We will take care of your plumbing and return your toilet back to proper working order. Call us today at Close the flapper inside the toilet tank. Remove the lid to your toilet tank and look inside. Pushing the flapper down inside the tank will stop the water from exiting the tank and entering the bowl.
Lift the float inside the toilet tank. Keeping the handle upright, vigorously push the plunger up and down for 15 to 20 seconds, an action that forces air and water into the drain to clear the clog. Flush to ensure that the problem is, ahem, behind you!
If a plunger fails to do the trick, the next step is to use a toilet snake , also known as a toilet auger—a flexible cable designed to maneuver the twisty turns of the toilet drain. The cable, housed in a rubber hose, has a crank on one end and a coiled hook tip on the other that can snag stubborn materials deep within the drain. See our list of the best drain snakes here. Don your rubber gloves and remove excess water from the toilet into a bucket with a small container.
Then place the hook end of the toilet snake into the bowl and begin turning the crank clockwise so the cable extends into the drain. Begin cranking counter-clockwise to pull the clog out of the drain back up into the toilet bowl. Check out these common problems that could be causing the issue. You can quickly fix a clogged toilet using a plunger, but some clogged toilets need a bit more coaxing.
If the drain line is clogged farther down, a plunger may not reach the problem. At the back of your toilet is an S-shaped trap between your bowl and drain line that is supposed to keep the drain from clogging. A blocked trap will stop the water from getting to the drain, so your toilet overflows. Is the problem with the pipes inside your house or the lines outside of it? The lines that run from your house to the main sewer line can get clogged with foreign objects, and the root systems from trees in your yard can dislocate the pipes or block them.
Joined Jan 9, Messages 34 Reaction score 0. Hello All, We have an older style non-low flow toilet. He also installed a new fill tower for us. My wife has pointed out that flushes have been inconsistent. My wife says that when solids are flushed, the toilet almost overflows. Sometimes a little bit of toilet paper comes back up too. I researched this and found a test for clogs: Pour two 5 gallon buckets in the bowl as quickly as possible.
I did this and everything drained well, no overflow. The toilet seemed to handle it well. Does anyone have any other ideas? Is there any way the fill tower could cause an issue related to the water level during a flush? The toilet fills to it's old level, albeit more slowly than before. I don't want to call the plumber back in again, because it took him 3 trips to get the new ball valve to stop working.
Thank you! Was this a problem before or is this new.
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