Bare with me, please, sorry this is long!
I have been using baby wipes that are not flushable. I finally realized that when my toilet plugged up a few weeks ago and overflowed a little. When it happened I turned the knob for the toilet all the way to the right and the water turned off. Luckily, it started to go back to normal and stopped overflowing before I even turned it all the way off.
Tonight all I did was flush a spider down the toilet with a piece of toilet paper, and it started to plug up again. It was so close to overflowing, but it didn't. I didn't have a plunger, so I turned the toilet off and went to the store to get one, and bought a box of RID-X. But I don't want to use it until it flushes back to normal. It will flush, but it will fill up higher than normal before it does. I now know to not use baby wipes that aren't flushable. And I've been plunging for a while now and I've only gotten like one baby wipe out. Nothing after that.
2007-12-27 17:32:21 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Home & Garden ➔ Maintenance & Repairs
Should I keep plumbing? Will it take a while? Or should I use the RID-X, go to bed and try again in the morning? I don't have money for a plumber...
2007-12-27 17:32:59 · update #1
The rid x is enzymes for the septic tank in the yard (really a waste of money) sometimes it helps garbage disposal odors.
The best thing is to snake out the drain line , there is probably roots in the line and needs to be riped or cut out, there may be other factors in the line such as collapsed or broken .
2007-12-27 18:42:44 · answer #1 · answered by Robert F 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
You have an obstruction in the drain pipe. Buy a good plunger, the Rid X or Drain O might break the obstruction loose but no gaurantee. Let the toilet fill up and plunge away that should break the obstruction loose. Good Luck.
2007-12-27 17:40:18 · answer #2 · answered by L. J. C. 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Most of the time the drain for you sink and the drain for your toilet is one in the same. try filling a sink with some water and using the plunger there to push the wipes down the drain till it clears. then you can use the drain cleaner overnight. then try the toilet again in the mourning
2007-12-27 17:40:54 · answer #3 · answered by James H 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Buy a small snake and run it into the toilet 2-3' slow pulling ti out often small snake is anout 15 bucks.
2007-12-27 23:48:22 · answer #4 · answered by johnboy 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
snaking seems to be the best solution
2007-12-27 21:49:16 · answer #5 · answered by Mc Elroy G 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
city sewer or septic??
2007-12-28 02:48:04 · answer #6 · answered by tom the plumber 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