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Hello all. Please can someone help. My brand new toilet somehow got blocked. So, I poured a cap full of caustic soda down it and some boiling water. Nothing happened. So I kept doing it, so much so that the crystals have totally hardened and now, the hole has almost totally blocked up and none of the waste is being flushed away. How can I dissolve the totally rock hard caustic soda. Can I salvage my toilet?? Can it be cleared away. (Almost 10 days now). Thank you for your help.
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On 30/01/2021 16:15, Heaven wrote:
Hello all. Please can someone help. My brand new toilet somehow got blocked. So, I poured a cap full of caustic soda down it and some boiling water. Nothing happened. So I kept doing it, so much so that the crystals have totally hardened and now, the hole has almost totally blocked up and none of the waste is being flushed away. How can I dissolve the totally rock hard caustic soda. Can I salvage my toilet?? Can it be cleared away. (Almost 10 days now). Thank you for your help. 10 days without a tom tit ? ... |
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On Sat, 30 Jan 2021 17:47:48 +0000, "Jimmy Stewart ..."
wrote: On 30/01/2021 16:15, Heaven wrote: Hello all. Please can someone help. My brand new toilet somehow got blocked. So, I poured a cap full of caustic soda down it and some boiling water. Nothing happened. So I kept doing it, so much so that the crystals have totally hardened and now, the hole has almost totally blocked up and none of the waste is being flushed away. How can I dissolve the totally rock hard caustic soda. Can I salvage my toilet?? Can it be cleared away. (Almost 10 days now). Thank you for your help. 10 days without a tom tit ? ... Just a thought but have you tried vinegar (acetic acid) which might create a chemical reaction? I suggest a small amount as a test first. |
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On Saturday, 30 January 2021 at 16:15:06 UTC, Heaven wrote:
Hello all. Please can someone help. My brand new toilet somehow got blocked. So, I poured a cap full of caustic soda down it and some boiling water. Nothing happened. So I kept doing it, so much so that the crystals have totally hardened and now, the hole has almost totally blocked up and none of the waste is being flushed away. How can I dissolve the totally rock hard caustic soda. Can I salvage my toilet?? Can it be cleared away. (Almost 10 days now). Thank you for your help. -- For full context, visit https://www.homeownershub.com/uk-diy...a-3091365-.htm Wouldn't you just know this came via homeowners hub? |
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On Saturday, 30 January 2021 at 16:15:06 UTC, Heaven wrote: Hello all. Please can someone help. My brand new toilet somehow got blocked. So, I poured a cap full of caustic soda down it and some boiling water. Nothing happened. So I kept doing it, so much so that the crystals have totally hardened and now, the hole has almost totally blocked up and none of the waste is being flushed away. How can I dissolve the totally rock hard caustic soda. Can I salvage my toilet?? Can it be cleared away. (Almost 10 days now). Thank you for your help. -- For full context, visit https://www.homeownershub.com/uk-diy...a-3091365-.htm Have you tried a good, strong laxative? |
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On 30/01/2021 17:47, Jimmy Stewart ... wrote:
On 30/01/2021 16:15, Heaven wrote: Hello all. Please can someone help. My brand new toilet somehow got blocked. So, I poured a cap full of caustic soda down it and some boiling water. Nothing happened. So I kept doing it, so much so that the crystals have totally hardened and now, the hole has almost totally blocked up and none of the waste is being flushed away. How can I dissolve the totally rock hard caustic soda. Can I salvage my toilet?? Can it be cleared away. (Almost 10 days now). Thank you for your help. 10 days without a tom tit ? ... The chemical composition of a bag of Postcrete would cure the problem of a toilet being blocked by rock hard caustic soda. -- mailto : news {at} admac {dot} myzen {dot} co {dot} uk |
