*seriously* clogged toilet..advice?

Lots of great thoughts here but it turned out to be just a very, very clogged toilet. I sat on the bathtub edge for about 30 mins with my snake and grinded and snaked and grooved and slithered and bent and twisted and *nothing* came out but I just kept on flushing- and flushing- and the water slowly- but surely- started draining.

Knock on wood, or simulated if you prefer, but it appears fixed!

Now to clean that bizarre smell out of my bathroom! :)

Thanks to everyone!

Cheers,

-sd

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Some Dude
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If that was the case, a toilet plunger may have solved the problem much more quickly and easily?

John

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John W

Most people do not know how to use a toilet plunger, IMO, and they try to drive the contents through rather than pulling them back and making sure the load is more manageable. Snaking a big gob of toilet paper is often as productive as trying to herd cats.

John W

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Michael Baugh

When you take a dump, remember to flush both before and after wiping. This double fulshing helps prevent clogs, and is often necessary on newer low flow toilets.

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Childfree Scott

Not if it's an American Standard Cadet.

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Michael Baugh

It took me years to figure out that there are somethings worth paying for and drain clogs is one of them. Spend the $75 on a drain specialist (see Yellow Pages) and it will all be done in an hour. No muss, no fuss.

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William W. Plummer

I tried a plunger WAAAAAAAAAAAAY before I got into the snake.

Snaked cleaned the clog, plunger did nada.

On Sat, 14 Feb 2004 19:51:21 -0500, "John W"

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Some Dude

Of course I have been reading this thread too and my first question is, "Has anybody found Jimmy Hoffa yet?" The toilet is on third floor, very seldom gets used, and seemingly is clogged without effecting the other bathrooms. I'd be scratching my head on this one too! I would have to agree with the send in the pros thinking, I have done a little plumming in my time but I have never heard of a toilet clogging without a reason to the problem. And being I have lived in my home with "nobody" creating the problems I have faced in the past, i.e. broken window screens that just fall off the house all bent up from 4 feet off the ground to I don't know who ripped the mower deck off the tractor by running over the dirt pile with it repeatedly. I would have to say something or someone caused the problem! Sherlock Holmes I have become many times in the past! Of course it is harder to get to the bottom of things when your spouse is covering the truth like a good episode of The X Files, but in all there is an explianation to this I am sure! I remember my daughter had an undying fastenation in my old mobile home with plugging the sink full of paper towels, or towels or toilet paper and then turning the water on. For no reason what so ever other then being 3 years old she would leave it running, flooding the bathroom, it took years till she got over it and never once admitted to it even after being caught in the act several times over for it! The innocence of youth is far from the understanding of the old!

Sincerely, E5

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E5I5O

Lots of truth there. I herd cats and cattle all the time, it works when they come to you. If you try to drive them in the other direction it doesn't work very well.

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Nick Hull

Not all. Do a Google search for "toilet testing". You should find a Dec 2003 report. I've been extremely pleased with the Toto Drake. I'm still waiting to hear if anyone has experience with a Glacier Bay Westminster, but I'm not holding my breath... it also did very well, and is surprisingly cheap.

I never have to space flushes anymore.

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roo

Anybody had a plumber out lately? Cheaper to put in a new toilet.

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Michael Baugh

You might want to also check the vent stack, sometimes they will be plugged by dead birds or bees nest which will cause the toilet to flush slowly if at all.

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