Easy Ways To Fix A Clogged Toilet Bowl

By Scott Rodgers

A clogged toilet disturbs the overall sanitation schema of your home and calls for an immediate repair. The foul smell coming out of the blocked toilet setup occupies the spaces of the home and drives you crazy instantly.

Hence it becomes mandatory to take up the task yourself and fix it as soon as possible. A predefined course of action has to be apprehended prior to the commencement of the project.

Before commencing the project, arrange all the necessary plumbing tools that would play a key role in the project. The tools such as wrenches, screwdrivers, plungers, plumber's snake, pliers etc. are mandatory in the scheme of the things. In addition, keep a first-aid kit in tact as the plumbing projects often lead to minor scratches and bruises on your body.

Kick off the campaign by grabbing a plunger from the plumbing tool box and apply it on the hole at the bottom of the clogged toilet bowl. Pump it repeatedly to ease the water passage from the bowl to the drainage. In case of a half-filled bowl, remove the water from the bowl before the application of the plunger in order to prevent bowl overflow. A small container with a handle can be used to serve the purpose of emptying the bowl. Make sure that the plunger you are using is a flexible one and provides maximum efficiency.

If the clog seems to be a bit rigid one then make way for a plumber's snake. It has a metal cable that is inserted into the blocked drain or pipe. The length of the cable may vary depending on the length of the drainage. One end of the tool is used as a handle while the other end acts as the business-end of the tool. The business-end has a corkscrew auger that does the actual task of clearing off the underlying clogs.

Insert the corkscrew end into the clogged toilet bowl and keep pushing it inwards. Make sure that you keep turning the handle of the tool in a clockwise direction while pushing the cable into the drainage. This allows more force to be exerted which in turn yields a better output.

In addition, commercially available chemicals can be used to remove clog from the toilet bowl or the drainage. Due to the harmful nature of these chemicals, it is always a better idea to use them as the last option.

Certain kitchen products such as baking powder, bleaching powder and common vinegar can also be used to ease the flow of water in the toilet bowl. - 30517

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