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On 30/01/2021 22:51, alan_m wrote:
On 30/01/2021 17:47, Jimmy Stewart ... wrote: On 30/01/2021 16:15, Heaven wrote: Hello all. Please can someone help. My brand new toilet somehow got blocked. So, I poured a cap full of caustic soda down it and some boiling water. Nothing happened. So I kept doing it, so much so that the crystals have totally hardened and now, the hole has almost totally blocked up and none of the waste is being flushed away. How can I dissolve the totally rock hard caustic soda. Can I salvage my toilet?? Can it be cleared away. (Almost 10 days now). Thank you for your help. 10 days without a tom tit ? ... The chemical composition of a bag of Postcrete would cure the problem of a toilet being blocked by rock hard caustic soda. It sounds like some dodgy plumbing downstream from the toilet is where the blockage is, not the actual bog. Who fitted this 'new' toilet ?. |
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Andrew wrote: On 30/01/2021 22:51, alan_m wrote: On 30/01/2021 17:47, Jimmy Stewart ... wrote: On 30/01/2021 16:15, Heaven wrote: Hello all. Please can someone help. My brand new toilet somehow got blocked. So, I poured a cap full of caustic soda down it and some boiling water. Nothing happened. So I kept doing it, so much so that the crystals have totally hardened and now, the hole has almost totally blocked up and none of the waste is being flushed away. How can I dissolve the totally rock hard caustic soda. Can I salvage my toilet?? Can it be cleared away. (Almost 10 days now). Thank you for your help. 10 days without a tom tit ? ... The chemical composition of a bag of Postcrete would cure the problem of a toilet being blocked by rock hard caustic soda. It sounds like some dodgy plumbing downstream from the toilet is where the blockage is, not the actual bog. Who fitted this 'new' toilet ?. An old wire coat hanger is a good implement for dealing with such blockages -- from KT24 in Surrey, England "I'd rather die of exhaustion than die of boredom" Thomas Carlyle |
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On 31/01/2021 11:57, charles wrote:
In article , Andrew wrote: On 30/01/2021 22:51, alan_m wrote: On 30/01/2021 17:47, Jimmy Stewart ... wrote: On 30/01/2021 16:15, Heaven wrote: Hello all. Please can someone help. My brand new toilet somehow got blocked. So, I poured a cap full of caustic soda down it and some boiling water. Nothing happened. So I kept doing it, so much so that the crystals have totally hardened and now, the hole has almost totally blocked up and none of the waste is being flushed away. How can I dissolve the totally rock hard caustic soda. Can I salvage my toilet?? Can it be cleared away. (Almost 10 days now). Thank you for your help. 10 days without a tom tit ? ... The chemical composition of a bag of Postcrete would cure the problem of a toilet being blocked by rock hard caustic soda. It sounds like some dodgy plumbing downstream from the toilet is where the blockage is, not the actual bog. Who fitted this 'new' toilet ?. An old wire coat hanger is a good implement for dealing with such blockages 'New' toilets seems to have a smaller exit hole from what I've seen. Something to do with low-water usage regulations??. This makes poking stiff wiry stuff 'round the bend' more tricky. |
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On Sun, 31 Jan 2021 12:18:03 +0000, Andrew
wrote: On 31/01/2021 11:57, charles wrote: In article , Andrew wrote: On 30/01/2021 22:51, alan_m wrote: On 30/01/2021 17:47, Jimmy Stewart ... wrote: On 30/01/2021 16:15, Heaven wrote: Hello all. Please can someone help. My brand new toilet somehow got blocked. So, I poured a cap full of caustic soda down it and some boiling water. Nothing happened. So I kept doing it, so much so that the crystals have totally hardened and now, the hole has almost totally blocked up and none of the waste is being flushed away. How can I dissolve the totally rock hard caustic soda. Can I salvage my toilet?? Can it be cleared away. (Almost 10 days now). Thank you for your help. 10 days without a tom tit ? ... The chemical composition of a bag of Postcrete would cure the problem of a toilet being blocked by rock hard caustic soda. It sounds like some dodgy plumbing downstream from the toilet is where the blockage is, not the actual bog. Who fitted this 'new' toilet ?. An old wire coat hanger is a good implement for dealing with such blockages 'New' toilets seems to have a smaller exit hole from what I've seen. Something to do with low-water usage regulations??. This makes poking stiff wiry stuff 'round the bend' more tricky. I have noticed this to. Sometimes the product for which it is designed does not flush away. |
