with this feel free to drop me a line
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This is only 1 way to try to fix it and it works 90%of the time. But there are other things you can do But I would try this first.
Goodluck

Answer 3

It means you clogged up the drain!
I accidently poured cooking grease down the kitchen sink, it was slow running & gurgling & eventually got backed up.
I was told I should have ran hot hot water down the drain for 5-10 mins after to make sure the grease doesn't stay in the pipes. Also to use Dawn dishsoap which is good on grease.
But since your gurgling is in the toilet, I'm not sure how you could run hot water down it? Maybe run the hot wash cycle on the washer a couple of times. Because they are obviously connect.
Or, you might just have to have a plumber come out, before it really clogs ugs up and is a mess.
Good Luck!

Answer 4

The gurgling sound comes from blockage of the air vent pipe that all drains have. The commode has a large vent pipe. The plumbing in a house is typically clustered together within a house making the venting all co-joined. Pouring hot grease into the toilet w/o lots of dishwashing detergent can cause the fat to float up into the vent pipe. Snaking the sewer pipes and vents is the best solution.

Also, with today's plastic pipes, it is wise to allow the fat to cool before mixing it with liquid soap and disposing down the drain.

Answer 5

yeah.. i have to agree on the bad advice. In the future.. use old milk crates/gallons & pour it in there. As far as the toilet... u can try that stuff for septic toliets or better yet.. try Dawn.. it's to cut grease & it may help. Other than plungging it or snake it ...u may have to call a plummer.

Answer 6

Have you ever seen the attachments made for you to attach to your faucet to wash and rince your hair?
Usually your sink is close to your toilet.
Perhaps you could use one of these devices to run mass quantities of hot water down your toilet.
If you have a utility sink (the kind that are usually set next to your washer and dryer) they usually have a faucet that you can attach a regular garden hose to. So run the garden hose into your toilet. Careful...the garden hose is not made for hot water.
Might work. Might not. But as much as a plumber costs it's worth a shot.

Answer 7

you are going to need to pour quite a bit of drano type detergent down your toilet to try and wash the oil through.

It might be best to call a plumber at this point though.

Answer 8

Give the person who advised this a call, They must know how to fix it if that's what they do with their old oil, & Remember water & poo down the drains not oil. :) :) :)

Answer 9

call a plumber & never ever dump grease down the drain again!!

Answer 10

Your drains are blocked with grease. This can go as hard as concrete if you don't clear it quickly. Use a powerful drain cleaner or get someone in to flush it.