A while ago I posted the question of what to do about a severely clogged
toilet, and I got a lot of advice. Unfortunately, none worked. I
couldn't find any kind of liquid stuff to clean
out the toilet and I spent a lot of time with a plunger, a snake and an
auger, but with no results.

Even though the money is really tight right now, after trying to solve
the problem on my own for over a week, I decided to call a plumber.
Couldn't get one for a couple of days for varying reasons. Finally, when
one comes out this morning, he takes a look at and pretty much leaves
because *now* the
toilet is no longer clogged! It flushes, and clean water comes out and
right down like there never was a clog in there at all. Go figure.

Has anybody else experienced something as weird as this?

Ron


--
"You see me now a veteran, of a thousand psychic wars.
I've been living on the edge so long where the winds of limbo roar"

We recently went through a period of this sort of mysterious periodic
"clog" .
Toilet was the lowest unit in the system.
It appears at this moment that the problem was roots blocking the sewer
on the city side.
TB

Maybe you had something blocking the vent stack on the roof - snow,
leaves, plastic bag, animal.

"Ron Hubbard" wrote in message
...
A while ago I posted the question of what to do about a severely clogged
toilet, and I got a lot of advice. Unfortunately, none worked. I
couldn't find any kind of liquid stuff to clean
out the toilet and I spent a lot of time with a plunger, a snake and an
auger, but with no results.

Even though the money is really tight right now, after trying to solve
the problem on my own for over a week, I decided to call a plumber.
Couldn't get one for a couple of days for varying reasons. Finally, when
one comes out this morning, he takes a look at and pretty much leaves
because *now* the
toilet is no longer clogged! It flushes, and clean water comes out and
right down like there never was a clog in there at all. Go figure.

Has anybody else experienced something as weird as this?

Ron


--
"You see me now a veteran, of a thousand psychic wars.
I've been living on the edge so long where the winds of limbo roar"



People often forget this, but water is the universal solvent. Given enough
time ans movement, it will disolve almost anything. This is especially true
of matter that absorbs water. Eventually, it absorbs so much that it falls
apart and goes down the drain. Plus, it decays anyway. Use your imagination.
Clogs will often free themselves this way.

OTOH, if this was not the problem, then keep this in mind: problems that go
away by themselves can come back by themselves. I suspect, though, it was
just a matter of time until the water did its work.

I unplugged a sewer in the multi-family dwelling where I lived, many years
ago. I did this by merely figuring out where the plug was, beneath the
concrete slab, and standing over it. The plug opened and did not come
back...at least as long as I continued to live there.
Ho ho ho. Top that.
And this ain't no fiction. It *might* be coincidence!
I have seen other problems disappear, as soon as I figured out what the
cause was.
Most of the time, however, I must fight problems tooth and nail.
"Stephen King" wrote in message
news:1108465255.1c85f9d079150b0f5bad963dedb8f596@b ubbanews...
It was a psychic plumber. He clogged your toilet and then mesmerized you
into calling him. He magically unclogged the toilet before getting to
your
home.
You paid for a service call and he didn't have to do anything.
mmmm,think I'll write a book about this.

"Ron Silverman" wrote in message
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On Tue, 15 Feb 2005 01:43:45 -0800, Ron Hubbard wrote:

Got any small children? They love to flush things and watch them "go
away". If you have one - any chance one of them flushed the lid from a
tin can? These lids can act like a flue damper in your toilet. They can
rotate to allow a snake to pass one minute - then rotate again - and seal
the toilet up tight.

Haunted? Nope -- but all the same -- worse than Linda Blair on steriods.


Been there done that. Plastic dinner plate. Had to rip up the toilet
to get it out. Warned child. A month later, chip bag, same child. Luckily
for the child, it self cleared. Recently, 13 yr old female. Sanitary pad.
Was MOST grossed out when I ripped out the toilet and found out what was
clogging things. Put it in a baggie and left it on her bed for a surprise.
No more problems (though she had a total hissy fit).

Good plumber.
Bad psychologist.
She might never menstruate again, and you won't have any grandchildren.

Just my opinion.
"Andrew Neilson" wrote
Recently, 13 yr old female. Sanitary pad.
Was MOST grossed out when I ripped out the toilet and found out what was
clogging things. Put it in a baggie and left it on her bed for a
surprise.
No more problems (though she had a total hissy fit).

John B wrote:
Good plumber.
Bad psychologist.
She might never menstruate again, and you won't have any
grandchildren.

Darwin in action

It's also possible that one of your small children has been flushed,
and is now playing tricks on you. Do a heado**** tonight at dinner, and
if any of your kids are missing, then you know what is going on. When
this happens to me, I've found that flushing a large box of lye usually
straightens the kids out quickly. Sometimes it takes them a couple
weeks to find their way back home from the sewage treatment plant
though.

"Alan" wrote in message
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"Ron Hubbard" wrote in message
...
A while ago I posted the question of what to do about a severely
clogged
toilet, and I got a lot of advice. Unfortunately, none worked. I
couldn't find any kind of liquid stuff to clean
out the toilet and I spent a lot of time with a plunger, a snake and
an
auger, but with no results.

Even though the money is really tight right now, after trying to
solve
the problem on my own for over a week, I decided to call a plumber.
Couldn't get one for a couple of days for varying reasons. Finally,
when
one comes out this morning, he takes a look at and pretty much
leaves
because *now* the
toilet is no longer clogged! It flushes, and clean water comes out
and
right down like there never was a clog in there at all. Go figure.

Has anybody else experienced something as weird as this?

Ron


--
"You see me now a veteran, of a thousand psychic wars.
I've been living on the edge so long where the winds of limbo roar"



People often forget this, but water is the universal solvent. Given
enough
time ans movement, it will disolve almost anything. This is especially
true
of matter that absorbs water. Eventually, it absorbs so much that it
falls
apart and goes down the drain. Plus, it decays anyway. Use your
imagination.
Clogs will often free themselves this way.

OTOH, if this was not the problem, then keep this in mind: problems
that go
away by themselves can come back by themselves. I suspect, though, it
was
just a matter of time until the water did its work.

As Bugs Bunny once said,"Yeah, could be. Could be..." since
there are no kids here and the only stuff going down the toilet as the
organic matter it was designed for. Too weird for
me. :-)

Ron

Andrew Neilson wrote:

Been there done that. Plastic dinner plate. Had to rip up the
toilet
to get it out. Warned child. A month later, chip bag, same child.
Luckily
for the child, it self cleared.

Yes, self-clearing children are most preferred.

"Ron Hubbard" writes:
there are no kids here and the only stuff going down the toilet as the
organic matter it was designed for.

Unless any females in the house do not know that little white
mice shouldn't be flushed.... mine didn't... nor did some of our
guests the night before it backed up into the basement. blah...

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