Sooner or later the sewer system fails. This happens regardless of where it is installed: in a high-rise apartment or in a private house. Especially unpleasant is the situation when the toilet is clogged. How to clean a sanitary ware? What are the methods and devices? More on this later in the article.
Reasons
First you need to find out why the toilet is clogged. With proper maintenance of plumbing, such a problem should not arise. But if nevertheless an unpleasant situation happened, then there is a foreign object in the toilet bowl. Usually it is a rag, bags or a lot of paper. To solve the problem, you should remove the item from the system. As a rule, residents of multi-apartment high-rise buildings face such a situation. Those who live on the lower floors are the most unlucky.
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How to clear a blockage in the toilet quickly? What is a plunger, many people know. This item is effectively used to clear small blockages. Ideally, a plunger should be present on the farm. Ego functionality allows you to "loosen" the blockage quickly enough. A few tips on howclear the blockage in the toilet with a plunger. The pumping technology is quite simple, and you can cope with it without much difficulty. Before you start cleaning the drain hole, you should fill the toilet bowl with water. Next, the hole is covered with the dome of the plunger, and several clicks are made on its handle. The device must then be abruptly removed. These manipulations are carried out several times. It is thanks to these simple sequential movements that simple loosening of blockages occurs quickly. After a while, the water may begin to leave freely, where it should.
How to clean the toilet with a cable?
It also happens that the use of a plunger does not bring the expected result. In this case, experts recommend using a special flexible cable. This device is actually a hollow rigid axle. It is equipped with a rotating handle. At the end of the axis is attached a thick spiral process made of thick wire. It is attached to the cable with a flexible tube. It is thanks to its presence that the entire device as a whole is more mobile and prevents mechanical damage to the surface of the plumbing. How to clear a blockage in the toilet with this device? To begin with, the spiral end of the cable should be lowered into the drain hole until it stops. The handle should be turned clockwise. In this case, the cable is pushed deeper into the water seal. With these actions, the blockage should be destroyed. Such a cleaning is completed by flushing the drain system.
Homemade gadgets
If the plunger did not help and there is no cable, then you can use what is at hand. For example, make a "doll". A small rag bag should be filled with sand and a rope tied to it. "Doll" is lowered into the drain hole. Next, they press the flush lever, while lowering the rope so that the water flow draws it into the funnel. The bag is quite heavy, so it should break through the blockage. This method is good, but sand, again, may not be at hand. In this case, a regular plastic bottle can come to the rescue. This item is easy to find. How to clean the toilet with a bottle? Very simple. The bottom of the bottle is cut off - you get a homemade plunger. It should be said that all movements with this device must be carried out sharply. Just as when using a plunger, the toilet should be filled with water, cover the drain hole with the cut part down with a bottle. Next, the device is sharply pressed and also sharply removed. For greater efficiency, manipulations are carried out several times.
Chemicals
The above are recommendations on how to clean the blockage in the toilet mechanically. But chemicals are also quite popular. They fall into several categories:
- powders;
- sprays;
- granules;
- fluids.
In order to determine which remedy to use, you should understand the nature of the blockage. If there is a problem, do notpanic. You should calmly understand the situation and make the best decision. If there are no special synthetic products at hand, you can use ordinary baking soda. This method is effective for simple blockages. To eliminate them, half a pack of soda is poured into the drain hole. The alkaline environment that is formed contributes to the destruction of some blockages. But in difficult situations, it is better to use more effective methods.
Conclusion
Of course, a blockage in the toilet is not a pleasant situation. It is necessary to fix the problem as soon as possible, since it can lead to a malfunction in the functioning of other parts of the sewer system. The most important thing is to understand the reason. This will allow you to choose the most suitable tool. Meanwhile, experts do not recommend abusing household chemicals. Some products can adversely affect the condition of plumbing elements. Therefore, when choosing household chemicals in a store, you should consult with the seller. Usually clearing blockages in the toilet or other parts of the sewer system does not take much time. But, as mentioned above, it all depends on the nature of the pollution. If it was not possible to eliminate the blockage using the described means and devices, then a specialist should be called. In this case, a professional will do all the work.
