Thank you, Man! I'm 86 and just dealt with the worst clog ever. Plunger? No good. Snake? No good. Full bottle of Dawn? No good. Toilet auger like you used? No good. Then I watched your video, where you recommended a second go with the toilet auger. On the second go-around, it worked! I was ready to call a plumber, but your advice about doing a second go with the device did the trick. Thanks much! You're a hero!
@@JOHNDEEBANK Not me. I wipe my kids with gloved hands, and, depending on what they ate for dinner, sometimes with a gas mask! The mask works particularly well when the kids are taking medication. Anticonvulsant medication for kids makes their poop especially rank!
@@JOHNDEEBANK I hear you. A good hand wash works every time. And if you follow that thorough wash with a clear alcohol sanitizing solution (while not necessary), your hands are as clean as a G-rated film!
@Phil Gilbert I always wash mine after I touch my hoodoo pants. I told my roomie, I said, 'I found my hoodoo pants and I was wondering who doo dood in 'em.' You see, I was watching Hulu, saw the doo doo and I was all, 'Hey, who do? Did you do?!' Then he was all, 'Boo boo, ooh lay ruyuku, that ish was some voodoo.'...My reply, 'Like some reverse baby in a nursery you just do that gaga goo goo. Now please flip it goo goo gaga. Its time now that you reverse this magic juju and undo me just say shew shew and make it goo goo I beg you please I'm going cuckoo'.......
Thank you so much for this video!! I am 74 and never needed to unclog my own toilet before. $19.99 for the snake and problem solved!! (Kids are SO creative around water!). Just wanted you to know how much you and your video are sincerely appreciated!❤
Thanks bro...I literally was watching this at 2:00 AM ...picked up a snake at my 24 hour Walmart and had no idea how to use it. Helped me out of a tight spot...toilet is now flushing fine.. thanks!
Oh man, after failing with buckets of water I watched this & did the liquid soap & hot water. You saved me from having to use the plunger. Thanks a lot!
All else had failed so I bought an angle auger at HD for about USD10.50. It took two tries with the angular snake and all of a sudden, a loud "swoosh" about a foot down stream from the toilet and down wet the water. Worst clog I've ever had and it's all gone. Thanks for the video & the suggestion. Very clean too. No mess around the toilet too. Sweet!
Thanks so much for this video. Dealing with this situation right now, and NOW I know what to use and how to use it. Really appreciate you making this video for us!!
Thank you soo much for making this video. I had the same issue today and did the complete steps like you said with the dish detergent, warm water and the snake auger and it worked. Also, you were right about the price as well. It took a couple of tries but my toilet is working again. 🥰
THANK YOU for giving FULL directions on how to use the snake! I have watched other video's that never explained how to put it in and work it! Got my toilet unclogged!!!!!!
Wow, the hot water with dish detergent worked a miracle! My toilet has been hard flushing, requiring plunging after most No. 2 dumps to the point of annoyance. But just recently even the plunger wouldn't do the trick. So I used about 1/3rd of a bottle of dish detergent with hot water that mixed with the standing water and let it stand for only 15 minutes. Then with plunger in hand ready to provide mechanical assist I pressed down the flush lever. To my amazement the lubrication from the hot water and detergent must have loosened the clog as it instantly flushed perfectly without using the plunger. Thank you for this wonderful advice! I probably used a dollar's worth of detergent, a lot cheaper than maybe several hundred dollars to call a plumber.
Just wanted to thank you for this helpful video/demo. I had the round drain-snake device, and just couldn't get it up far enough into the toilet drain. Once I saw your demo, I went to the hardware store, and found the pipe/toilet auger. Gotta say, it worked like MAGIC! And now, I have a useful tool, in case of any more blockages in the future. Thanks again! Keep up the good work.
Well if any of you people that are in Middlesex County CT or Guilford, Madison, Northford, Branford that have a clog toilet then give me a call at “integrity Plumbing Septic and Drain“. You can find my five star reviews and my phone number in Yelp based out of Clinton Connecticut. Thank you I have a plunger that would’ve taken care of that in three minutes. The plunger that he shows is junk and for a very light clog! Edward H - owner / operator of “Integrity Plumbing, Septic and Drain“
Thank you!!!!!! I used the soap and hot water method, let sit for about 15 mins. Used the plunger and like magic, it was fixed. The snake did not work for me!!!!
(Coming from a licensed plumber) when you run a closet auger, yes it is called a closet auger (water closet + auger head) you should NEVER ROTATE COUNTER CLOCKWISE!!!! The auger head is meant to retrieve not shred. This is probably why it took you so long to fetch the problem. 👍
I was thinking that excact thought when I saw him rotating the handle counter clockwise, why would he do that? isnt he suppose to get the obstruction out of there!? and I'm not even a plumber ;) I'm a computer Geek :)
Hello from South Wales, UK. You saved me so much fuss. The dish soap and hot water worked perfectly first time. I have an autistic 11 year old daughter who uses half a toilet roll for a simple wee! The soapy water stayed there for about ten minutes then drained away. 🤗XXX
Thank you for this video. It was incredibly easy to follow your instructions and my family and I had a good chuckle as we watched it and struggled with our own clog. 😊
Great three step explanation on how to clear a toilet clog (plunger, dish soap/hot water, and auger). Would you use something like concentrated sulfuric acid if everything you demonstrated didn't work?
Excellent remedy. My plunger didn't work. I was going to need a snake. However, I did it a few times. The first time I could see immediate results, however, it was still not at 100%. I did it again and it worked as normal. Thanks.
