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Andy Dingley
 
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Default Clearing blocked toilet with caustic soda

On Thu, 22 Jul 2004 00:01:11 +0100, Timothy Murphy
wrote:

My local plumbers merchant gave me a jar of sodium hydroxide,
and told me this was as good as anything.


Waste of time. Caustic soda is good at shifting kitchen fat blockages
in a fairly dry pipe. But for toilets, go for an acid cleaner instead
- cond sulphuric should be in ny decent plumber's merchant.

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