How to fix a clogged toilet

Unclog the drain

Maybe you've been to the toilet and flushed only to see the water rise to the rim. Often the first attempt to remove the blockage is to flush again, but then the risk is that the water will overflow. In this article, we will tell you more about blockages in the toilet and what to do when it has occurred.

The first step is to run the toilet brush up and down a few times to see if the blockage clears. It may help, but it also depends on what originally caused the blockage. Nothing but toilet paper should be flushed down the toilet. But sometimes children may throw a ball or a toy down the drain, or cat litter or some type of hygiene product is flushed down. Then a toilet may easily end up getting clogged, which cannot always be solved on your own.

Blockage in the toilet - tip

Most of the time a blockage in the toilet can be solved with pressure. If pushing up and down with your toilet brush doesn't help, you can try a sink cleaner. It is important to be careful with what you use in your toilet so that it does not break. Do not use strong chemicals as this can harm the plumber if one needs to be called. An alternative is to put on gloves and feel for anything stuck. It is common that children, at least the younger ones, put all sorts of things in the toilet.

Sometimes, however, the simplest solution is enough. You can fill a bucket with water and pour from a height of about half a meter into the toilet seat. Try to direct the jet towards the bend as the highest pressure is needed there if you are to succeed in unclogging the toilet. Be careful not to spill the water when pouring from the bucket.

Unclog the toilet with washing-up liquid

A housewife trick to unclog the toilet is to use washing-up liquid, which is good because it is a product most people have at home. How to unclog the toilet with washing-up liquid:

1. Heat water – Fill around four liters of water in a saucepan and heat it. It is important that it does not boil, but only gets really hot. Boiling water can cause the toilet seat to crack.

2. Pour detergent into the toilet seat – Pour a deciliter or more of detergent into the toilet seat. Leave it there until the water in the pot is warm enough.

3. Pour the water – It is now time to carefully pour the hot water into the toilet seat. You can sometimes see how this unclogs the toilet.

4. Wait a quarter of an hour – Now you need to wait for the detergent to take effect, which can take up to 15 minutes. You should then try flushing to see that it is resolved. Sometimes you may need to combine this with the sink cleaner.

This tip may sound too easy to be true, but the fact is that it works in the vast majority of cases. If it doesn't, it may be time to call for professional help.

Unclog the toilet with baking soda

Another way you can solve a clog in the toilet is with baking soda and vinegar. To unclog the toilet with vinegar and baking powder, pour four tablespoons of the baking powder into the toilet seat. Then you add one deciliter of vinegar directly. You will then see how an effervescence occurs, which happens when the two substances create a chemical reaction. Then pour hot water into the toilet to dissolve the clog.

Prevent blockages in your toilet

You can prevent blockages in the toilet by not flushing too much paper down the toilet seat. Then it is better to flush more than once. Otherwise, the most important thing is not to flush down anything other than excrement and toilet paper.

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