Dude, you are my FOREVER Hero! I'm so excited this worked. Everyone needs to try that soap trick first! I used a lot-- half a small container -- of that super cheap slippery Milk and Honey Softsoap, all at once (helps the smell factor too). Then slowly poured in super hot water from the faucet. One Tweak: Give it longer than in the video, keep adding more hot water as the level drops, stay on it like a bulldog. I kept doing this for 10 minutes until it started moving ever so slightly. After 20 minutes it was GaFLOOP! Scared me half to death, the whole clog slurped down all at once! (Might not work with a GI Joe tho.) I've never heard of this, it totally worked! Saves the co$t of a plumber, nasty splashing with plungers that never work, and scary icky snakes (I'm more ok with real ones.) Bravo, to the videographer too. Seriously, Thank you !!!
Try this next time: th-cam.com/video/8qRSbrCKzBo/w-d-xo.html You won't need any of these things: -A Plunger -Baking soda or vinegar -Dish soap -Boiling water
I have watched sooooooo many videos about various things and very seldom do I comment, but I must say, this one saved my life! Okay, I'm being a little dramatic, lol, but it was SUPER helpful and after trying a few other things, I made a trip to Menards and purchased an auger for $5 with my $9 rebate voucher. Came back home and went to work on clearing the clog. Took a couple of tries and I worked up a sweat, but in the end I was VICTORIOUS! No need to call my landlord and be subjected to embarrassment as my camode was NASTY! Thanks for this very informative video! It was thorough and very well put together. Only took me one viewing to understand and execute! Thanks again... you're the best!😘
@@Scotslass369 that probably means that you guys had too much toilet paper or maybe not toilet paper but some other kind of paper towel or something you flushed. I've never had a toilet back up until now at the dorm. But it is backed up because something is definitely been dropped in that joint by accident or on purpose. If you were able to get it clean and flush properly just using soap and hot water you are lucky my friends. Wow man... Wish me some luck because I've tried what you just said and I've tried everything else he mentioned and nothing worked. The last option is to take the toilet up. Looking in area within the toilet some people caught the gooseneck according to my pop. Something's trapped in that area and if there's not even trapped in that area then we got a major problem here. And don't think just because we're in a dorm on this college where we paid tuition they don't charge us. They absolutely charges where I am for things like I'm talkin. If something accidentally gets knocked off into the toilet and then flushed that is considered self inflicted or not a natural poop issue LOL. Wish me luck man. All jokes aside we really have a deal with the dorms and that would be wear and tear or something that's not considered wear and tear. Lucky enough the door my Matt has 2 / room but we have our own toilet so it's not like we got to run down the hall. Any suggestions since you been through this? We got a choice to call the maintenance in on-campus which charge an absolutely ridiculous amount or call a plumber that charges 60 or 70 bucks just to walk through the front door. Trying to do everything possible to prevent this. I wish they could just add it on to the loan they gave me to go to school lol
@@choice12ozborne hey, whatever happened after you left this comment? Did you get your toilet problem taken care of without having to call maintenance? I need to know the ending to your story!!
One of my toilets has been clogged for a few days and filled up the entire bowl from several attempts of using the plunger and flushing it. I tried everything I saw on TH-cam, from plunging, adding vinegar & baking soda, dish soap. Nothing worked. Then I saw this video. Bought the toilet auger at Home Depot for $15. Had to repeat the snaking 3 times. 3rd time was a charm. It finally unclogged it and all the nasty guck went down the drain automatically. Took me 45 minutes including the clean up. The clog looks to be the result of a brick (sorry for the visual). Needless to say, I ended up throwing away the toilet auger after completing the task. I tried cleaning it up to use again for the next time but couldn't remove all the guck from the small end of the coil. Decided it was just not worth it to have the germs from it hanging around the house. Besides, this thing already saved me probably $200 - 300 of plumber charges. Thank you so much for making this video. It's the most helpful one I've seen on TH-cam. Finally, the toilet can be used again for more deposits! Woohoo!
It's an AUGER not angular. The way to use an auger is to rotate it through the clog. Most are clockways as yours is. You start turning it from the beginning so it can twist it's way through your clog. You don't want to turn it backwards because what ever is trapped on the end will come off. Always use gloves. If you follow these tips, you'll have a much better experience.
Thank you for the tips! Used the dawn dish soap one and plunged the heck out of it and it worked! I thought we were going to be out a hundred dollars having to call a plumber, but the dawn worked like a charm!
Thank you! I never knew how those angular type snakes worked!! I have a clog myself and I guess a very hard, constipated dried log has plugged up my toilet...I know how much it hurt me coming out as it was a dried up rock so I can imagine it's the same going down the drain! Maybe the soap will help soften it up..(Not my rear end but maybe I will give that a try too as I feel like a virgin at the leather bar!)
Dear TipsNNTricks also u want to consider an American Standard Champion 4 Toilet it's an anti backup type so no worrying of a backed up toilet please think of it
The toilet auger worked like a charm. Was like $5 bucks on Amazon. After the 3rd time, the toothbrush I dropped in the toilet came floating up. Saved me alot of money not having to call a plumber.
My plunger did not work for me and it was late at night so I tried the dish soap. I squirted a bunch in, let it sit for about 7 or 8 minutes. Then addded a large pot of hot water. I was worried that it would just stay high and sudsy, but I gave it a few plunges and it went down. I followed it with more hot water and then regular flushes and it worked!! Thank you. I would never have thought of the soap method.
I usually try the plunger first, then hot water with soap or bleach, and last resort use the auger. But I like the previous comment of use the back scratcher or toilet brush to chop up a big stool. And every toilet or sink should have a plunger nearby. By the way most of your drain openers are concentrated bleach so save yourself some money. Also cleans too.
Actually wrong. Most drain openers are an acid. Like Hydrochloric Acid. Also known as Muriatic Acid. Also known as the acid we have in our stomachs to digest food.
Can't thank enough for this. I bought one and used it for 1-2 mins. That was good enough. One additional tip. Along with using a glove, have a bleach spray handy. When done, you can spray some inside the shaft walls where the snake goes in. And spray some on the snake itself as you pull it out. That way its atleast sanitized enough to drop it on the bath tub before you wash it off. Even if you want to dispose the auger, it may be a clean way of doing it.
