Easy way to unblock toilet

josip · 13-01-2014 1:41pm #1

Last week our toilet got blocked with kitchen paper somewhere past the bend and 24 hours later nothing had softened/budged.

I'm so impressed by a friend's advice that I thought to post it here.
I couldn't find the plunger, but they said it was better to cut the bottom off a large plastic bottle and to use that instead.
The softish plastic adjusts to fit the toilet shape and IMO the 2 litres of air created a more powerful push than a plunger.

Toilet unblocked in about 3 seconds.

lolosaur · 13-01-2014 1:49pm

lay off the curries.

corkgsxr · 13-01-2014 2:11pm

A floor mop is brilliant too.

jack of all · 14-01-2014 9:45am

Black refuse sack over the hand and up your arm and away you go!

josip · 14-01-2014 12:05pm

jack of all wrote: »

Black refuse sack over the hand and up your arm and away you go!

I had to do exactly that over Christmas.
Was staying with friends however and didn't have access to a black sack

corkgsxr · 14-01-2014 12:23pm

josip wrote: »

I had to do exactly that over Christmas.
Was staying with friends however and didn't have access to a black sack

O gawd did ya have to use a white sack?

OU812 · 14-01-2014 12:27pm

Pour a freshly boiled full kettle down & leave it a couple of minutes before flushing. It'll soften the blockage (assuming it's organic) and flush away.

...or you're left with stewed faeces...

josip · 15-01-2014 11:08pm

corkgsxr wrote: »

O gawd did ya have to use a white sack?

Would have loved to have had a white sack...

Chiparus · 15-01-2014 11:12pm

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kgxw-cXq__w

Not sure the landlord would be too happy.

DanWall · 15-01-2014 11:13pm

Had a problem over Christmas also, the turd was too big to go round the bend and stopping the paper, I had to get a knife and cut it up.

josip · 15-01-2014 11:20pm

DanWall wrote: »

Had a problem over Christmas also, the turd was too big to go round the bend and stopping the paper, I had to get a knife and cut it up.

Before or after you carved the turkey with it?

Reminds me. A few years ago our little fella swallowed some sharp plastic. For 10 days afterwards I had to chop up his poo into tiny pieces in the potty to see if the plastic had come through.
It's amazing what kinds of food we don't digest.
Less amazing is how much ****e smells when it's out of water.

anthonyos · 15-01-2014 11:22pm

DanWall wrote: »

Had a problem over Christmas also, the turd was too big to go round the bend and stopping the paper, I had to get a knife and cut it up.

jesus I hope you had some sudacream to hand

endacl · 15-01-2014 11:22pm

Brilliant way to not block a toilet: don't flush kitchen paper.

Easy way to unblock toilet

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