01-25-2008, 12:21 AM
I'd unbolt the toilet.
If it is leaking, you probably need a new seal.
I don't really like the snakes.
The odds of actually pulling the problem out isn't the greatest.
The odds of pushing whatever it is further in and making a bigger problem is high.
A snake might pull out paper wads, but it won't pull out toys. Nor a combination.
I've never seen a snake that hooks to a drill.
You want to pull the wad out. Gingerly.
If you see nothing if you lift the toilet, look up in the toilet.
I once found a barbie in the toilet bend.
I really don't know how it got that far, but it did.
I've found legos, and my sister used to run out of TP and the kids (her, too, I'm sure) would use paper towels. Whole paper towels. Paper towels will wad up and cause the problem you have in a heartbeat.
The trick to putting the toilet back down is knowing the porcelin breaks rather easy, sit on it to get it tight to the floor, seating the wax, the bolts are only to stop it from moving.
Snug, not tight.
If it is leaking, you probably need a new seal.
I don't really like the snakes.
The odds of actually pulling the problem out isn't the greatest.
The odds of pushing whatever it is further in and making a bigger problem is high.
A snake might pull out paper wads, but it won't pull out toys. Nor a combination.
I've never seen a snake that hooks to a drill.
You want to pull the wad out. Gingerly.
If you see nothing if you lift the toilet, look up in the toilet.
I once found a barbie in the toilet bend.
I really don't know how it got that far, but it did.
I've found legos, and my sister used to run out of TP and the kids (her, too, I'm sure) would use paper towels. Whole paper towels. Paper towels will wad up and cause the problem you have in a heartbeat.
The trick to putting the toilet back down is knowing the porcelin breaks rather easy, sit on it to get it tight to the floor, seating the wax, the bolts are only to stop it from moving.
Snug, not tight.