Great idea. I spent the morning trying to unclog a toilet...using 3 different plunger/forced water methods. Nada. Saw this video...went straight to dish soap and hot water. Unclogged in
I have to thank whoever mentioned using a mop in a bin bag! what a life saver, or turd retriever?! or whatever. I don't know what I had eaten but all that was missing was rebar in order for my excrement to have been used to construct and support buildings! I tried everything short of going for a swim in the bowl myself to retrieve what I can only imagine was the size of a babies arm! Anyhow I finally gave the mop in a bag trick a go and within minutes a very satisfying woosh sucked the big brown limb away to a better place. I did however have to replace the bottle of shampoo, explain why the mop was in a bin bag and change my morning routine to include bran!
Cheers. Almost gave up with the auger (snake) I bought, not the best one! But a bit of persistence has paid off after watching the video. The blockage was a bit more reluctant to go, so it was a four handed effort!!
You're a life saver, I've never used a snake before, but our roommate had bought one a long time ago. Living alone as the other two were away, I had a really bad night with being sick, both ends were just non-stop.... add in a lot of toilet paper later in the frustrations of my sickness, it happened.... THE CLOG! I tried plunging, I tried snaking it, the dish soap, but NOTHING worked until just today I stumbled upon your video, and realized.. I used the snake the completely wrong way. in my sickness the past few days I've just been trying to shove the metal down the toilet without the guidance of the holder, and boy tell you me, I felt completely stupid, but thanks to the enlightenment you have provided me here today, and a few tries, (like 5) I have to say, it's been defeated.
Thank you. The instructions on the auger made no sense to me, but this worked! Glad I'm not totally useless while my husband is gone. I appreciate the video.
Try this next time: th-cam.com/video/8qRSbrCKzBo/w-d-xo.html You won't need any of these things: -A Plunger -Baking soda or vinegar -Dish soap -Boiling water
Hey man thanks alot!!! This video really saved me after I used my Augman to get my baby sister’s pants out the toilet...it took my 30 minutes to maneuver it out
If you found a $5 snake at Walmart please tell me where or was it online Walmart. Where I stay the cheapest snake at Walmart or anywhere is 25 bucks or maybe 20 on sale. Not doubting you but I'm asking you where the hell do you live with all due respect sounds like you live in Mexico with a dollar goes a long way LOL a $5 snake shit I can't even find that online your because I've been checking before please give us your ancient Secret where the world you found something like that or did you buy it off of crackhead? JK kind of since I would still like to know where in the heck did you find a $20 snake that is at most places the cheapest for five bucks or was he at a yard sale
TipsNNTricks you should Think about an American Standard Champion Toilet WaterSense one you won't have to worry about blockages again ever due to a larger glazed trapway
I put soap in my toilet and it went down right away thank you. We were contemplating on hiring a plumber, because it's been 2 days and hours of plunging
Thanks so much brother my toilet was clogged tried everything was going crazy. I even bought that auger snake what u were using the manual one and didnt no how to use it till i watch your video. Thanks a million. Worked like a charm
great tips, many thanks. I don't get why there are 1k unlikes. If I could I will give you 1000 likes . Very good tips here and thank you very much for sharing
This works! I been fighting with my toilet for 24 hour. Well we know who came out on top lol.. I used natural dishwashing and dishwasher detergent and hand sanitizer with hot water and plunger.
Actually laundry detergent or cascade dishwasher powder makes things slide at least as well as dish soap and are not harmful like the strong chemicals that usually don't work anyways. If the clog is in the ceramic part of the toilet the plunger (he shows the best type for toilets) might work and don't just try to force it down but agitate the clog by pushing and pulling just to loosen things up and maybe break it up. Take the lid off the tank so you can see how to stop the bowl refilling and overflowing because plungers work best with the bowl reasonably full, that way you can keep it reasonably full without flooding the place. If the clog is in the main line past the toilet itself then the plunger will probably not help since your efforts will simply be pushing air up the vent pipe. If that fails then the auger is a last result before calling a plumber who will have to pull the toilet to get a motorized cable (Snake) down the pipes. And if you do have to resort to the auger remember it won't come out as clean as it went in so have a bucket or something to put it in handy and if the clog clears flush the toilet a few times as you pull out the auger, and by all means throw some soap in there while you do that. I do this all the time at work and don't see soap damaging wax rings although plungers can on rare occasions which probably means the wax ring wasn't in good shape anyway.
Charlie Tame you can rent an electric auger and take toilet off yourself. Just make sure you get at 100 ft auger and a new wax seal. No need to call a plumber.
Those "low flush ", toilets suck! Get one of those "high flushing ", from Home Depot! They have 3" hole and nothing gets stuck! The Hercules toilets!! Goes: "Whoosh!" When you flush!
Recently dealt with a clog far worse. It refused to unplug - clog was in horizontal plumbing under the floor. Nothing worked - tried three snakes, a compressed air unclogging gun, Muriatic acid. None of it freed it up. Ended up removing the toilet. Bolts were on it since I built the home in 1982 (38 years) and required a Dremel tool with a metal cutting abrasive disk to cut off the bolts. Removed the toilet and there was the "water" level about 8" down, but not the clog. Based on which drains worked in the two full baths and those that did not, I could tell where the clog was - about 8 inches down and 12" to the left of the toilet flange. Clog was not visible - it was deeper into the plumbing where Y fittings were. Covered the beeswax on the flange with blue garage disposable towels, then used a large adapter with a pneumatic unclog gun - 30 psi blasts were no help. What worked? A few full-force shots with a tough toilet plunger along with slow water running down the sink in the same bathroom. Soon the water went down and disappeared, and did not return. Acid I dumped in the sink before removing the toilet cleaned the pipe like new. Clog moved on down into the septic tank through a 4" pipe. (I know acid kills needed tank bacteria but will restore that after a few days using a box Rid-X. It restores the needed bacteria in the septic tank with a simple toilet flush.) Clog was caused by a woman using excessive toilet paper after a #2, flushing more than once. Acid did help to dissolve the waste and paper. So why remove the toilet? Beeswax seal blew out and could not get enough hydrostatic pressure using the toilet plunger in the bowl.
