How to eliminate clogs in the toilet at home

Clogging in the toilet for a modern person is just a disaster. And given the speed of response of emergency utilities, there is also a headache. In order not to beat the nerves with inadequate plumbers (yes, they are still alive as a nation), we will try to solve the problem on our own.

On the expanses of a powerful Internet there are a variety of recommendations how to eliminate the blockage in the toilet. Almost all of them have proven themselves well, but sometimes some clarifications and additions are required. In order not to grieve in a stinking puddle near the white friend of a man, let's understand.

All cleaning methods are divided into two categories: chemistry and mechanics. The first help only with minor local blockages. The second is heavy artillery. She goes to the course when the chemicals failed. You can immediately use the mechanics, but it is dirty. Therefore, the choice is yours.

Chemical methods

Water. No, not simple water from the tank. And hot, degrees 75-80. You can heat up to boiling water, but only if you are sure of the strength of the toilet bowl. Because sometimes it just bursts into two halves. Then a warm, stinky mess will spill around. It is the hottest safest. It will take a lot, at least 10 liters. Raise the container to a height of about 50 cm and pour the water in an even rapid movement so that it falls at a 90 ° angle.

On itself we do not pour! On others too (and homework will surely rest on your attempts). We follow the precautionary measures. Weak fatty blockage will break through and go down the drain.

Council It is not recommended immediately after such a procedure to drain water from the tank. It is necessary to give the toilet a little cool.

Soda. The most common baking soda in a orange-white pack. We pour into the toilet from the heart, not sparing. Straight into the water and waiting. If the blockage is caused by organic matter or bloom, the alkaline environment will dissolve it. If the blockage is mechanical, then the soda will not help.

Come across recommendations along with soda add vinegar. What for? Even if the school missed all the chemistry lessons,you should still know common truths: acid always neutralizes alkali! And if the vinegar is poured into the toilet after soda falls asleep, you get a long "pshik" and no effect.

Still, the toilet was going to clean, not a sweet pop to do!

Council The same effect is based on the recipe for removing blockages with carbonated drinks. But anyhow what is no good. Only pepsi or cola are suitable. If you happen to have a bottle by hand, feel free to pour it into a white friend. True, a serious blockage does not eliminate it.

Alkali. Still popular tools for cleaning clogs based on alkali. We will not give names here, so as not to make advertising. But some of them are aggressive enough to cope with a serious organic blockage. That's just the method of using dirty.

We'll have to scoop out the maximum possible amount of fluid from the toilet. If possible, then all visible is desirable. Then the agent is poured and left for at least two hours. After this time, the toilet is flushed with plenty of water.

It is very important to use for washing at least 3, and preferably 5 buckets of liquid.After all, if you do not wash off the lye with a softened blockage as it should, then later this whole mixture will just petrify. After that it is necessary to dismantle the plumbing and change the pipes. This stone cannot be removed by anything.

Alkali will not help if the blockage is caused by ingress of inorganic substances - polyethylene, plastic, synthetics.

Now there are widely advertised imported products that are absolutely identical in composition to the usual Russian ones. The price they have is higher at times. There is no difference in action. So why pay more?

The only person to whom this method may not be suitable is the owners of plastic pipes. They will not dissolve from alkali, but it can completely warp them. Therefore, try alternative methods to avoid repairs. And be careful, because the tool perfectly eats away the skin of the hands and the mucous membrane of the eyes and respiratory tract. Quickly poured, tightly closed the lid and returned only after 2 hours.

Council One bottle will not be enough to fill the entire toilet siphon. It will take at least three pieces to get the proper effect.

Acid. Well helps in the fight against inorganic blockages.If your home likes to throw in the toilet pads, diapers or bags, feel free to pour acid into the toilet. By the way, synthetic rags also dissolve well.

In 40-45 minutes you will have to pour some water. It is necessary to flush the toilet bowl thoroughly, so that the remains of the acid blockage go down the drain. Then it is advisable to put it on the neck of the household so that they do not throw any rubbish into the toilet.

Council Hair, food, vegetable cleaning acid will dissolve for a very long time. With fat does not cope. Use it only when you are exactly sure what caused the blockage. And do not forget about security!

Mechanical methods

Vantuz. Good old, all familiar plunger. Take the one that is larger in diameter than the drain hole of the toilet bowl, firmly press it. And we begin such familiar reciprocating movements. Fluctuations of the liquid inside the bowl destroy the blockage, the whole bjaka flows away.

Modern plungers look a little different than everyone used to see. They have a piston and operate on the principle of a pump, which makes them much more efficient. Even one of his solid appearance will exalt you in the eyes of the household, and if you yourself cope with the blockage, then honor and praise you!

