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PSA How to unblock a toilet WITHOUT a plunger



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coffeetime




 
 
    
 

Post Sun, Dec 13 2020, 7:40 am
So there we have it. I ended up flushing too many fresh wipes (I know, I am not even meant to flush them) and the toilet was blocked for a few days, water rose up and went back down, but still blocked.

After looking online for what to do, I saw a website recommend a bucket of hot water and a cup of dish soap. *They said not to use boiling incase it cracks the toilet.

Poured it in, used the toilet brush for a few seconds to push the water around and everything went back down quickly.

Feel so good about having the toilet in use again I thought I would share!!!
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FranticFrummie




 
 
    
 

Post Sun, Dec 13 2020, 7:50 am
Thanks, that's a great life hack.

(And I guess you learned your lesson! If you have to flush a wipe, only use one wipe at the very end, and flush them one at a time. You can also tear them in half and use smaller pieces. Older plumbing doesn't handle them at all.)

I have a friend who's dad is a sewage treatment engineer, and nothing gets him up on his soapbox like flushing wipes! His blood pressure goes through the roof, and makes you wish you'd never mentioned it. If he could, he'd have them outlawed.
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coffeetime




 
 
    
 

Post Sun, Dec 13 2020, 8:14 am
I learned my lesson!! Although now that if found this hack...

I grew up in a house where we were not allowed to flush wipes, then when I got married my husband said we must!!!
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mfb




 
 
    
 

Post Sun, Dec 13 2020, 9:16 am
Wipes cause issues further down the line. My neighbor in a condo just had a sewer backup where she had about 2-3 inches of sewer in her basement because a different family doesn’t care and keeps using baby wipes. 4 months ago she had the same problem. So yes THEY have no issues from it but others do.
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yksraya




 
 
    
 

Post Sun, Dec 13 2020, 11:08 am
Wipes should not be flushed. Even flushable wipes are not as flushable as we think. When wipes are a must, we put them into diaper disposal baggies or doggy baggies.
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amother
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Post Sun, Dec 13 2020, 11:16 am
Wrong thread Can't Believe It
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number




 
 
    
 

Post Sun, Dec 13 2020, 1:22 pm
mfb wrote:
Wipes cause issues further down the line. My neighbor in a condo just had a sewer backup where she had about 2-3 inches of sewer in her basement because a different family doesn’t care and keeps using baby wipes. 4 months ago she had the same problem. So yes THEY have no issues from it but others do.
This! Please don’t flush wipes, no matter what kind and no matter your toilet, unless you’re rural and sewage backups won’t affect anyone else (and if you’re rural you’d know better than to flush wipes)
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number




 
 
    
 

Post Sun, Dec 13 2020, 1:24 pm
coffeetime wrote:
I learned my lesson!! Although now that if found this hack...

I grew up in a house where we were not allowed to flush wipes, then when I got married my husband said we must!!!
Don’t use wipes then. Please think of your neighbors.
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amother
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Post Sun, Dec 13 2020, 1:49 pm
I teach my kids to just put wipes in the garbage. I know it’s a little gross but we change the bathroom garbage fairly frequently. Even tissues sometimes go into the trash.
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Chloe22




 
 
    
 

Post Sun, Dec 13 2020, 2:16 pm
I had two sewer backups from wipes. I started throwing them out in plastic bags. We got a bidet which really cut down on wipes altogether.
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