Comment on YSK how to unclog a toilet

• themeatbridge@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  If the toilet is actively flushing, water will continue to drain from the tank to the bowl. Closing the flapper stops any additional water from going into the bowl.

  Personally, I prefer to make sure the tank only fills enough to fill the bowl, so as long as you don’t double flush, you don’t need to panic and throw the lid off the tank.

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  • kungen@feddit.nu ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Hmm, that’s maybe also why American toilets get clogged all the time if they release the water so slowly? Mine empties the entire tank and stops filling the bowl after like a second or two, regardless if it got blocked or not. I can’t even reach any kind of “stopper” in the tank without opening the entire thing

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• amlor@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Because this guide is for american toilets.

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  • deranger@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Those are the only toilets I’m familiar with, at least with regards to maintenance and troubleshooting.

    I’ve cleared a lot of clogged shitters, not once have I had to ensure the flapper is down in the reservoir. That’s “why won’t it stop running” not “why won’t it flush”.

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    • Darkassassin07@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

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      • deranger@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Right, I am aware of all this.

        Why would step one be to manually close the flapper? The water level will do this automatically in a couple seconds, unless there’s a hidden step 0, shut off the water supply. This also makes adjusting the flapper pointless.

        I just don’t get it. There’s no point.

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• Kolanaki@pawb.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  In the case of my toilet: the chain that is used to lift it when flushing gets tangled, so it can’t close.

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  • deranger@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I get that. That’s a totally different scenario than “clogged toilet”.

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    • SomeAmateur@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      If you flush once and it doesn’t go down no problem, if you (or someone you know) tries to flush again no water leaves but the toilet valve tries to fill the bowl more.

      So step one is to stop a flood of nasty water from overflowing to the floor

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      • deranger@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        You stop that by shutting the water off, not by manually closing the flapper. It’s a bizarre step and absolutely not necessary to clear a clog.

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    • Kolanaki@pawb.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Sorry, I see what you mean. In this case, the stopper will stay open until the bowl reaches a certain fill limit, set by a float keeping the thing open; you’re trying to stop the bowl from filling more while it’s clogged so you have to close the valve manually.

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