Damn....what a PIA all that must have been. I have tried the soap and hot water thing, twice now with no luck..plunger did not do the trick either, before or after the soap/water. Dreading hauling out the 25' snake I have, and will cross my fingers and pray to the toilet gods that I don't have to remove the whole dang commode like you had to. My stool is less than ten years old...not that alone means a lot, but .... not looking forward spending my Saturday afternoon up to my ears in this stink.
Used the hot water and soap method.... Nice having a toilet with a Cappuccino foam top after pouring (LOL)... Sure did work though! Only issue, ever since I've had the Simon and Garfunkel song "Slip Slide and Away" playing through my head. Thanks for the slippery poop riddance tip!
Hi Chris many thanks for this video. I found your video by chance because I recognised your voice from your other channel. So after 1 hour I managed to unclog the toilet with the dish soap plus an old coat hanger. God bless.
The dish soap and hot water tip worked! I did it twice with in 4 hours (only bc I wasn't home to do it the second time), plunging both times after flushing and by the second time my toliet flushed!
This was truly a life saver. My toilet was clogged by a mega poo. I followed your instructions and 7 buckets and snakes later,all was unclogged. Thank you!
Thank you, Man! I'm 86 and just dealt with the worst clog ever. Plunger? No good. Snake? No good. Full bottle of Dawn? No good. Toilet auger like you used? No good. Then I watched your video, where you recommended a second go with the toilet auger. On the second go-around, it worked! I was ready to call a plumber, but your advice about doing a second go with the device did the trick. Thanks much! You're a hero!
I've seen worse... And I'm *trying* to deal with it right now
I never wear gloses just wash my hands well. We wipe our bum w/o gloves. We change our babies diapers w/o gloves. Just a good old hand wash.
John Deebank Who’s askin?
@@JOHNDEEBANK Not me. I wipe my kids with gloved hands, and, depending on what they ate for dinner, sometimes with a gas mask! The mask works particularly well when the kids are taking medication. Anticonvulsant medication for kids makes their poop especially rank!
@@JOHNDEEBANK I hear you. A good hand wash works every time. And if you follow that thorough wash with a clear alcohol sanitizing solution (while not necessary), your hands are as clean as a G-rated film!
@Phil Gilbert I always wash mine after I touch my hoodoo pants. I told my roomie, I said, 'I found my hoodoo pants and I was wondering who doo dood in 'em.' You see, I was watching Hulu, saw the doo doo and I was all, 'Hey, who do? Did you do?!' Then he was all, 'Boo boo, ooh lay ruyuku, that ish was some voodoo.'...My reply, 'Like some reverse baby in a nursery you just do that gaga goo goo. Now please flip it goo goo gaga. Its time now that you reverse this magic juju and undo me just say shew shew and make it goo goo I beg you please I'm going cuckoo'.......
Thank you so much for this video!! I am 74 and never needed to unclog my own toilet before. $19.99 for the snake and problem solved!! (Kids are SO creative around water!). Just wanted you to know how much you and your video are sincerely appreciated!❤
Thanks bro...I literally was watching this at 2:00 AM ...picked up a snake at my 24 hour Walmart and had no idea how to use it. Helped me out of a tight spot...toilet is now flushing fine.. thanks!
Oh man, after failing with buckets of water I watched this & did the liquid soap & hot water. You saved me from having to use the plunger. Thanks a lot!
First video I've found detailing how to insert the auger end; in and up. Other tips were good too. Thanks, man!
Dude youre a life saver. My throne has been out of commission for a couple days and your dishsoap and hot hot water trick sorted it
All else had failed so I bought an angle auger at HD for about USD10.50. It took two tries with the angular snake and all of a sudden, a loud "swoosh" about a foot down stream from the toilet and down wet the water. Worst clog I've ever had and it's all gone. Thanks for the video & the suggestion. Very clean too. No mess around the toilet too. Sweet!
A true artisan of his craft. He knows what he’s doing or else he wouldn’t be doing it in socks
Thanks so much for this video. Dealing with this situation right now, and NOW I know what to use and how to use it. Really appreciate you making this video for us!!
Thank you soo much for making this video. I had the same issue today and did the complete steps like you said with the dish detergent, warm water and the snake auger and it worked. Also, you were right about the price as well. It took a couple of tries but my toilet is working again. 🥰
THANK YOU for giving FULL directions on how to use the snake! I have watched other video's that never explained how to put it in and work it! Got my toilet unclogged!!!!!!
Wow, the hot water with dish detergent worked a miracle! My toilet has been hard flushing, requiring plunging after most No. 2 dumps to the point of annoyance. But just recently even the plunger wouldn't do the trick. So I used about 1/3rd of a bottle of dish detergent with hot water that mixed with the standing water and let it stand for only 15 minutes. Then with plunger in hand ready to provide mechanical assist I pressed down the flush lever. To my amazement the lubrication from the hot water and detergent must have loosened the clog as it instantly flushed perfectly without using the plunger. Thank you for this wonderful advice! I probably used a dollar's worth of detergent, a lot cheaper than maybe several hundred dollars to call a plumber.
Just wanted to thank you for this helpful video/demo. I had the round drain-snake device, and just couldn't get it up far enough into the toilet drain. Once I saw your demo, I went to the hardware store, and found the pipe/toilet auger. Gotta say, it worked like MAGIC!