CouncilThe plunger works better if its lower part is in a liquid medium. This creates an additional vacuum.

Bottle. The same effect has an ordinary plastic bottle. Suitable for 1.5 or 2 liters, depending on the diameter of the drain hole. With her sharp knife they cut off the very bottom and screw the lid tightly. Or a suitable cutting is inserted into the neck, for example, from a mop. Then the resulting construction is inserted into the toilet bottom and begins the work of a true plumber. That is, they work like an ordinary plunger.

By the way, according to reviews, this method is very effective. Enough 30 seconds of violent efforts and your white friend after such blasphemy for a long time does not want to clog.

By the way, completely ignore the giggles and grins of all the witnesses of your work. They don't understand anything. But when all the rubbish leaves the toilet where necessary, then you can proudly look at them with disdain. Say, and you laughed.

Council Absolutely no matter what was in the bottle to its true purpose. What will be at hand - and that will come in handy. Just be sure to immediately take it to the trash.Fecal bacteria from its surface quickly appear in the air.

Cable. The plumbing cable is a flexible hollow design with a hook at one end and a handle at the other. It is gently inserted into the toilet, then twist the handle clockwise, at the same time pushing it in with an effort. The hook will open up the clog or hook the culprit and pull him out.

Be sure to use heavy rubber gloves. This reduces the risk of damage to the skin of the palms. By the way, the smell from the bowels of the toilet bowl remains on the hands for up to two days and practically does not wash off. Therefore, we work only with gloves.

It would be nice to prepare some unnecessary capacity or a thick bag, a large rag or rag and a bottle of dishwashing liquid. When pulling the cable back, moisten the cloth with liquid and wipe it immediately. So there will be less stink and dirt. Then just throw out the rags into the prepared bag. There also send all that hooked hook. And that is, the craftsmen - take out some filth and immediately try again to flush it back into the toilet.

Council It is convenient to work with a cable in a pair with someone. One will be problematic.Of course, if you are not a born plumber, whose cable works itself from a single movement of eyebrows.

Bad advice

1. Some "experts" advise to push a yeast into the bowl, and more. And wait for a miracle. It will happen by all means. In the form of boiling content through all sewer pipes and increasing the volume tenfold. And if the neighbors find out who did it, then all that remains is to advise you to run. With documents from the country. Simply, who has ever done something like this, he no longer survived. This is a local scale apocalypse.
2. Other advisers recommend to blow into the toilet to eliminate blockage. Preferably from a fire engine or similar ancillary. Hmm too. The people are still walking the bike about one such "blower". He just worked as a driver on the fire truck. He came home for lunch and decided in one fell swoop ... Fortunately, he lived on the first floor. He stretched the sleeve through the window, put it in the toilet and blew. A blockage struck, yes. He flew out. Together with the contents of the sewer. Fountains in toilets, bathrooms and sinks. Up to the fifth floor and in all apartments. I had to move the peasant.
3. Dry ice to throw in the water with a blockage is also recommended. Just what effect is expected? Clubs of steam with incredible toilet amber? So they will not eliminate the blockage. All these fumes will safely be in your home. Want a holiday - use ice for other purposes.
4. Pour the dishwashing liquid in half of the white friend's bottle. And then what? Half a vial is only 250 ml of liquid. This amount can not even overcome the water intake. And if it still spills, how does it eliminate the blockage? Talk to him like a man? Like, let's go out. What nonsense! All dishwashing detergents are based on surfactants, that is, superficial ones. They do not penetrate deep into the blockage.

Useful tips

1. Before you start a fight with any blockage, you need to determine where it is. It is possible that this is not your problem of local scale, but an obstruction of the central sewage system. Then it makes sense to call the emergency service.
2. If possible, be sure to install a check valve at the outlet of your sewer system. It's a bit expensive, but worth it.Because living on the lower floors, you risk seeing in your toilet or bath all that the upper floors will merge during the blockage of the central pipe. And with this device, you can sleep peacefully.
3. There is no vent or bottle on hand? An improvised tolkushka is quite suitable. This is a thick layer of cloth wrapped around a stick, carefully tied with a strong cord. The principle of operation is identical.
4. By the way, it is not recommended to use a long cable by yourself in the presence of a check valve. Since there is a chance to damage it with unskillful actions.
5. How to eliminate clogging in the toilet? The means at hand are very simple. And then you do not have to wait for three days plumber, and even pay for the work.

And yet - use the toilet after all as intended. Do not throw garbage, food and rubbish into it. Then this article will not be useful to you at all.

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