Our toilet has been clogged since last Friday. I tried all sorts of stuff - from soap and hot water, to baking soda and vinegar, a couple of new plungers, and a new auger. I even "snaked" down the kitchen sink - just to be sure as I know that sometimes when the garbage disposer is clogged up, the toilet clogs up too:
I thought it was finally fixed on Wednesday when the toilet actually did flush. But while flushing, it was making gurgling sounds. Hmm... that can't be so good, can it? I thought that maybe plunging again might help... NOPE! We are still clogged and it was finally time to call the plumber. Thankfully the company I called had a technician in the area. He arrived within the hour and first thing he tried was the auger as well. Eventhough the auger he used was quite a bit longer than the one we used... nope! Talk about a stubborn problem! Well, he finally brought in some muscle:
The plumber finally had to remove the toilet. He attached some blades to this cable (of this machine) and put it down into this drain line. It basically cuts up whatever that is in the way, and it seems that we may have some roots. Oh boy...
Well, a few hundred dollars here and then a few more as we decided to clean out the main line as well... phew, I need to destress! Nothing like some "Me time" at the end of the night. Ha ha!
Figured some polka dots would be cute for the pool side tomorrow for Graham's birthday! Can't believe my little stinker is going to be 11 years old!!!
By the way, we are still one toilet down. We didn't have the plumber reset the toilet as we have just ordered a new one. Although technically, there is really nothing wrong with this one. Or is there??? We've had several clogs now since we've moved in and I think we will just get rid of it. Plus the new one will have a dual flush. Trying to save some water especially with these two monkeys! Or is it three??! :-P
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