How to clean the toilet: why a blockage can appear in the toilet, how to get rid of the blockage with your own hands

Any person at least once in his life, but was engaged in cleaning the toilet. However, before taking any action, assess the current situation. If you see a toilet bowl, from which dirty water flows in violent streams, and from a second to a second, the whole house will be in danger of flooding - immediately call the emergency service.

It doesn't matter what time of day, work or weekend, you rent an apartment or the owner of a home - it does not matter. Elimination of accidents should be dealt with by specialists. Themselves at this time, turn off the valve of the sewer riser and inform other residents about it. It's another matter if an unpleasant situation has developed, but not so extensive in scale, and there is a descent, but very weak - it is urgent to start looking for the place of blockage and its elimination.

Why can there be a blockage in the toilet

What is not found during the cleaning of the sewage system! Sheets of thick paper, newspapers, large pieces of food, fat deposits, kitchen sponges, rags, all kinds of small objects, crumpled hair, pads. Now we have added used cat litter to them. All this clogs the pipes, creating such a tight plug in them that it is difficult to remove it even with a cable.

Therefore, in such cases it is no longer possible to do without special means and experienced professional workers. To prevent this from happening, there should always be a bucket in the toilet for various waste. If all other tenants have the same, then the possibility of a blockage will be practically zero.

How to clean the toilet with your own hands if it clogs

All existing methods of dealing with blockages can be divided into categories:

1. Chemical cleaning.
2. Mechanical cleaning.
3. Deep cleaning with a plumbing cable.
4. Technical cleaning. Dismantling of corrugations, pipe sections, replacement of the pipeline. This should be done by special services.

The works are different in the method of implementation, but they have the same goal - to remove the blockage.

Folk methods

To eliminate the blockage, you can use the tools at hand. Fat deposits can be washed off with water. If the pipes are steel, then boiling water is enough. It should be poured for twenty minutes. For plastic pipes, the water temperature should not be higher than seventy degrees.

Baking soda

Fat deposits are well eliminated with regular baking soda. The most effective soda of domestic production, imported is not good enough in this regard.

Two hundred grams of powder is poured into the drain hole, 200 milliliters of table vinegar is poured into the same hole, and the hole is clogged. The chemical reaction removes the layers of fat. After fifteen minutes, apply a pressure of hot water.

Attention! This method is good if the blockage has just formed. If it is quite old, then more corrosive substances are needed.

Baking soda, vinegar, and chlorine

With fairly strong blockages, table vinegar, baking soda and bleach (bleach) are quite effective. All this is available in almost every home. Bleach is not the most harmless substance, but it is equally good at fighting grease and limescale.

First, remove any excess water from the sink or toilet bowl. The less water, the more noticeable the effect. Fifty grams of soda is poured into the drain hole. After half an hour, 150 milliliters of vinegar and 150 milliliters of an aqueous solution of bleach are poured in.

To prevent a pungent odor from entering the room, the drain hole must be plugged. After waiting thirty minutes, you should turn on warm water for forty minutes.

Mechanically

Often, mechanical methods of dealing with blockages are more effective than various chemicals. There are also household cleaning products, such as a plunger. And there are more technological ones, which include various plumbing cables.

Cleaning with a plunger

Every owner of the house should have a plunger. It removes small blockages effectively. During its application, pressure is created in the pipe cavity, which not only destroys the barrier, but also pushes most of the debris further along the pipe.

The plunger must be placed with a suction cup over the drain hole. Holding it by the handle, press it firmly ten times. Then remove the plunger and check the drain. If the result is insufficient, then repeat the procedure. As a rule, several such sequential procedures, about ten minutes each, are quite enough to clean the system. After the drain has worked, pour a bucket of hot water with soda dissolved in it into the toilet.

A plastic bottle as a replacement for a plunger

If there is no plunger on the farm, you can also use a plastic bottle.

You need to cut off the bottom of the bottle and tighten the cap tightly. With this design, you can create pressure in the pipe, like a plunger, and get rid of the problem. The used bottle must be thrown into the trash can immediately.

Removing a blockage with a plumbing cable

Plumbing cables are of different types. In everyday life, small ones are used, no more than five meters long. There are also longer, professional models that can clear very deep blockages.

A household plumbing cable is a metal cable with a handle on one side and a brush on the other end. The brush winds up the particles of debris. The cable is inserted into the toilet bowl drain or directly into the sewer pipe. Gradually, with rotational movements, it is pushed forward. On the way of its movement, it destroys the blockage.

Reference! If you cannot fix the problem yourself, it is better to call the plumbing service. Sometimes it takes a long time to clear the blockage, this requires special skills and special tools.

Using household chemicals

The range of store products for cleaning blockages at home is quite wide. Are they all effective?

"MOLE"

KROT contains acid. As you know, acid is not able to break through the blockage, but the pipe can completely spoil. Since the toilet has a water lock, the "MOLE" will be completely useless. It will get to the place of the resulting blockage in a highly diluted state, which will not cause severe damage to pollution, but it can still harm the pipe.

The reason for the ineffectiveness of products containing acid can be found in the chemistry textbook for the eighth and ninth grades. If an acid is capable of dissolving organic compounds, then it will not cope with plastic, and an acid that dissolves plastic will not dissolve organic matter, but it will dissolve the pipe and partially the metal structures.

Debouche

Good composition capable of eliminating organic and inorganic compounds. It is enough to pour in half a liter of the product for three hours.

If the blockage is large enough, the volume and duration of application should be increased. After using the composition, it is necessary to flush the pipes.

"Potkhan"

The product is suitable for plastic and cast iron pipes. First, you should lower the water level, then pour one hundred milliliters of the product and one hundred milliliters of boiled water. After five minutes, pour warm water.

Mister Muscle

Powder formulation removes grease plugs. It can penetrate into all difficult places and straightens out the blockage, and at the same time destroys pathogenic bacteria.