And now, I have a useful tool, in case of any more blockages in the future.
Thanks again! Keep up the good work.
I don’t get people who are okay around a blocked toilet I literally cry and have a panic attack
Probably that guy is a pro
Tasvir Mahmood proberbly
Keely Bonbon omg same
Im concerned
Well if any of you people that are in Middlesex County CT or Guilford, Madison, Northford, Branford that have a clog toilet then give me a call at “integrity Plumbing Septic and Drain“. You can find my five star reviews and my phone number in Yelp based out of Clinton Connecticut. Thank you I have a plunger that would’ve taken care of that in three minutes. The plunger that he shows is junk and for a very light clog!
Edward H - owner / operator of “Integrity Plumbing, Septic and Drain“
Thank you!!!!!! I used the soap and hot water method, let sit for about 15 mins. Used the plunger and like magic, it was fixed. The snake did not work for me!!!!
It's good to know that there's advice and tips online to look up without actually having to call up specific places
(Coming from a licensed plumber) when you run a closet auger, yes it is called a closet auger (water closet + auger head) you should NEVER ROTATE COUNTER CLOCKWISE!!!! The auger head is meant to retrieve not shred. This is probably why it took you so long to fetch the problem. 👍
Mongo Raymond yeah. I dont like it either
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I was thinking that excact thought when I saw him rotating the handle counter clockwise, why would he do that? isnt he suppose to get the obstruction out of there!? and I'm not even a plumber ;) I'm a computer Geek :)
I run the ridgid toilet auger forward ,backward in and out whatever it takes to push it down or pull it out
Hello from South Wales, UK.
You saved me so much fuss. The dish soap and hot water worked perfectly first time.
I have an autistic 11 year old daughter who uses half a toilet roll for a simple wee!
The soapy water stayed there for about ten minutes then drained away. 🤗XXX
Nothing better than the sound of a flushing toilet bowl
Thank you for this video. It was incredibly easy to follow your instructions and my family and I had a good chuckle as we watched it and struggled with our own clog. 😊
That was not me! Probably a construction guy. 😂 My man is straight up lying...he wrecked that toilet!
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Post workout protein shake XD
He's full of the proverbial.
To funny🤣
So what. Everyone poops.
Great three step explanation on how to clear a toilet clog (plunger, dish soap/hot water, and auger). Would you use something like concentrated sulfuric acid if everything you demonstrated didn't work?
Excellent remedy. My plunger didn't work. I was going to need a snake. However, I did it a few times. The first time I could see immediate results, however, it was still not at 100%. I did it again and it worked as normal. Thanks.
Dude, you are my FOREVER Hero! I'm so excited this worked. Everyone needs to try that soap trick first! I used a lot-- half a small container -- of that super cheap slippery Milk and Honey Softsoap, all at once (helps the smell factor too). Then slowly poured in super hot water from the faucet. One Tweak: Give it longer than in the video, keep adding more hot water as the level drops, stay on it like a bulldog. I kept doing this for 10 minutes until it started moving ever so slightly. After 20 minutes it was GaFLOOP! Scared me half to death, the whole clog slurped down all at once! (Might not work with a GI Joe tho.) I've never heard of this, it totally worked! Saves the co$t of a plumber, nasty splashing with plungers that never work, and scary icky snakes (I'm more ok with real ones.) Bravo, to the videographer too. Seriously, Thank you !!!
Awesome, super glad the video could help and that you had success:) Have a great weekend:)
"Stay on it like a bulldog" that was hilarious 🤣
Thanks for sharing 👍
You're a life saviour! Stuck in lockdown and my toilet almost flooded. I would have been lost without this video.
Try this next time:
th-cam.com/video/8qRSbrCKzBo/w-d-xo.html
You won't need any of these things:
-A Plunger
-Baking soda or vinegar
-Dish soap
-Boiling water
Great video. My boys kill the toilet and this technique really helped clear a major log jam!!
Absolutely! This saved me a lot of $$$ from calling a “ plumber.”
Heh, heh, heh (imagine Beavis and Butthead with their stupid grinning saying this ‘he said “log“‘
Your Formula is 100 Percent Successful!
Thank you 🙏
The dish soap thing worked perfectly!! Thank you!!
I have watched sooooooo many videos about various things and very seldom do I comment, but I must say, this one saved my life! Okay, I'm being a little dramatic, lol, but it was SUPER helpful and after trying a few other things, I made a trip to Menards and purchased an auger for $5 with my $9 rebate voucher. Came back home and went to work on clearing the clog. Took a couple of tries and I worked up a sweat, but in the end I was VICTORIOUS! No need to call my landlord and be subjected to embarrassment as my camode was NASTY! Thanks for this very informative video! It was thorough and very well put together. Only took me one viewing to understand and execute! Thanks again... you're the best!😘
Awesome, so glad the video could help:) God bless have a great day:)
Thank you so much!
That soap and hot water saved me dealing with a snake.
I will spread the word🚽
Worked a charm. Dishsoap & hot water left for an hour and bingo with 2nd bucket of water whoosh and bobs your uncle, no more PLUG!
Cancel the plumber!
