How to Keep a Toilet From Clogging Up

We’ve all been there: you go to flush your toilet just to realize it doesn’t want to flush. While Liberty Plumbing is here to unclog your toilet in a timely and efficient manner, the best solution is to prevent it from the get-go, especially if it happens a lot in your household. While sometimes it’s a signal of a bigger problem, sometimes it’s little things you could be avoiding to prevent the problem all together.

As a general rule, the only material that should be going into the toilet is toilet paper. Items such as napkins, tissues, paper towels, hair, floss, or hygiene products can easily clog your toilet- especially if you throw them in often. Sometimes, even when a product is labeled as flushable, they shouldn’t be flushed.

A good way to determine if something is safe to flush is by putting it into a bowl filled with water, and put a piece of toilet paper in another bowl of water (for comparison) and swish them around. Check on them in a few hours; the toilet paper will have disintegrated, whereas if the other product isn’t flushable, it won’t have disintegrated.

Even if you’re flushing just toilet paper down the drain, you still might be flushing in a way that could clog the toilet. Try to avoid flushing down big wads of toilet paper, flushing too many times in a row, or letting little ones around the toilet unsupervised at risk of dropping something in.

If your toilet is draining very slow or is only weakly flushing everything down, it’s most likely a sign that a clog is about to form. To prevent the clog from forming, don’t delay in plunging your toilet. You should use a plunger that fits perfectly over the drain whole and makes an air-tight seal. After plunging it, you should notice that the flush is no longer slow or weak.

If the pipework in your home is very old, it’s possible it will break down or collapse. That means your toilets are more susceptible to clogging, and you might even experience some sediment backwash. If you’re seeing backwash or are experiencing more than one clogged toilet at a time, you’re most likely ignoring old or blocked pipework or sewer lines, and should schedule a service before the issue gets bigger and more costly.

Since they are such vital parts of your home, you want to make sure your toilets are all working properly. If you find yourself or any one of your family members consistently doing something that puts your toilet at risk of being clogged, you may be faced with more hefty repairs or replacements.

If your toilet keeps getting clogged and you’re not sure why, or have a weak flush in your toilet and plunging isn’t helping, we encourage you to contact our plumbers near Conyers, Georgia to solve your toilet troubles. Don’t be stuck doing the dirty work- that’s what we’re here for!

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