Long story short I’m in a hotel and plug the toilet up. It’s eary and I don’t want to bug the front desk. There’s no plunger in the room, and no wire hangers.
I got to thinking. How could you unplug the toilet without sticking your arm in? there’s a plastic baggy the ice bucket. Hmmm.
Help a brother out. Bill got a link to something?
Think ya used enough dynamite there, Butch? |
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Put your face in, hands around your mouth to seal up around the trap, and blow really hard.
Forrest - always with a helpful suggestion
PS - do you have a concussion grenade, or at least a cherry bomb?
That would be like eating one of Jarheads sandwiches. I tried an ebb and flow thing for a while hoping to free up what was stuck. No luck. I guess the maid will deal with it.
Ya beat me to it.
Gunner -- you can try this perhaps. No word on whether "plungerless" was actually Plumbill
Otherwise, there's always the front desk.
Dear Joan and Lydia,
My guests were due to arrive in just 15 minutes!
But the toilet was clogged. And I couldn't find a plunger (or a plumber)!
I called my sister, who has a copy of your new book, HOUSEHOLD MAGIC.
"Just squirt in some liquid dish detergent," she told me. "Wait 15 minutes and you and your guests will be good to go."
Well, it worked just like you said—like magic!
—Plungerless in Seattle
No dish washing liquid. I wonder if shampoo will work?
A quick google search says that it may indeed do the trick.But if you turn out to have created the bubble-o-rama, I've never heard of you :)Good luck.Tua res agitur, paries cum proximus ardet ~ Horace
regular dish soap-or the stuff for dishwashers?
I am kind of curious-- exactly how dish soap is gonna improve the situation------ something about surface tension of water????
Stephen
Morning Stephen,I believe it was regular dish soap. I can't vouch for the veracity of the claim, and as with anything found on the web, it should be taken with some level of skepticism.Not sure why it would work. I would assume your idea of changing the surface tension would be plausible. My wife is a chemist. I'll ask her when she gets back to town this evening and let you know.Best,
SteveTua res agitur, paries cum proximus ardet ~ Horace
Hey, your play an electrican on BT.
Take some THHN and try pushing it through the trap.
Or take a fish tape and when done put in the trash and charge the boss for a new one.
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A-holes. Hey every group has to have one. And I have been elected to be the one. I should make that my tagline.
I tried once with bicycle brake cable sheathing -- didn't work. You need something fairly stiff but still springy enough to get around the turns, and it really needs that swirly thing on the end to work past the corners. And you need to be able to twist is effectively.Doesn't everyone carry a closet auger when they go traveling?
So convenient a thing it is to be a reasonable Creature, since it enables one to find or make a Reason for everything one has a mind to do. --Benjamin Franklin
" doesn't everyone carry a closet auger with them when traveling?"
sure-right next to their bottle of dish soap----
Stephen
I have on the truck along with the dish soap for DW mud and hand cleaner...Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming<!----><!----><!---->
WOW!!! What a Ride!Forget the primal scream, just ROAR!!!
fish tape.......yucky !maybe he could put a plastic trash bag over an inverted ice bucket or maybe he could use a 5000v Megger and jolt the clog free.
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I was trying to do it without going to the truck.
A friend told a story about the same problem where he worked. Seems the only thing around was a fire extinguisher. It worked, but he had to go home, shower, and change clothes!
Bear
There aint no way to keep a scene like that from attracting attention.
alkaseltzer.. half of a bottle or so......Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming<!----><!----><!---->
WOW!!! What a Ride!Forget the primal scream, just ROAR!!!
Maybe a bottle of metamucil?
I know when I'm on the road I eat heavier meals than at home so I have troubles down there.
Edited 1/24/2007 10:09 pm ET by BU
This won't help right now, but in the future carry a plunger in your tool belt?:)^^^^^^
a Smith & Wesson beats four Aces
gotta admit you have a unique perspective on what topics should go under 'General Discussion'.
ROAR!
Yea. It didn't take too long to make up my mind.
"Maybe a bottle of metamucil?"Is that for the toilet? or for Gunner?
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A-holes. Hey every group has to have one. And I have been elected to be the one. I should make that my tagline.
Both, but definitely treat the toilet first!