@@Scotslass369 that probably means that you guys had too much toilet paper or maybe not toilet paper but some other kind of paper towel or something you flushed. I've never had a toilet back up until now at the dorm. But it is backed up because something is definitely been dropped in that joint by accident or on purpose. If you were able to get it clean and flush properly just using soap and hot water you are lucky my friends. Wow man... Wish me some luck because I've tried what you just said and I've tried everything else he mentioned and nothing worked. The last option is to take the toilet up. Looking in area within the toilet some people caught the gooseneck according to my pop. Something's trapped in that area and if there's not even trapped in that area then we got a major problem here. And don't think just because we're in a dorm on this college where we paid tuition they don't charge us. They absolutely charges where I am for things like I'm talkin. If something accidentally gets knocked off into the toilet and then flushed that is considered self inflicted or not a natural poop issue LOL. Wish me luck man. All jokes aside we really have a deal with the dorms and that would be wear and tear or something that's not considered wear and tear. Lucky enough the door my Matt has 2 / room but we have our own toilet so it's not like we got to run down the hall. Any suggestions since you been through this? We got a choice to call the maintenance in on-campus which charge an absolutely ridiculous amount or call a plumber that charges 60 or 70 bucks just to walk through the front door. Trying to do everything possible to prevent this. I wish they could just add it on to the loan they gave me to go to school lol
@@choice12ozborne hey, whatever happened after you left this comment? Did you get your toilet problem taken care of without having to call maintenance? I need to know the ending to your story!!
Thanks to your video i was able to unclog the worst clog I've seen in 30 years.. Thank you!!
of course : " I DIDN'T DO IT !! " ....IT WAS CONSTRUCTION WORKER
One of my toilets has been clogged for a few days and filled up the entire bowl from several attempts of using the plunger and flushing it. I tried everything I saw on TH-cam, from plunging, adding vinegar & baking soda, dish soap. Nothing worked. Then I saw this video. Bought the toilet auger at Home Depot for $15. Had to repeat the snaking 3 times. 3rd time was a charm. It finally unclogged it and all the nasty guck went down the drain automatically. Took me 45 minutes including the clean up. The clog looks to be the result of a brick (sorry for the visual). Needless to say, I ended up throwing away the toilet auger after completing the task. I tried cleaning it up to use again for the next time but couldn't remove all the guck from the small end of the coil. Decided it was just not worth it to have the germs from it hanging around the house. Besides, this thing already saved me probably $200 - 300 of plumber charges. Thank you so much for making this video. It's the most helpful one I've seen on TH-cam. Finally, the toilet can be used again for more deposits! Woohoo!
It's an AUGER not angular. The way to use an auger is to rotate it through the clog. Most are clockways as yours is. You start turning it from the beginning so it can twist it's way through your clog. You don't want to turn it backwards because what ever is trapped on the end will come off. Always use gloves. If you follow these tips, you'll have a much better experience.
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Your version is the revised version of his. It makes better sense. Thank you bro, I thank the both of you.
And wear shoes. That floor was not the cleanest
Thank you so much! I never knew about that 'angled' snake. Cost me $12.99 and did a great job!
Thank you for the tips! Used the dawn dish soap one and plunged the heck out of it and it worked! I thought we were going to be out a hundred dollars having to call a plumber, but the dawn worked like a charm!
Of all the videos to help unclog my toilet this work instantly. Thank you so much man
Thank you! I never knew how those angular type snakes worked!! I have a clog myself and I guess a very hard, constipated dried log has plugged up my toilet...I know how much it hurt me coming out as it was a dried up rock so I can imagine it's the same going down the drain! Maybe the soap will help soften it up..(Not my rear end but maybe I will give that a try too as I feel like a virgin at the leather bar!)
Omg wth, so descriptive 😅
Lol. Lord knows we need a laugh after dealing with this (literal) shit
Dear TipsNNTricks also u want to consider an American Standard Champion 4 Toilet it's an anti backup type so no worrying of a backed up toilet please think of it
The toilet auger worked like a charm. Was like $5 bucks on Amazon. After the 3rd time, the toothbrush I dropped in the toilet came floating up. Saved me alot of money not having to call a plumber.
Plus, you had your toothbrush back , how cool is that? 😀
My plunger did not work for me and it was late at night so I tried the dish soap. I squirted a bunch in, let it sit for about 7 or 8 minutes. Then addded a large pot of hot water. I was worried that it would just stay high and sudsy, but I gave it a few plunges and it went down. I followed it with more hot water and then regular flushes and it worked!! Thank you. I would never have thought of the soap method.
Make sure you do this in your socks, so you don't get poo on your shoes.
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I'm in such a bad mood right now because I'm here for a reason and thos really made me laugh
Wow so yucky 🤮
Ok, I'm sorry, but I can't take advice from a dude unclogging his toilet waring only socks and no gloves!😂😂😂🤣
I usually try the plunger first, then hot water with soap or bleach, and last resort use the auger. But I like the previous comment of use the back scratcher or toilet brush to chop up a big stool. And every toilet or sink should have a plunger nearby. By the way most of your drain openers are concentrated bleach so save yourself some money. Also cleans too.
Actually wrong. Most drain openers are an acid. Like Hydrochloric Acid. Also known as Muriatic Acid. Also known as the acid we have in our stomachs to digest food.
By far best video I have seen and after months of toilet issue followed this to a T and it works!
Can't thank enough for this. I bought one and used it for 1-2 mins. That was good enough.
One additional tip. Along with using a glove, have a bleach spray handy. When done, you can spray some inside the shaft walls where the snake goes in. And spray some on the snake itself as you pull it out. That way its atleast sanitized enough to drop it on the bath tub before you wash it off.
Even if you want to dispose the auger, it may be a clean way of doing it.
Dishsoap and hot water does absolutely zilch. Toilet pipe goes off at an angle upward so it doesn't help atall
U always take ur shoes off when u go to unclog someone's toilet?
Great idea. I spent the morning trying to unclog a toilet...using 3 different plunger/forced water methods. Nada. Saw this video...went straight to dish soap and hot water. Unclogged in
I have to thank whoever mentioned using a mop in a bin bag! what a life saver, or turd retriever?! or whatever.
I don't know what I had eaten but all that was missing was rebar in order for my excrement to have been used to construct and support buildings! I tried everything short of going for a swim in the bowl myself to retrieve what I can only imagine was the size of a babies arm!
Anyhow I finally gave the mop in a bag trick a go and within minutes a very satisfying woosh sucked the big brown limb away to a better place.
