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ShadowEdge
Joined: 23 Jun 2006
Location: Prisons under Pyongyang
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 Posted: Fri May 11, 2007 12:23 am Post subject: Toilet Woes |
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I seem to be having a problem getting my toilet to flush properly. When I flush it, the water rises nearly to the top, then very slowly drains back down leaving now ater in the bowl whatsoever, just some wet paper. I assumed that something was stuck in the hole, and attacked it with a straightened out coathanger, but it feels like I'm pressing against solid plastic (as opposed to something "organic" in nature). I don't have a plunger, but it doesn't seem like one would help anyway.
Any ideas? |
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ChuckECheese
Joined: 20 Jul 2006
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| Posted: Fri May 11, 2007 12:27 am Post subject: |
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| Call the plumber. |
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dogshed
Joined: 28 Apr 2006
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| Posted: Fri May 11, 2007 12:44 am Post subject: Re: Toilet Woes |
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| ShadowEdge wrote: |
I seem to be having a problem getting my toilet to flush properly. When I flush it, the water rises nearly to the top, then very slowly drains back down leaving now ater in the bowl whatsoever, just some wet paper. I assumed that something was stuck in the hole, and attacked it with a straightened out coathanger, but it feels like I'm pressing against solid plastic (as opposed to something "organic" in nature). I don't have a plunger, but it doesn't seem like one would help anyway.
Any ideas? |
Try a plunger. A coathanger will not go around the twist of the trap molded into the base of the toilet. They make shorter snakes for toilets but chances are a plunger will do the trick. Tilt the plunger while it's under water to get the air out of it before plunging.
You can also try some drain cleaner.
Always keep the top of your tank clear in case you have to reach in the tank and push the flapper valve down to keep the bowl from overflowing. |
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mj roach
Joined: 16 Mar 2003
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| Posted: Fri May 11, 2007 12:48 am Post subject: |
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step 1 - what dogshed said
step 2 - toilet paper in wastebasket
welcome to korea |
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dogshed
Joined: 28 Apr 2006
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| Posted: Fri May 11, 2007 12:54 am Post subject: |
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| mj roach wrote: |
step 1 - what dogshed said
step 2 - toilet paper in wastebasket
welcome to korea |
Toilet paper doesn't clog any more than fecal matter and maybe less.
Just break everthing into multiple flushes. Go a little. Flush. Go a little more. Flush. Wipe a little. Flush. Wipe a little more. Flush.
I would guess the toiletpaper may even help clean the walls of the siphon and drain and therefore prevent future clogging.
Check out these links:
http://home.howstuffworks.com/toilet.htm
http://hometips.com/hyhw/plumbing/88toilet.html |
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CiCi78
Joined: 09 Aug 2006
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| Posted: Fri May 11, 2007 1:20 am Post subject: |
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| A couple of squirts of dishwashing liquid should unclog the toilet. |
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RobertX
Joined: 07 May 2006
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| Posted: Fri May 11, 2007 1:33 am Post subject: ? |
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| solid plastic? what have you been eating? |
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ChuckECheese
Joined: 20 Jul 2006
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| Posted: Fri May 11, 2007 1:41 am Post subject: Re: ? |
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| RobertX wrote: |
| solid plastic? what have you been eating? |
I told you not to eat the plastic container.   |
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Roch
Joined: 24 Apr 2003
Location: Seoul
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| Posted: Fri May 11, 2007 1:47 am Post subject: |
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The same thing has happened to me in every place I`ve ever lived in to date in this nation. Each time, the liquid stuff that comes in a white or yellow plastic bottle for 2,5oo won or so did the trick. The most recent experience, though, saw me use a high pressure gas gun to force whatever it was into the pipe for all of the toilets for the apartment building in which I reside.
If I were a Korean, I`d vote for the candidate who promises to bring Korea`s plumbing and sewers out of the 19th century, etc. |
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yingwenlaoshi
Joined: 12 Feb 2007
Location: ... location, location!
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| Posted: Fri May 11, 2007 1:51 am Post subject: |
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I flush all that kimchi people give me down the toilet. Big tupperwares. Who the hell wants to eat that much kimchi?
Anyway, you have to be careful when you flush big things like that. Like big wads of toilet paper, small dogs, garbage, etc. |
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Roch
Joined: 24 Apr 2003
Location: Seoul
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| Posted: Fri May 11, 2007 1:55 am Post subject: |
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| yingwenlaoshi wrote: |
I flush all that kimchi people give me down the toilet. Big tupperwares. Who the hell wants to eat that much kimchi?
Anyway, you have to be careful when you flush big things like that. Like big wads of toilet paper, small dogs, garbage, etc. |
... excess onions... |
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ShadowEdge
Joined: 23 Jun 2006
Location: Prisons under Pyongyang
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| Posted: Fri May 11, 2007 1:59 am Post subject: |
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| Can anyone give me the Hangul for "plunger"? |
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Roch
Joined: 24 Apr 2003
Location: Seoul
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| Posted: Fri May 11, 2007 2:07 am Post subject: |
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| ShadowEdge wrote: |
| Can anyone give me the Hangul for "plunger"? |
I found one that sorked dead donkey balls at the Lotte supermarket in my smallish city. |
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Nicco61
Joined: 06 May 2007
Location: North Carolina, USA
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| Posted: Fri May 11, 2007 2:15 am Post subject: |
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| After you get it unclogged when you flush hold the handle down in the flush is COMPLETE. Pushing the handle down and walking away sometimes doesn't cycle enough water to push everything down to the main waste pipe. |
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Bigs
Joined: 15 Oct 2006
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| Posted: Fri May 11, 2007 3:26 am Post subject: Re: ? |
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| ChuckECheese wrote: |
| RobertX wrote: |
| solid plastic? what have you been eating? |
I told you not to eat the plastic container. |
It's tastier than some of the food!  |
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