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Gaf, I clogged the toilet. Need help.

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"My God... it's full of Starch!"
I'm at the vacation house/weekend house the toilet has been acting strange for about two weeks. Anyways I pissed earlier today and thought nothing of it, but when I came back later in the evening to whizz again the toilet was clogged all the way to the brim. I have a plunger but if I apply any substantial amout of force the waterwill overflow. How do I take care of this problem?
 
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I'm just picturing OP with toilet almost overflowing, in a panic he runs to the computer to ask GAF what to do. Tapping anxiously on the refresh button, glancing back at the toilet, waiting for the reply # to go from 0 to 1...
 
I feel like we would be able the help you a lot easier if you just went into MSpaint and drew us some pictures of this situation.

Or just use the plunger.
 
Containers are your friend. Just don't use the one you plan to store your leftover tuna noodle in tonight.

Oh, and you might want to look into your diet if your pee is clogging the toity.
 
Oli said:
Containers are your friend. Just don't use the one you plan to store your leftover tuna noodle in tonight.

Oh, and you might want to look into your diet if your pee is clogging the toity.
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He doesn't so much pee now as ooze urea. Its like how a tree oozes maple syrup.
 
Tater Tot said:
I'm at the vacation house/weekend house the toilet has been acting strange for about two weeks. Anyways I pissed earlier today and thought nothing of it, but when I came back later in the evening to whizz again the toilet was clogged all the way to the brim. I have a plunger but if I apply any substantial amout of force the waterwill overflow. How do I take care of this problem?
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First, don't panic. You're going to make it.

Quickly but carefully go to a wardrobe and find a thin-metal coathanger. Twist the metal under the hook so the link seperates apart, and straighten it out so you are left with a long, flexible piece of metal. I know you are in trouble, but don't rush this.

Return to the toilet and bend the metal of the former-coathanger so that you can force it down and round the u-bend. The thinness of the metal will not cause as much displacement in the water as a toilet brush.

Now take a deep breath, get a loved one to hold one of your hands, and use the other to force the coathanger passed the threshold. When you feel a blockage, keep prodding into it with the coathanger to seperate the mass. You may end up having bits of faecal matter floating back towards you. Be prepared for this.

If this strategy does not work, then withdraw the coathanger and try again. It will work.

If you make it, let us know. Remember, GAF is here for you.
 
Might as well get some spare towels, place it around the base of the toilet, and plunge away. Good luck trooper.
 
Just plunge it already dude...You plunge it then clean up and you're good to go for the next round.
 
Mama Robotnik said:
First, don't panic. You're going to make it.

Quickly but carefully go to a wardrobe and find a thin-metal coathanger. Twist the metal under the hook so the link seperates apart, and straighten it out so you are left with a long, flexible piece of metal. I know you are in trouble, but don't rush this.

Return to the toilet and bend the metal of the former-coathanger so that you can force it down and round the u-bend. The thinness of the metal will not cause as much displacement in the water as a toilet brush.

Now take a deep breath, get a loved one to hold one of your hands, and use the other to force the coathanger passed the threshold. When you feel a blockage, keep prodding into it with the coathanger to seperate the mass. You may end up having bits of faecal matter floating back towards you. Be prepared for this.

If this strategy does not work, then withdraw the coathanger and try again. It will work.

If you make it, let us know. Remember, GAF is here for you.
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You can never be prepared for that. *shudders*

I think you can get the potty to drain if you add some water to the back and get the ball to float higher. But it's a temporary fix at best. You might need to adjust/replace the flush/fill valve.

https://www.rd.com/17646/article17646.html
 
Shut off the water valve that is underneath the toilet, you can't miss it:
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Then you can use the plunger to hopefully clear the blockage without getting any more water on the floor.
 
Fraull said:
I honestly dont know why i came into this thread :lol
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Because it's fun to laugh at people who can't take care of the most basic home repair issues, like a clogged toilet.
 
Plunge softly and the water should go down a bit. Once the water is at a safelevel, go to town on plunging. Once you get the water really low, flush again and plunge hard. That'll remove most normal blockages. You'll know you've done right if the water is forming a nice whirlpool.

If after all this the water keeps rising and flooding the bowl - something else major is clogging your toilet somewhere down the pipe, so you'd need a pipe snake.

Protip: If you have a lot of big poop that just fills up the bowl often. You might want to invest in a box of rubber gloves. Put one on after you poop and break that shit up before you flush.

Good luck!
 
Koomaster said:
Plunge softly and the water should go down a bit. Once the water is at a safelevel, go to town on plunging. Once you get the water really low, flush again and plunge hard. That'll remove most normal blockages. You'll know you've done right if the water is forming a nice whirlpool.

If after all this the water keeps rising and flooding the bowl - something else major is clogging your toilet somewhere down the pipe, so you'd need a pipe snake.

Protip: If you have a lot of big poop that just fills up the bowl often. You might want to invest in a box of rubber gloves. Put one on after you poop and break that shit up before you flush.

Good luck!
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Thanks it worked, nah it was shit it was a bunch of paper? anyways thanks GAF
 
Koomaster said:
Protip: If you have a lot of big poop that just fills up the bowl often. You might want to invest in a box of rubber gloves. Put one on after you poop and break that shit up before you flush.
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Once I had a clogged toilet...however, there was no plunger and none of the stores around here sold them (I'm on base in South Korea, our shopping is limited) and I couldn't find any in the bathrooms around...so I bought a long pair of gloves, stuck my hand in there and fingered the bitch till it finally unclogged. It took a lot of will power to not puke all over the place while I was doing that :|

Be glad you didn't have to deal with that shit.
 
Tater Tot said:
I'm at the vacation house/weekend house the toilet has been acting strange for about two weeks. Anyways I pissed earlier today and thought nothing of it, but when I came back later in the evening to whizz again the toilet was clogged all the way to the brim. I have a plunger but if I apply any substantial amout of force the waterwill overflow. How do I take care of this problem?
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/facepalm

The only issue is when you don't.
 
luckily my toilet is relatively new and the pressure when flushing is high. so if its blocked, i usually have to flush it 10 times and it becomes unblocked. voila!
 
vectorman06 said:
:lol I think there should be a rule about making dumb threads like this one.
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The ultimate help me gaming age thread would involve a poster who's just had his hands chopped off by a thresher or one who's stuck inside a burning building and wondering what he should do next.
 
Tater Tot said:
I'm at the vacation house/weekend house the toilet has been acting strange for about two weeks. Anyways I pissed earlier today and thought nothing of it, but when I came back later in the evening to whizz again the toilet was clogged all the way to the brim. I have a plunger but if I apply any substantial amout of force the waterwill overflow. How do I take care of this problem?
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Ohhh that's happened to me before.

Since it's a washroom, luckily it's tile floor. If there's a rug, move it out of the way.

Next, you can choose to wait a little bit. If it's just a clog, the water should eventually go down a bit on it's own.

If waiting isn't an option, then just plunge it slowly. Sure, some water might spill out, but just mop it up afterwards. Plunge it slowly and stuff will drain out bit by bit.


Edit: damn, Koo beat me to it! And nice that the prob was fixed.
 
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