Hi! All of a sudden I'm having problems with my toilet. It flushes but the bowl doesn't empty all the way and I have to use a plunger to get the water level down to where it was when I first moved in two weeks ago. Everything was fine until Sunday evening.
If I'm CERTAIN that nothing was flushed down there that isn't supposed to be flushed down the toilet, why would all of a sudden it start to act that way? Without getting too graphic, let's just say I had some guests over that evening and I think one of them had an acute gastro-enterological reaction to the pizza we ordered (it seemed to be seasoned strangely, like tacos, so I'm not surprised).
A friend of mine told me to use muriatic acid. To empty the toilet, dry it out and then let the acid sit in the bowl for about an hour before flushing it down with a bucket of water. On the other hand, my sister said I should get a snake. She said there could be roots blocking a drain pipe, but if that's the case, why ALL OF A SUDDEN are these roots a problem? Everything was fine until someone flushed the toilet Sunday evening, and it hasn't emptied right since then. Any ideas?