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Toilet Clogged!! Sos!!
Asked by M.P. from Sarasota
on September 29, 2010
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My wonderful 5 year old son apparently flushed a gazillion baby wipes and my toilet is SUPER clogged.. Im not sure if he's lying but he said he only put baby wipes.. H...
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- Call the plumber! This happened to my sil, and she ended up with stuff coming up her kitchen sink (and not just wipes) YUCK!!!!!!! He told her that baby wipes are not ...
- You have two choices. Get a sewer rat and try to clear it up yourself or call a plumber.
- I think your only answer is to call a plumber, unless you have one of those plumbing snakes and can tackle it yourself...
Unclogging a Toilet
Asked by ~.~. from Tulsa
on January 21, 2012
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Help me please! One of my toilets has been clogged for a few days now. Plunging has not helped as I cannot get whatever is blocking the toilet clear. I know that there...
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- You need to get a drain snake to push it through. They sell them at Home Depot or Lowes and they are not that expencive. I have found that the plungers with a small op...
- Do you have a plumbing snake? You can purchase them at Home Depot or Lowes - 25' or 50'. It is a metal coil inside a container that reminds me of two sides of a spinni...
- Last time that happened, the kids dropped a toy in there and it was not coming out without taking out the toilet.
6Yr Old Son Is Afraid to Go #2 After He Thought He Clogged the Toilet????
Asked by C.W. from Denver
on January 14, 2011
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Hi Moms I need suggestions.
About a week ago my son thought he clogged the toilet after going #2 and for 2 days he cried and worried that the pipes were going to brea...
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- 4 days is a long time not to go #2! Add fruit and raisins into his diet with plenty of fluids. If no success by tomorrow morning I'd call the ped and ask nurse for ad...
- Don't make an issue over it, instead subtly feed him foods loaded with fiber to help loosen up the the mass that needs to be released. Oatmeal (not prepackaged) made...
- Maybe you could purposely plug the toilet (don't let him know it was on purpose!) then tell him 'Uh-oh! mommy plugged the toilet, can you help me fix it?' and proceed ...
Toilet Won't Flush
Asked by T.H. from St. Louis
on June 21, 2008
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My husband, "helped" to clean the carpets. He dumped the water down the toilet on the main floor, that everyone uses. I think that there was something in the water, ...
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- You can get a "toilet snake" at a hardware store, Home Depot or Lowe's. It will work down in to free up whatever is clogged. Good Luck!!!
- Call a plummer there might be a tree rot in your main pipe running the the city sewer. They can snake the drain from the toilet where the problem started. It might be ...
- It sounds like you have tree roots in the sewer pipes. If your husband is handy, rent a large electric "snake" and have him clean out the sewer pipe. There should be a...
Clogged Bathroom Sink
Asked by A.A. from Rochester
on August 6, 2009
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Does anyone know what will work for a clogged sink? I tried liquid plumber and it did not un-clog the sink. The bottle said I may need to use 2 bottles but I only ha...
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- The liquid plummer should work, and you do have to use two bottles and follow the directions to the letter....Unless there is something really wrong in the pipes...is ...
- We had this problem and the hair clog would not dissolve with liquid plumber type products. We got a drain auger (AKA "snake")at home depot for about $7 or $8. My hu...
- We've had many clogged sinks and usually we had to get a new pipe look under yours sink and unscrew the small elbow pipe and check and see if there is something in the...
How Do I Unclog a Toy Clog Toilet?!
Asked by K.E. from Fresno
on September 21, 2007
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My 22 month old son decided that sending his bath toys on a ride in the toilet would be fun, and now (of course) the toilet doesn't flush well. We've tried many, many...
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- my husband is a plumber so i kinda know a little about toilets... you might need to just take the toilet off and the toy is probably stuck in the bend of the toilet an...
- You need to buy or rent a plumbing snake. Don't use it near the baby because it could whip around if your not careful. you place it in the toilet and turn it on the ...
- Yes you will need to take the toiletbowl out, its easy just turnoff the water flush then unscrew the two screw left and right to disconnect the toilet and you can tak...
Toilet Paper Trouble
Asked by S.F. from Charlotte
on May 26, 2008
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Ok - I know this one may make every mom laugh.... but it's beginning to frustrate me to no end. My 9yo constantly cloggs his bathroom toilet by using too much toilet...
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- Have you tried the moist wipes that are flushable. My 6 year old uses them and the seem to clean the area better and with less bulk. A.
- I would try putting him in charge of plunging when it happens, with your supervision of course. Maybe if he has do be the one to do the dirty work he'll start conside...
- Hi S., I laughed so hard when I read your post! You told it so cute too! Well, worse than looking at poop is having to fix a toilet, I think! I wonder if your son...
Child's Poop Always Clogs Toilet
Asked by B.L. from San Francisco
on April 13, 2009
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Does anyone have experience with this? My child's poop is so incredibly wide it won't fit down the toilet pipe. She is embarrassed about clogging the toilet regularly,...
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- Hi B., I was just thinking of putting the same question on Mamasource because this has been a problem with my oldest son for years and years (he's 13 now). Now my ...
- Hi B., Thank the Lord this is normal!!!! I always wondered how these big things come out of these little bodies :O) Anyway, we have to blame it on the "old pott...
- Wow, you just brought back an amusing memory. My oldest son also had the same problem. I remember my younger son once referring to his brother's poop, saying there w...
My Five Year Old Daughter Doesn't Wipe After Going Potty!
Asked by D.M. from Boston
on August 3, 2009
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My five year old daughter has been potty trained for over two years and she has never caught on to the idea of wiping after she goes pee or poop. Almost every day we h...
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- HI D., I remember this when mine were little. My daughter did not like to wipe either. But I know just being five she needed me to help her. So what I did is I had ...
- I'm not sure that this is the problem, but one suggestion would be that if she hasn't been wiping and her underpants have poop in them, as you say, then she must truly...
- Hi D., I know our ped. always tried going to a reward system with our kids for potty training, or any other issues. Say everytime your daughter wipes she gets a stick...
Toliet Paper Clogging Toliet
Asked by S.D. from Phoenix
on December 4, 2011
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Do you ladies believe that it could be the brand toliet paper that stops up the toliet ? This is driving me nuts. We bought Charmin and then found costco brand. Char...
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- Yes, there's a huge difference in toilet paper brands, just ask all the people who have to deal with septic tank problems. Charmin is one of the worst brands for toil...
- Our toilets are starting to do the same thing. We are on septic but never had this problem before. I think some brands (Charmin) are way too thick. We started usin...
- I don't know about the Costco brand, but we NEVER buy Charmin, because every time it clogs the toilet.
