What Do You Do If You Have a Blocked Toilet?

What Do You Do If You Have a Blocked Toilet?

The first thing to do when you discover a blocked toilet is turn off the water to the toilet cistern. Do not keep trying to flush the toilet as it will just make the toilet bowl overflow all over your floor.

If you have a plunger at home for plumbing emergencies, then you can try to clear the blockage by vigorous plunging. Plunging a toilet is not hard if you have the stomach for it. To plunge your toilet you should do the following:

1. insert the plunger into the toilet until you feel it seal across the toilet pan outlet

2. carefully raise the plunger up and down against the outlet creating resistance

3. plunge up and down about ten times and then remove the plunger to see if the water begins to drain away

4. if the water level has not dropped to the normal level begin another ten plunges

5. If the plunging does not work then its time to get your toilet professionally unblocked and checked for the reasons why you are experiencing a blocked toilet.