Dave Fawthrop wrote:
On 19 Aug 2006 09:07:42 -0700, wrote:

|I rent.
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|I'd be to embarrased to get my landlord to fix it. I had the runs
|yesterday and it's not a pretty site
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|ugh
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|So do I pay a huge call out fee & get it unblocked?
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|For a totally DISGUSTING picture of the problem, click he
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|(WARNING: PICTURE OF DISGUSTING TOILET. DO NOT VIEW!)
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|http://i106.photobucket.com/albums/m...n/DSC00424.jpg
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|http://i106.photobucket.com/albums/m...n/DSC00425.jpg

B&Q sell plumbers plungers, as do Wickes all plumbers merchants etc.

Keep it stashed away, you will need it again
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update - after a couple of hours, the water level has (slowly) dropped
down, but the block is still there

I have bought a bottle of Mr Muscle 'sink & plughole unblocker'

It is super-corrosive, and says 'do not use in toilets'.

Should I do that anyway, or is that a really bad idea?

I mean.. if it's corrosive... it'll 'burn' through cotton wool/andrex
wet wipes (whatever is blocking it easily.... right?