Unclogging Your Toilet: Don't Call the Plumber Yet

Calling the repairman or plumber when the toilet gets clogged can get expensive fast. If you are homeowner, having a couple of cheep tools and a little bit of know-how can help you unclog drains and clogged toilets every time, saving time and money.

Regardless of whether you live in a house or an apartment, you will need a couple of inexpensive tools to help with your plumbing issues. The toilet plunger is easily the most common. They are available in many different sizes for use within unclogging sink drains, bath tubs and toilets. With these a few items:

1. a plunger
2. an auger or hand operated drain snake
3. and a pail.

Prior to deciding to do anything, look at the contents of the bathroom bowl. If the toilet provides more drinking water in it than usual, someone could have already blocked the toilet and may cause you extreme results if you use the toilet before fixing the issue. An unusual amount of drinking water in the bathroom may be reason enough for you to go overboard on the side of extreme caution and plunge the toilet prior to using it.

View how the the water in the toilet bowl flows after you have flushed it. If it is not flowing out of the toilet during the second flush, this will be the time to apply the plunger and ultizing all of your may, plunge furiously. If you can't obtain the clog delved out rapidly enough, you may want to do some clean-up if the toilet flows over.

This is where you may need a bucket. Once you discover the water (and other items) inside the toilet bowl not going down, you should scoop them out into the pail so it is easier to pump the plunger without building a mess.

If none of the helps, try the auger or plumber's snake. It is a long coiled wire that is easily pressed through the several turns of the drain pipes. You'd begin by pushing one end of the plumber's snake into the toilet bowl, hopefully hitting what ever is mucking up your toilet.By turning the snake's handle back and forth, the clog should break free.

Now if that doesn't work, you should call a plumber.