Re: Slow draining toilet


On Sat, 31 Mar 2007 12:25:19 -0400, tnom@xxxxxxxxx wrote:

On Sat, 31 Mar 2007 11:16:30 -0600, "Brian O"
<briano1812@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

After putting a certain brand of tp down this toilet, it drains very slowly.
Its been doing this for a while now and I cant plunge it out or get my auger
in there. The auger doesn't seem to be able to slide around the curves
easily. Would grease on this thing actually help this? What other
alternatives do I have besides taking the toilet loose to clear the clog?
TIA.
B

If it is toilet paper it will eventually break apart on its own.
Are you sure the partial clog isn't something else like a
unintentional flushed toy or other household item?

I found four or five Q-Tips in one toilet. I had removed the toilet
and had it outside with a water hose for cleaning. Looked like they
had make-up on them. They never cleared when flushed; kinda rotated
around in the toilet.

The worst case I've seen was a syringe stuck the bowl rim, clogging
flush vents. We called this the krack house. I helped a Realtor with a
bad toilet. When I put muriatic acid in to clean the rim vents if
floated up. Lord knows how it got there.

--
Oren

"equal opportunity, not equal results"
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