toilet question

[welfareloser]

let me start by saying IT IS NOT CLOGGED.

okay. so i flush a single tissue down the toilet, and it suddenly starts overflowing like mad and won't stop. the water from the tank won't stop going into the bowl, and the water in the bowl isn't going down the drain at all.

there is this big black plastic thing that i propped up and that stopped the water flowing from tank to bowl, but it dint help anything else.

any ideas?

[Kim]

If you can hold on for a few hours, my husband is a plumber. He is flying home tonite, and I'll ask him. Could save you an expensive service call?? Let me know....

[welfareloser]

we rent, so it wouldn't be on my money, and we have two bathrooms (whew!) - so i can definitely hold out. all suggestions welcome, since i won't be able to get a hold of maintenance til the morning. thanks!!!!

[sho.gun]

If the water isn't going down at all doesnt that mean it's clogged? Take one of those rubber plumber thingies Mario uses and give it a couple of good shoves. You can turn off the water by turning a knob that's usually located behind the toilet, then you can work on it without worrying about more spills. Good luck.

[Twilight]

I seem to remember you mentioning a munchkin in your house... time to start asking the little monster some questions...

[Kim]

Oh the fun-kid-flushed things my husband has dug out of toilets....I hope that is not the problem.

[welfareloser]

hell i dint even think of that... i taught him to flush a coupla days ago... crap.

if i'm that dumb, i don't stand a chance against him, do i?

the interrogation begins now...

[El Scorcho]

Originally posted by welfareloser
hell i dint even think of that... i taught him to flush a coupla days ago... crap.

if i'm that dumb, i don't stand a chance against him, do i?

the interrogation begins now...

"Bye bye keys"

[Jeffbx]

Sure sounds like something is stuck in there. Hopefully nothing expensive!

Get yourself one of those funny looking accordion type plungers. Those things will unclog a city sewer....

[Speedfreak]

Try to get an M-80 flushed a ways down (lit of course, long water fuse). That should clear the clog.

[Kim]

Ok, I just got the profeesional scoop. Dh said that there is a clog somewhere. There is no way that the water would stay in the bowl with that much water coming from the tank unless there was a clog. Depending on what is plugging it, a plunger may do the trick, otherwise you will need to use a closet auger. Sorry my news was not better. Good luck to you.

[welfareloser]

okay, the interrogation yielded no useful information beyond a big glob of chewed up golfish that dint stay in his mout when he tried to talk...

but i plunged it, and whatever it was, it's gone now. thanks, everyone!

[Jpeace121]

Question. Does the TV change channels when you flush the toilet?

[welfareloser]

Originally posted by Jpeace121
Question. Does the TV change channels when you flush the toilet?

now that you mention it, i ahve not seen the remote for a few hours.

fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu**...

[attgig]

reminds me of the tiny toons, where plucky starts flushing everything down the toilet...."teddy go down the whole"


Anyways, definitely use that Mario gizmo, the plunger and wham it a few times...so that IF anything at all is clogged (and I know u deny it, but seriously, everything leads to that conclusion).....it'll turn up...

yeah, the black thing inside will stop it, but usually there's a little faucet type thing that you can close so that no water goes in..

oh, and drano, or liquid plumber usually doesn't work...
if you read the labels carefully they usually say don't use in toilets...

[DaFunkyUnit]

in the words of Baby Plucky Duck :

Remote go down the hoooole!!!

[Markel]

Having 5 kids gives you plenty of experience with these things. Once one of my kids dropped a cassette tape into the toilet as it was flushing. Of course it only made it half way down, but depending on which way it was turned things would sometimes work ok and other times not. I finally had to pull off the toilet to get the thing out (and you haven't lived until you've done this!). Another time it was the same thing with a racquet ball.

A few tricks to keep in your arsenal:
1)Keep a flexible "fishwire" of sorts with some kind of hook on the end. (My personal one is the throttle cable from an old lawn mower.) Several times I have been able to snake it down and hook an item and bring it up, which saves having to pull up the toilet. (Once you've lived, why repeat the experience?)
2) A similar but different tool: I have an old plumber's snake that had the end (the coil that spreads out at the end) break off. I slightly bent out the end of the snake and sharpened the point. Several times this has saved a friend's butt by retrieving some training pants that one of his tyrants decided should be flushed along with what was in them.

[welfareloser]

Originally posted by DarkFury
Gremlin 1 Welfareloser 0

i think the score is much higher than that...

i think i got it figgered out. found the remote, and the toilet is now working fine, as if whatever it was is completely gone now.

however, a closer inspection this morning revealed that a super-size box of kleenex in the bathroom, which i think i just opened a few days ago, now has only about 10 tissues rattling around in the bottom of the box.

at least he dint eat them. i'll give him that much credit.

but next time i'm out, i think i will be buying a few more gadgets for my clog-fighting "arsenal."

[Jenny]

Hey welfare, have you thought about getting one of those toilet locks? Or putting a hook&eye on the bathroom door? That's what we had to do for Josh. Put the hook & eye up high enough on the bathroom door that he couldn't reach it even if he stood on a chair & 3 boxes. lol

[Twilight]

Welfare said she just taught him how to flush.. i think locking him out of the bathroom would be counter productive in the toilet training scheme of things.

[Markel]

Plus, if he is indeed a gremlin, he WILL figure out how to lock YOU in the bathroom someday. Then you are REALLY in trouble!

[welfareloser]

Originally posted by Markel
Plus, if he is indeed a gremlin, he WILL figure out how to lock YOU in the bathroom someday. Then you are REALLY in trouble!

no locks on these doors! (whew)

the toilet lock is like a cabinet lock, with a lil plastic thingy that catches on another plastic thingy... and he already figgered out how to operate those. i just need to keep the bathroom door shut, he's not very good at turning doorknobs yet...

[Kim]

Just wait til he can open the door...you'll not be able to pee without an audience.

[welfareloser]

lord have mercy. as it is, he sticks his fingers under the door and wiggles em yelling "HI MOM!" then when i try to get out, he slams the door shut in my face. usually takes me several tries to get out. i guess there's something to be said for being easily amused...

[Anck Su Namun]

Originally posted by welfareloser



at least he dint eat them. i'll give him that much credit.

hahahaha
how many kids do you have? just that one?

[welfareloser]

Originally posted by nefertiti

hahahaha
how many kids do you have? just that one?

yeah, and i'm thinkin 'only child syndrome' is a lesser evil than two of his @$$ runnin around... i may be dense, but i know enough to quit when i'm behind...

[Kim]

It must be a boy thing, because I KNOW if my son had been born first, he'd be an only child!

[Anck Su Namun]

Originally posted by Kim
It must be a boy thing, because I KNOW if my son had been born first, he'd be an only child!

Yep when I have a kid one day, I hope it's a girl

[welfareloser]

Originally posted by nefertiti

Yep when I have a kid one day, I hope it's a girl

i did that kind of hoping too... 50/50 shot, and good luck too you!

but my kid is actually nowhere near as "high energy" (isn't THAT a nice way of putting it) as my friend's kid, a girl. that girl was walking at 8 months, running at 9 months, and gave up naps around a year. i would be dead.

and my kid is actually like a calmed-down clone of my little sister. it's so unfair - i get stuck with her clone, and her kids are probly gonna be nice quiet little bookworms...

[Kim]

That is how my sisters' girls are too. They never stop going. If they are ever quiet, you know mischief is happening. I remember the time they got into the vaseline. Not only did they cover the bathroom walls, but they thought each others hair would look good and shiny. Hehehe.....what a mess!