Tuesday, November 24, 2009

Ways To Unclog A Toilet Bowl

By Scott Rodgers

A clogged toilet disturbs the overall sanitation schema of your home and calls for an immediate repair. The foul smell coming out of the blocked toilet setup occupies the spaces of the home and drives you crazy instantly.

Instead of availing the services of a plumber straightaway, take the task in your own hands. Understand the problem well and plan a course of action to fix the problem.

Beforehand, make sure that all the required plumbing tools are at your disposal accompanied by a first-aid kit. The basic tools would include the wrenches, pliers, screwdrivers, roll of Teflon tape, masking tape, plungers, plumber's snake etc. Once all the tools are arranged then move to the project site.

Start off the campaign by taking out the plunger from the tool kit. Position it on the hole of the toilet bowl and pump it gently to clear the clog. If the water is filled to the brim of the toilet bowl then overflowing may occur during the plunger's operation. To prevent such a messy situation, make sure that the excess water is removed from the bowl with the help of a container with a handle. The handle would prevent you from coming in direct contact with the disgusting said waste accumulated at the bottom of the bowl. Depending on the intensity of the blockage, different types of plungers can be employed.

Alternatively, a plumber's snake can be used to unclog the toilet. A plumber's snake tool is a device that has a long metal cable with two ends. One end provides a good handling to the user whereas the other end has a corkscrew auger that does the actual business of removing the clog.

Insert the corkscrew end into the clogged toilet bowl and keep pushing it inwards. Make sure that you keep turning the handle of the tool in a clockwise direction while pushing the cable into the drainage. This allows more force to be exerted which in turn yields a better output.

In addition, commercially available chemicals can be used to remove clog from the toilet bowl or the drainage. Due to the harmful nature of these chemicals, it is always a better idea to use them as the last option.

Alternatively common household products such as bleaching powder, baking powder and vinegar can be poured into the toilet bowl to clean off the underlying clogs.

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