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If you are looking for the best way to unclog a toilet you have come to the right place. Here are 8 best ways to unclog a toilet.
- Use a high quality plunger. Self-explanatory 🙂
- Look into the bowl and see if you can see the cause of the clog. If you can see whats causing the clog (like a toy etc.), reach in and remove it. Wear a glove.
- Hot water & soap drain cleaner. This is a home made drain cleaner for clog caused by toilet paper. First dump large amounts of dish soap or shampoo into your clogged toilet. Then drop a gallon of very hot (but not boiling) water into your toilet bowl. Wait and watch for a few minutes. Hot water will disolve the clog and soap will ease it slide down the pipe
- Use a home made drain cleaner. You can use a combination of hot water, baking soda and vinegar.
Pour 1 cup baking soda and 2 cups of vinegar into the toilet. These two will create a chemical process that help to dissolve clogs. Then pour the hot water into the bowl. Raise the water and pour at-least from waist level, rather than right near the rim to create a forceful flush. - Use an enzyme waste removal product. These products have mixtures of enzymes that liquify waste materials. They are commonly used in septic systems to break down waste.
- Use a Plumbing Snake. It is a flexible coil of wire that can “snake” into the curves of your toilet drain and get deeper than a wire can. Plumbers often use these to unclog toilets. You maybe able to buy or borrow a plumbing snake. These are also called, “flexible cleaning tool” or “auger”.
- Use a wet/dry vacuum. You can buy or borrow one. Don’t use a normal vacuum cleaner. It has to be a wet/dry vacuum cleaner that can cope with water.
- Chemical Drain Cleaner. Use only as a last resort as these are very powerful. These chemical cleaners are corrosive to pipes and harmful to your toilet bowl and its glaze finish. Toxic to people and pets. But if you really need to use this, they can be purchased at most grocery and hardware stores.
Sources:
1. WikiHow
2. Huffington Post