So convenient a thing it is to be a reasonable Creature, since it enables one to find or make a Reason for everything one has a mind to do. --Benjamin Franklin
Actually, metamucil binds it up. Not what you need. You need to loosen it up, so it flows better through the pipes.
Suppository! That's it. Gylcerin suppositories, breaks up the impaction and lets er go.
Just don't run out of toilet paper.
Oh, don't plug the turlet with all that tp either, might want to use the trash can.
You trying to trick me????? LOL
Think ya used enough dynamite there, Butch?
nope...
read it in hints from HeloweseLife is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming<!----><!----><!---->
WOW!!! What a Ride!Forget the primal scream, just ROAR!!!
Quit eating those spaecial sammiches and you won't have those problems. That and don't use the whole roll on one wipe......... :-)Semper Fi
"To be young and a conservative, you have no heart"
"To be old and a liberal, you have no mind"
Winston Churchill
"Some people spend an entire lifetime wondering if they made a difference. The Marines don't have that problem."PRESIDENT RONALD REAGAN, 1985
Gunner's special sammich...
Snicker snicker. That's a good one.
Now that I'm back home and comfy with a plunger close at hand want to hear something funny? The best wireless reception in that hotel room was in the bathroom. The rest of the room it really bogged down. So if I wasn't using my phone to get on the net I was in the bathroom for most of this conversation. :)
I don't know why but I just thought you wanted to know.
Think ya used enough dynamite there, Butch?
"The best wireless reception in that hotel room was in the bathroom. The rest of the room it really bogged down. So if I wasn't using my phone to get on the net I was in the bathroom for most of this conversation. :)"
Well, that explains what happened to the toilet. Your server couldn't handle the excessive downloads.
Michael
New knowledge is priceless.
Used knowledge is even more valuable.
True. I guess you could look at it like that. LOL
Think ya used enough dynamite there, Butch?
LOL. Boy, that is appropriate!Semper Fi
"To be young and a conservative, you have no heart"
"To be old and a liberal, you have no mind"
Winston Churchill
"Some people spend an entire lifetime wondering if they made a difference. The Marines don't have that problem."PRESIDENT RONALD REAGAN, 1985
As our erstwhile experimenter...I ate a pack of Ramen noodles, without cooking them.
This will...plug a terlet, then I applied the technolgy of the water from above, except I did it with my own internal supply of liquid..it does not work.
Spheramid Enterprises Architectural Woodworks
The secret to a long life is knowing when its time to go. M. Shocked
i'd just hold one of my shoes above the water . . . they're natural poop magnets
There must be some way to do this with a MultiMaster.
<There must be some way to do this with a MultiMaster>
Frickin LOL!
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Forrest
I've never tried this, but I've heard it's a neat trick. Take a sizable container (i.e. pot, pitcher, etc.) and fill it with hot water. Then hold it chest high and dump the entire contents, all at once, into the toilet bowl. It supposedly works better than a plunger -- as long the toilet isn't severely restricted. Of course, if the toilet bowl is already full to the rim..well..decisions, decisions.
Good luck,
MichaelNew knowledge is priceless.
Used knowledge is even more valuable.
I'm gonna try that next time. What have I got to lose? I'm not washing the towels.
This does work, but I'v never had to use hot water. If you pour fast enough, it will 'slice' thru the standing water and clear the drain.
"Take a sizable container (i.e. pot, pitcher, etc.) and fill it with hot water. Then hold it chest high and dump the entire contents, all at once, into the toilet bowl."
Hey believe it or not I finaly got to use this trick tonight. I'm in Weirton W.VA and the dang toilet plugged up on me. I remembered your advice and gave it a try. Worked slick as........well. It worked great. Impressed the guy I'm rooming with.
I wonder what the heck it is with me and toilets this year.
"If we don't succeed, we run the risk of failure." Dan Quayle.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0x8B6C54ggY&feature=related
just go to places that have outhouses...
no flushing needed....
Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming<!----><!----><!---->
WOW!!! What a Ride!Forget the primal scream, just ROAR!!!
Not a consideration.
"If we don't succeed, we run the risk of failure." Dan Quayle.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0x8B6C54ggY&feature=related
cold weather is a discouragement...
Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming<!----><!----><!---->
WOW!!! What a Ride!Forget the primal scream, just ROAR!!!
I wonder what the heck it is with me and toilets this year.
Change in diet?
