Help! Toilet won't stop overflwoing!
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Blue Velvet
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Make sure the bowl is full, then turn the water to the cistern off at the side of the cistern to ensure that the bowl doesn't keep overflowing. Is the ball valve in the cistern malfunctioning or is it a blockage in the toilet bowl?
Use a wide-mouthed plunger in the bowl, be vigorous, making sure that no air is in the plunger.
Use a wide-mouthed plunger in the bowl, be vigorous, making sure that no air is in the plunger.
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macrumors Penryn
Flooding for 2 hours?
What did you eat for dinner......babies or something? You should have double flushed it, especially when you were half-finished.
If you have a plunger, then use it. If not, shove something into the toilet, like a long garden hose. Maybe it'll work just like a toilet "snake". Just feed that thing down the pipe until you hit the...."stuff".
If you can't fix the problem yourself by 9 AM, then call a plumber.
What did you eat for dinner......babies or something? You should have double flushed it, especially when you were half-finished.
If you have a plunger, then use it. If not, shove something into the toilet, like a long garden hose. Maybe it'll work just like a toilet "snake". Just feed that thing down the pipe until you hit the...."stuff".
If you can't fix the problem yourself by 9 AM, then call a plumber.
It's blockage in the toilet bowl. From toilet paper.
Blue Velvet
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Then you're going to have remove a lot of it by hand... with rubber gloves on.
Use a disposable container to lift and drain off excessive water and paper from the bowl, make sure your eyes and skin are protected.
http://www.videojug.com/film/how-to-unblock-a-toilet
Don't flush the toilet until the blockage is clear.
Sun Baked
macrumors G5
Look at the toilet from the side, on some of them you can see how it winds down -- could be stuck after the next curve.
Either a $20 snake ... or a few squirts of dish soap and some hot water in the bowl.
With the dish soap and hot water, you may have to use a cup/can to remove some (aka quite a bit) water from the bowl first.
And don't pour hot/boiling water fast into a cold toilet -- slow enough into the other water that the temp change won't crack the bowl.
Either a $20 snake ... or a few squirts of dish soap and some hot water in the bowl.
With the dish soap and hot water, you may have to use a cup/can to remove some (aka quite a bit) water from the bowl first.
And don't pour hot/boiling water fast into a cold toilet -- slow enough into the other water that the temp change won't crack the bowl.
Shacklebolt
macrumors 6502a
The term is "courtesy flush" - treat your toilet(/neighbors/roommate/husband/etc) to one once in a while. But I'm sure you've learned that already.
Really, and I know you're probably way past this point, but take that plunger and have a go at it. And I mean, a serious go at it. Give it several minutes. Like, keep going until your arms feel like they're going to fall off, and at the point, plunge for another few minutes. I still maintain that there are few of a toilet's ills that cannot be solved by having a good go at it with the toilet plunger.
But yeah - seriously, plunge like you've never plunged before, if all else is failing. And like someone else said, 3 hours after your original post (or IMMEDIATELY after you've decided to stop trying and yet cannot fix the problem), call the plumber.
Really, and I know you're probably way past this point, but take that plunger and have a go at it. And I mean, a serious go at it. Give it several minutes. Like, keep going until your arms feel like they're going to fall off, and at the point, plunge for another few minutes. I still maintain that there are few of a toilet's ills that cannot be solved by having a good go at it with the toilet plunger.
But yeah - seriously, plunge like you've never plunged before, if all else is failing. And like someone else said, 3 hours after your original post (or IMMEDIATELY after you've decided to stop trying and yet cannot fix the problem), call the plumber.
RBMaraman
macrumors 65816
EVERYONE should have a plunger like this one at home. It creates a seal in the toilet, and uses forced air to push the blockage down the sewer, breaking it apart as it goes.
My father is a former plumber, and he recommends this plunger to everyone.
It's about $10 at most home improvement stores.
My father is a former plumber, and he recommends this plunger to everyone.
It's about $10 at most home improvement stores.
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Well all is fixed. I had to use one of those plungers that is more oval than round. It's kind of like a spring meaning with most plungers you have to push it firmly then pull it out slowly. With the one I used I could just pump it without stopping. Apart from my bedroom being a mess and all my clothes (except for the ones that I'm wearing) and bed sheets and comforters and paper towels and towels filled with water weighing over 200 lbs probably (it sure feels like it). And 6 rolls of paper towels to stop the kitchen from getting flooded and about 4 pots. All is well right now. Until my parents wake up...
Thanks for all the help.
Thanks for all the help.
riscy
macrumors 6502a
Seriously next time plunging isn't the thing to do when it starts overflowing. You have to shut off the water which you can do with the water valve or just close the flap thing in the water tank which allows the water to flow into the bowl. That always work 100% of the time whenever I've had toilet problems (they've been good to me the last few years ).
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