Comment on YSK how to unclog a toilet
ohellidk@sh.itjust.works 1 week ago
DO NOT use hot water to help unlog a toilet. I’ve had the porcelain crack from the heat, had to replace the toilet entirely. Lesson learned.
My kid flushed a rubber ball down the toilet before - it was exactly the right size and squishyness to get stuck. After trying many things, I was able to get it out by removing the toilet and pouring in boiling water - it softened the ball enough for it to be flushed out.
It sounds like I got lucky. It was a warm day iirc - maybe that helped with the thermal stress.
Similar issue, my wife knocked the kids rubber ducky into the toilet well flushing it. A complicated maneuver because she hit it with her elbow knocking the duckie off the top of the tank exactly as she hit flush. Had to auger it to the bottom of the toilet and than unbolt it from the floor and yank it out from the bottom hole because it wouldn’t go past the lip where the toilet met the drain. Honestly probably better it didn’t go into the pipes and get jammed somewhere else I suppose.
And, yes I remind her of this folly regularly.
Successful_Try543@feddit.org 1 week ago
Doesn’t “hot water” refer to what you can get out of the faucet, so like 60 °C (140 °F), not boiling water?