How to clean the toilet at home with a cable, a plunger and chemistry?

The problem of cleaning the hammered plum in the toilet periodically arises from any resident of the apartment or house. Therefore, the question of how to clean the toilet bowl is information of a practical nature that will allow one to get rid of clogs with your own hands. There are several tools and tools with which you can clean the clogged sink:

• plunger;
• acid;
• alkali;
• improvised means;
• industrial products;
• wire rope;
• other tools.

We use what is at home

The litter of the toilet bowl can be cleaned independently by means that are in every household - vinegar, acetic essence, food or caustic soda. It should immediately be said that vinegar and soda can remove only a small amount of contamination or help soften the cork from the waste for its subsequent mechanical cleaning with a plunger or a plumbing cable.

How to use:

• pour into the toilet 150 grams of baking soda( about 5 tablespoons);
• pour 1 liter of 9% vinegar or 130 ml of essence;
• wait until the reaction has passed;
• pour a large amount of boiling water.

If after that the water goes out in full, then nothing more needs to be done. If the water stagnates, flows down badly, it is necessary to break a blockage with a plunger or a special cable.

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If from time to time to clean the toilet with vinegar and soda for prevention, the drain system will not accumulate dirt and do not have to use strong chemicals or call a master.

Caustic( caustic soda, caustic soda) - strong alkali. It more effectively fights with sediments in the sewage system.

How to eliminate the clogging in the caustic toilet?

• Prepare the solution in a large non-aluminum container: cold water - 5 liters, caustic soda - 2 kg.
• Pour it into the toilet.
• Wait 5 minutes to several hours. Time depends on the degree of clogging and the location of the blockage. In the siphon, it will dissolve more quickly, and for the mash in the pipes you need to give more time.
• Pour a large volume( up to 10 liters) of hot water.

Before making a solution with caustic soda, you need to take precautions - wear work clothes that cover the surface of the body as much as possible, and rubber gloves.

How to clean the toilet bowl with a plunger?

The most common method to clean the sink in the toilet yourself - pumping the plunger. This is suitable for both conventional and pneumatic plunger. The difference in their application - the pneumatic hammer creates a greater force, so it manages to push the dirt plug faster.

If the toilet is clogged, it must be cleaned in the sequence described below.

• Check for visible debris, and if there is one, remove it.
• Install the plunger over the drain. Do so that the rubber edges fit most closely to the drain neck, blocking the air access.
• Press the handle of the mechanical plunger or the pneumatic piston several times.
• Sharply pull out the plunger.
• Do this procedure several times( using a mechanical model).

If several procedures did not help, the water in the toilet goes bad, it means that a serious blockage has accumulated in the pipe. Perhaps there was a foreign object or the accumulated fine dirt was compressed and securely adhered to the walls. In this case, we need to move to more radical measures - the use of strong chemicals or plumbing cables. It is possible to combine these two methods and chemical cleaning with a mechanical one.

Chemicals

For sale there are cleaning agents for toilet bowls of different price category. Not always the most expensive composition is the most effective.

Let's consider what means are presented in the Russian market.

• "Mole" - one of the means of the budget segment. Despite the low price, well removes blockage in the toilet. Its composition includes caustic soda, but its action is enhanced by surfactants and other additives. It is produced in a powdery and gel-like form. It dissolves fat and solid bio-waste, including hair and fish scales, which have fallen into the drainage system. Does not destroy plastic, cast iron and steel pipes.
• Vortex Draft - more expensive option, is available in liquid form. The main active ingredients are sodium hydroxide, active chlorine( Larbarrac water), surfactants. He has the same effect on blockages as Mole. Safe for pipes of any type.
• "Tiret" has a similar action and composition with Vortex Draft.

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To clean plastic sewer pipes, give preference to liquid or gel. Undissolved powder particles can get stuck in the joints and corrode sealing gums, and the liquid goes away when rinsed with water, without lingering in one place.

How to break a blockage with a cable?

Plumbing cable - a twisted spring of several layers of steel wire, equipped with a Z-handle. Each layer is wound in the opposite direction to the previous one, which allows you to transfer the torsion moment and provide the necessary flexibility. The maximum length of such a tool can be 100 meters. For household needs - to break the blockage at home - buy a cable length of 2.5 to 5 meters.

How can I clean the litter in the toilet with a cable?

• The end of the cable descends into the toilet bowl and pushes it all the way.
• The handle rotates in one direction until the cable turns so as to pass the bend. When rotating the handle, hold the cable with the second hand.
• After the cable has rested in the stopper from the dirt, you need to continue to scroll the handle.
• If you have any doubts about the fact that the end of the cable rested - in the next bend of the pipe or blockage, you need to get it, scrolling the handle in the direction opposite to the original one. If there are lumps of rubbish at the end of the steel wire, you must remove them and repeat the procedure.
• Feeling that the cork has moved, do not stop, you need to move on, pushing the cork into a wide drain pipe.

Tip

To clean the sink with plastic parts, the end of the cable should be fitted with plugs so that it does not damage the pipes. If you do not do this, the sewage cleaning by your own hands can end badly - you will have to change part of the drainage system.

Which method is better to use?

What should I do if the toilet is littered: apply chemistry or mechanical cleaning methods? The answer to this question depends on why the water does not drain or flows badly. If a foreign object has fallen into the toilet, it can be pushed through with a cable or a plunger further into a wide sewer pipe( septic tank).If a cork is formed from hair, fat and waste or deposits on the walls of the pipe, then its elimination by hand with the help of chemistry will be effective. You can combine cleaning with special tools and a cable - then the result will be a clean drainage wall, for which small debris will not cling.

There are also such contaminations that can not be removed with the help of the above. For example, if during the repair to the toilet the remains of various plaster and putty solutions were poured, then no chemistry can cope with them. Theoretically, it exists, but in practice what will dissolve such rubbish, roost and pipes themselves. Be careful not to allow foreign objects and mixtures with insoluble residue to enter the toilet, do not forget about preventive cleaning of the drain, then you do not have to clean the clogged toilet in emergency mode when the water does not go away at all.