I did however have to replace the bottle of shampoo, explain why the mop was in a bin bag and change my morning routine to include bran!
Cheers. Almost gave up with the auger (snake) I bought, not the best one! But a bit of persistence has paid off after watching the video. The blockage was a bit more reluctant to go, so it was a four handed effort!!
Why does he kind of sound like Kermit lol
UlyssesPrime southern accent
Cuz Kermit the frog clogged a toilet
Im creased!!
Omg he does 😂 I can’t unhear it!
You're a life saver, I've never used a snake before, but our roommate had bought one a long time ago. Living alone as the other two were away, I had a really bad night with being sick, both ends were just non-stop.... add in a lot of toilet paper later in the frustrations of my sickness, it happened.... THE CLOG! I tried plunging, I tried snaking it, the dish soap, but NOTHING worked until just today I stumbled upon your video, and realized.. I used the snake the completely wrong way. in my sickness the past few days I've just been trying to shove the metal down the toilet without the guidance of the holder, and boy tell you me, I felt completely stupid, but thanks to the enlightenment you have provided me here today, and a few tries, (like 5) I have to say, it's been defeated.
Thank you. The instructions on the auger made no sense to me, but this worked! Glad I'm not totally useless while my husband is gone. I appreciate the video.
The soap worked! And I was desperate but refusing to call the plumber!! Thank you!!
Try this next time:
th-cam.com/video/8qRSbrCKzBo/w-d-xo.html
You won't need any of these things:
-A Plunger
-Baking soda or vinegar
-Dish soap
-Boiling water
My toilet isn't even clogged...
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But you never know when it will
Me neither
Umitalia nyan mine is...
I watched the video twice and followed the instructions I had a clogged toilet and it's worked. Thank you for sharing ❤️
Hey man thanks alot!!! This video really saved me after I used my Augman to get my baby sister’s pants out the toilet...it took my 30 minutes to maneuver it out
You foresaw my toilet situation 5 years ahead! Thank you.
For 2 days straight I was contemplating on hiring a plumber but $5 on a toilet snake from Wal-Mart worked wonders.
E-Live Da God just went to my Walmart and no snake
Its 1am. Had a terrible rumbling in my stomach. Instaclog. Should’ve had one of these on deck. Now have to wait til Home Depot opens
If you found a $5 snake at Walmart please tell me where or was it online Walmart. Where I stay the cheapest snake at Walmart or anywhere is 25 bucks or maybe 20 on sale. Not doubting you but I'm asking you where the hell do you live with all due respect sounds like you live in Mexico with a dollar goes a long way LOL a $5 snake shit I can't even find that online your because I've been checking before please give us your ancient Secret where the world you found something like that or did you buy it off of crackhead? JK kind of since I would still like to know where in the heck did you find a $20 snake that is at most places the cheapest for five bucks or was he at a yard sale
@@choice12ozborne www.walmart.com/ip/Peerless-Homeowner-Toiler-Auger-Which-Features-a-Rust-resistant-Spring-Wire-and-a-Non-slip-Grip-Handle/17043693?wmlspartner=wlpa&selectedSellerId=0&wl13=2692&adid=22222222421449455996&wmlspartner=wmtlabs&wl0=&wl1=g&wl2=m&wl3=501107745824&wl4=aud-1269146480377:pla-293946777986&wl5=9016810&wl6=&wl7=&wl8=&wl9=pla&wl10=8175035&wl11=local&wl12=17043693&wl13=2692&veh=sem_LIA&gclid=Cj0KCQjw78yFBhCZARIsAOxgSx0W7yvCPDdVFBKjoiFvUuRTJaVdEp--OT-wfdaEboOmZg4MW3GXH4oaAkHjEALw_wcB&gclsrc=aw.ds
@@choice12ozborne sorry, we are 4 years too late after inflation
TipsNNTricks you should Think about an American Standard Champion Toilet WaterSense one you won't have to worry about blockages again ever due to a larger glazed trapway
This really helped! It took 4 tries and it finally unclogged. Thank you!
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Thank you very much for posting this!!! It worked!! I was using the auger incorrectly... Thanks for the proper way to use it!! God bless you!!
I put soap in my toilet and it went down right away thank you. We were contemplating on hiring a plumber, because it's been 2 days and hours of plunging
Thanks so much brother my toilet was clogged tried everything was going crazy. I even bought that auger snake what u were using the manual one and didnt no how to use it till i watch your video. Thanks a million. Worked like a charm
So a construction worker overdosed on laxatives and decided to blow it in your toilet he should be unclogging it
great tips, many thanks. I don't get why there are 1k unlikes. If I could I will give you 1000 likes . Very good tips here and thank you very much for sharing
Thanks for the heads up on not boiling water tip. Your video really saved us from hiring a plumber.
Thank you bro 👏🏼👏🏼 5:28” was the best part 😅😅
Lmao "I'm going to throw up".
GunNtonic picture this, what u throw up actually comes out of ur mouth instead of into that toilet.
Bruh just vomit 🤢 in the toilet do u even know that 😒
You are a life saver. I watched so many videos and yours resolved my issue. Thank you
This works! I been fighting with my toilet for 24 hour. Well we know who came out on top lol.. I used natural dishwashing and dishwasher detergent and hand sanitizer with hot water and plunger.
This video is amazing!!!!! The soap and hot water was excellent. It worked in seconds. Thank you sm!!!!
Many thanks! I'd fought a clog with my plunger on and off for hours. Ten minutes with detergent and hot water did the trick!
Would the hot water damaged the pipes ?
🤢 - The woman in the background "I wanna throw up!" 😂
Tried the dish soap and hot water… worked like a charm!!!
Good stuff!
It took two tries but I finally unclogged my toilet, thank goodness for TH-cam.
