Toilet tips?

Does anyone have any tips for unplugging a toilet, short of calling a plumber? I've plunged and plunged, and it's still not working. Don't know what's in there; the 2-year-old probably unrolled half a roll of toilet paper in there at once.

 

Should this thread be merged with the one about White Castle?

 

Straighten a wire clothes hanger and snake it up the pipe to pull out whatever's there.

If that doesn't work, you may have to go to Lowe's or somewhere to get a toilet snake like plumbers use and try that.

If your plunger is the little one like high school kids use to muffle a trumpet, look at one that fits more snugly around the drain hole so all the air is forced into the toilet pipe. Those also prevent "blowback" of water due to an ill fit and gaps with the smaller style.

If none of that works, call the plumber.

 

I'm a fan of the heavy-duty (or would that be doodie?) accordion-style plungers.

 

I bought the snake at Lowes and it worked perfectly, think it was $25 or so. Saved me a $200 house call from a plumber.

 

Should work.

 

One Second Plumber.

As seen on TV

http://www.onesecondplumber.com/instructions.html

 

Spacebabe says chug a fifth of pepto.

 

DAMN YOU! I was about to pull the trigger on that one.

 

Likewise.

The only post I ever regret losing in the Great SJ Purge was about my Midnight Plumber, after something completely exotic occurred at a most inconvenient time. Cost me $600 to have a Translyvanian pipecharmer with a cape and top hat show up at 1 am.

 

If your bathroom is well ventilated, try pouring a little bleach into the bowl. Then get the @#%@# out of there and let it sit.

Be sure you're running a good fan and/or have a window open, because otherwise the fumes might kill you... or at least burn your lungs up. (Right, sportschick? :)

You might still need the plunger. But the bleach should loosen things up.