On Sat, 22 Mar 2008 09:19:13 -0800, "Cheri" gserviceatinreachdotcom
wrote:
wrote in message ...
On Mar 21, 11:05�pm, "Cheri" gserviceatinreachdotcom wrote:
Oren wrote in message ...
On Thu, 20 Mar 2008 19:32:47 -0700 (PDT), jim
wrote:
Not meaning to be ignorant but so far all these experts have told
you
all the wrong thing !
Cheri, hallerb and Oren can say the acid works.
Oren won't pull a toilet; until he uses the water test - 5 gallons
forced in rapidly. If it goes down, there's not a clog?
AHR has experts?!
�The muriatic acid solution that was posted here was one of the
better
tips I've ever had, especially since I had spent $300.00 having my
lines snaked not long before that, and the toilet still wasn't
flushing right until I tried that tip.When I saved the instructions,
I
accidently cut off the part that said who suggested it, because I'd
like to give him credit. You know who you are, but I don't
remember...many thanks to you. Also, this group has been very
helpful
to me, and I appreciate it very much.
Cheri
no thanks necessary but its me bob haller.
I stumbled on to it for a friend who was afraid she needed a new
toilet, its nice to help people.
I also promote rock salt micxed with water to kill tree roots in
sewers. its cheap and works amazingly well.
glad i could help, bob
******
OK, thanks again. I have saved your name now, so when I post that info
I can give you credit.
Cheri
I read Bob's tip here. One day I was going to try it out. I use acid
for my pool and had some handy. My neighbor had a rental property
going on the market, so he asked me to do some handy stuff.
A toilet had a leak at the tank bolt - around the washer. It was a
slow leak. I found it using a paper towel and flushing the toilet a
few times. BEFORE I could even work one this nasty thing I poured
some acid in the bowl to start a cleaning process :-))
So, I removed the tank for the bolt replacement kit. While I had the
tank off I poured muriatic acid directly in the (throat?) bowl rim.
Allowed that to work; suddenly I look down and see an object. Get my
glasses out, grabbed the needle nose pliers and then pulled a syringe
out of the rim of the bowl. The acid had floated the syringe back
towards the throat and I could see it.
We have hard water, and acid will cut it from the rim holes. Faster
than using a coat hanger
BTW, It was a drug house so I can see how they must have hidden the
needle in the tank and it found it's way into the bowl rim, past the
flapper. A bad flush can then be any object in the tank getting past
the flapper and into the rim.