"Why do you hurt me when I do bad things to you?" My youngest son to his older brother
TP is abundant and cheap...
Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming<!----><!----><!---->
WOW!!! What a Ride!Forget the primal scream, just ROAR!!!
I don't know. But I wish I could just use them like everyone else and not have all this drama.
"If we don't succeed, we run the risk of failure." Dan Quayle.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0x8B6C54ggY&feature=related
Go ahead and bug the desk, thats what they're there for!
Ya, that was my first thought on the matter.
Got to thinking he is afraid of being called 'The TurdMonster.'
be got a nice ring to it. Gunner the TurdMonster.
He doesn't want them to know he flushed his stash in a panic.
So convenient a thing it is to be a reasonable Creature, since it enables one to find or make a Reason for everything one has a mind to do. --Benjamin Franklin
You need a mute button sometimes. LOL. Codene constipates me. I've been off it for a few days. That and a lot of beer and food last night.
It was early in the a.m. and I knew thry were in the middle continental breakfast and guest checking out and all that. Besides I don't even know if they'll let a guest use a plunger. And I don't like no maintenance hacks snooping about when I got a dead hooker bleeding out in the shower.
Well...use HER arm.....
You mean kill one bird with another dead bird?
So convenient a thing it is to be a reasonable Creature, since it enables one to find or make a Reason for everything one has a mind to do. --Benjamin Franklin
Naw...take out the "plug" with a dead "rug..."
Gotta go to work...
DOH! Good idea.
You could hire this guy
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/6178659.stm
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WWPD
Hotel ya say?
Gonna return?
No?
.380 or the .40 ouggta do it. Don't ferget the hearing protection and safty glasses. Get right up close to the water, don't try to hit from an angle ( ricochette off the rim is a bad day). Get the muzzle about a half inch away from the swirly. And let er rip.
Spheramid Enterprises Architectural Woodworks
The secret to a long life is knowing when its time to go. M. Shocked
Try this!
you sound like Sphere
Think ya used enough dynamite there, Butch?
As luck would have it I am back. All my parts didn't come in today so I got another night here. Got that same room back even. If the big plug up happens I'm gonna try the waterfall trick. I'm gonna get up on the sink to gain some elevation.
What a fricking week. They sent me out here by myself to do a two man job. The parts order is all screwed up. Weather out West has Package delivery screwed. And to top it all off. Monday night I was getting some stuff out of the truck when this guy pulls up and starts hitting me up for gas money. He had a legitimate problem. Had his dad with him who he had just picked up from the VA. they had a big drive ahead of them to get home and no money.The old man was all wrapped up and he looked just like my late father in law. He looked like he was suffering pretty bad. They were in a spot. So I pulled out my wallet and gave him a 20. It's all I had. I did my bank book in my head real quick and figured I had about $150.00 in the checking. So no biggie. I'll give them everything I got and reload at the ATM. I walked back in the mall I'm working at and I suddenly remembered car insurance was coming out on auto draft. i then ran to the ATM. Damn overdrawn. When I was paying bills last weekend I paid ahead on a couple not thinking about the insurance. So I've been broke all week on top of being out of town. (With a plugged toilet.) I had to grudgenly use my credit card for beer money. And to buy some more underwear and clothes since I was only supposed to be out one night to start with.
Think ya used enough dynamite there, Butch?
So what yer saying is now we know why you needed new underwear?
When ya got to go again, flush after every turd drops. Try to pinch them off, also. Ya don't want any saw logs in that toilet.
If it happens again they're gona put an asteric next to my name when I check in. I stay here often I'd hate to have that hanging over my head.
Think ya used enough dynamite there, Butch?
Get to know your neighbors<G> "But to be honest some folks here have been pushing the envelope quite a bit with their unnecessary use if swear words. They just put a character in to replace a letter. But everyone knows what they're saying." Sancho
Pour the biggest pail or wastebasket full of the hottest water you can get into it. I 've done it many times in hotels.
The voice of experiance eh? What's your secret hotel nickname?
Think ya used enough dynamite there, Butch?
Well, this thought came to me while LMAO......
but as a result of this thread I would bet you have severely limited your invites as a house guest to any future break time 'fests!!!
Edited 1/30/2007 10:25 am ET by bp21901
AH they're ahead of rhe game on that one. They all get porta potties. I'm sure it has nothing to do with me. But then again.........