Wow! I poured the 2 gallons of water in and it worked! Thank you for the video!
Actually laundry detergent or cascade dishwasher powder makes things slide at least as well as dish soap and are not harmful like the strong chemicals that usually don't work anyways. If the clog is in the ceramic part of the toilet the plunger (he shows the best type for toilets) might work and don't just try to force it down but agitate the clog by pushing and pulling just to loosen things up and maybe break it up. Take the lid off the tank so you can see how to stop the bowl refilling and overflowing because plungers work best with the bowl reasonably full, that way you can keep it reasonably full without flooding the place. If the clog is in the main line past the toilet itself then the plunger will probably not help since your efforts will simply be pushing air up the vent pipe.
If that fails then the auger is a last result before calling a plumber who will have to pull the toilet to get a motorized cable (Snake) down the pipes.
And if you do have to resort to the auger remember it won't come out as clean as it went in so have a bucket or something to put it in handy and if the clog clears flush the toilet a few times as you pull out the auger, and by all means throw some soap in there while you do that.
I do this all the time at work and don't see soap damaging wax rings although plungers can on rare occasions which probably means the wax ring wasn't in good shape anyway.
Dish washer detergent doesnt suds up so might be better. Its still slippery stuff when wet.
Makes sense! This method worked for me twice now.💩
Charlie Tame you can rent an electric auger and take toilet off yourself. Just make sure you get at 100 ft auger and a new wax seal. No need to call a plumber.
Charlie Tame 👍🏻
Worked like a charm!!! Thanks for your helpful video!
Those "low flush ", toilets suck! Get one of those "high flushing ", from Home Depot! They have 3" hole and nothing gets stuck! The Hercules toilets!! Goes: "Whoosh!" When you flush!
bro, nothing beats a Ferguson, BAWHOOOOOSH
Yup same here ....good stuff ....if I could return this auger back to home depot I would...😆
@@cerberusloyalist5038 I have that kind of toilet and it clogs everytime
Recently dealt with a clog far worse. It refused to unplug - clog was in horizontal plumbing under the floor. Nothing worked - tried three snakes, a compressed air unclogging gun, Muriatic acid. None of it freed it up.
Ended up removing the toilet. Bolts were on it since I built the home in 1982 (38 years) and required a Dremel tool with a metal cutting abrasive disk to cut off the bolts. Removed the toilet and there was the "water" level about 8" down, but not the clog.
Based on which drains worked in the two full baths and those that did not, I could tell where the clog was - about 8 inches down and 12" to the left of the toilet flange. Clog was not visible - it was deeper into the plumbing where Y fittings were.
Covered the beeswax on the flange with blue garage disposable towels, then used a large adapter with a pneumatic unclog gun - 30 psi blasts were no help. What worked? A few full-force shots with a tough toilet plunger along with slow water running down the sink in the same bathroom. Soon the water went down and disappeared, and did not return.
Acid I dumped in the sink before removing the toilet cleaned the pipe like new. Clog moved on down into the septic tank through a 4" pipe. (I know acid kills needed tank bacteria but will restore that after a few days using a box Rid-X. It restores the needed bacteria in the septic tank with a simple toilet flush.)
Clog was caused by a woman using excessive toilet paper after a #2, flushing more than once. Acid did help to dissolve the waste and paper. So why remove the toilet? Beeswax seal blew out and could not get enough hydrostatic pressure using the toilet plunger in the bowl.
Damn....what a PIA all that must have been. I have tried the soap and hot water thing, twice now with no luck..plunger did not do the trick either, before or after the soap/water. Dreading hauling out the 25' snake I have, and will cross my fingers and pray to the toilet gods that I don't have to remove the whole dang commode like you had to. My stool is less than ten years old...not that alone means a lot, but .... not looking forward spending my Saturday afternoon up to my ears in this stink.
Used the hot water and soap method.... Nice having a toilet with a Cappuccino foam top after pouring (LOL)... Sure did work though! Only issue, ever since I've had the Simon and Garfunkel song "Slip Slide and Away" playing through my head. Thanks for the slippery poop riddance tip!
You have to use blue dawn dish soap! It works magic!
😭 I hate fixing toilets but I have to and this was helpful... gave me some hope today lol
Wow are you a plumber
Just unclogged my toilet with you video. Thank you!!!!
Wear gloves, shoes, and mask, protect urself at all times ! 😂
Hazmat suit 👍
Hi Chris many thanks for this video. I found your video by chance because I recognised your voice from your other channel. So after 1 hour I managed to unclog the toilet with the dish soap plus an old coat hanger.
God bless.
That's awesome, you found my other videos:) So glad you got it unclogged:) Have an amazing night:)
The dish soap and hot water tip worked! I did it twice with in 4 hours (only bc I wasn't home to do it the second time), plunging both times after flushing and by the second time my toliet flushed!
We used the plunger and then the snake, neither worked but the soap and hot water trick did! Thank you!!!
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Ur an unfunny meme
taco bell you dam fool
Chinese buffet eating some oysters will clog the Hoover dam.
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This was truly a life saver. My toilet was clogged by a mega poo. I followed your instructions and 7 buckets and snakes later,all was unclogged. Thank you!
I’ve literally got opaque brown water and tp up to the rim of the bowl now how the frickity fuck do I solve it
Idk
Lol🤣
@Nessa i feel so called out right now
uh so did you fix it?🙃
Same! ☹️☹️
Best video ever!! Thanks so much!!
Was this your first time with a stopped up toilet? That clog is not even close to nasty.
What do you eat?😂😂
Flushable wipes clogged mine and after three different plungers, soap, declogger etc. I think I might have to call maintenance.
why is your back scratcher next to the plunger?
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The dish soap worked like a charm. Thanks!
I remember in the 70's when I was a little girl my dad used this wide up wire tool. The tool didn't look so clean.