Our toilet bowl fills up with water when it's flushed and takes half an hour to go back down...., and being Sunday here in NZ, can't get a plumber till tomorrow. Is there a way to unblock it?
2007-11-03 12:46:49 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Home & Garden ➔ Maintenance & Repairs
Don't use a snake in your toilet unless you really know what you're doing - you could scratch the hell outta your toilet. Try a plunger, and really work it up and down for like a minute straight. If that doesn't do it, I would find the main trap in the basement. Open it up with a wrench, and watch out cause the backflow will pour out until the line above it is empty. That's where I would then snake it from there, up and down as far as I could reach.
2007-11-03 14:42:17 · answer #1 · answered by 80's kid 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The obvious answer is a plunger. Also, another idea, which will seem odd, is to pour some bleach into the toilet and letting it sit for a long time then try flushing. For some reason, my mom did this and it worked. Let it sit as long as possible, then try flushing. Just an idea, I know it sounds weird.
Good luck!
2007-11-03 13:01:16 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Plunger, over and over till it flushes down good. May not need a plumber.
2007-11-03 12:53:35 · answer #3 · answered by Irish 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You need a toilet auger, allowing the tool to do the work, slowly rotate until you reach the obstruction, may take several passes. Most hardware stores.
2007-11-03 14:01:20 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
pour boiling hot water from a turkey pan down it
2007-11-03 15:11:43 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
use a "snake" (check in stores)?
plunger?
i'm sorry i couldn't help much but this is what i do when stupid things like this occur.
2007-11-03 12:51:08 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
plunger or snake..u can find it in ace,home depot or lowes
2007-11-03 12:52:29 · answer #7 · answered by mim 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