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On 31/01/2021 14:10, Tim Streater wrote:
On 31 Jan 2021 at 12:41:19 GMT, Scott wrote: On Sun, 31 Jan 2021 12:18:03 +0000, Andrew wrote: On 31/01/2021 11:57, charles wrote: In article , Andrew wrote: On 30/01/2021 22:51, alan_m wrote: On 30/01/2021 17:47, Jimmy Stewart ... wrote: On 30/01/2021 16:15, Heaven wrote: Hello all. Please can someone help. My brand new toilet somehow got blocked. So, I poured a cap full of caustic soda down it and some boiling water. Nothing happened. So I kept doing it, so much so that the crystals have totally hardened and now, the hole has almost totally blocked up and none of the waste is being flushed away. How can I dissolve the totally rock hard caustic soda. Can I salvage my toilet?? Can it be cleared away. (Almost 10 days now). Thank you for your help. 10 days without a tom tit ? ... The chemical composition of a bag of Postcrete would cure the problem of a toilet being blocked by rock hard caustic soda. It sounds like some dodgy plumbing downstream from the toilet is where the blockage is, not the actual bog. Who fitted this 'new' toilet ?. An old wire coat hanger is a good implement for dealing with such blockages 'New' toilets seems to have a smaller exit hole from what I've seen. Something to do with low-water usage regulations??. This makes poking stiff wiry stuff 'round the bend' more tricky. I have noticed this to. Sometimes the product for which it is designed does not flush away. How can I dissolve the totally rock hard caustic soda, asks Chummy upthread. Try hot water. Even at 25C, a litre of water can dissolve a kilo of caustic soda. So I don't see how it can be "rock hard". What hasn't he told us? that he's a thick **** -- Labour - a bunch of rich people convincing poor people to vote for rich people by telling poor people that "other" rich people are the reason they are poor. Peter Thompson |
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On Sun, 31 Jan 2021 12:41:19 +0000, Scott
wrote: On Sun, 31 Jan 2021 12:18:03 +0000, Andrew wrote: On 31/01/2021 11:57, charles wrote: In article , Andrew wrote: On 30/01/2021 22:51, alan_m wrote: On 30/01/2021 17:47, Jimmy Stewart ... wrote: On 30/01/2021 16:15, Heaven wrote: Hello all. Please can someone help. My brand new toilet somehow got blocked. So, I poured a cap full of caustic soda down it and some boiling water. Nothing happened. So I kept doing it, so much so that the crystals have totally hardened and now, the hole has almost totally blocked up and none of the waste is being flushed away. How can I dissolve the totally rock hard caustic soda. Can I salvage my toilet?? Can it be cleared away. (Almost 10 days now). Thank you for your help. 10 days without a tom tit ? ... The chemical composition of a bag of Postcrete would cure the problem of a toilet being blocked by rock hard caustic soda. It sounds like some dodgy plumbing downstream from the toilet is where the blockage is, not the actual bog. Who fitted this 'new' toilet ?. An old wire coat hanger is a good implement for dealing with such blockages 'New' toilets seems to have a smaller exit hole from what I've seen. Something to do with low-water usage regulations??. This makes poking stiff wiry stuff 'round the bend' more tricky. I have noticed this to. Sometimes the product for which it is designed does not flush away. *too* |
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![]() "Tim Streater" wrote in message ... On 31 Jan 2021 at 12:41:19 GMT, Scott wrote: On Sun, 31 Jan 2021 12:18:03 +0000, Andrew wrote: On 31/01/2021 11:57, charles wrote: In article , Andrew wrote: On 30/01/2021 22:51, alan_m wrote: On 30/01/2021 17:47, Jimmy Stewart ... wrote: On 30/01/2021 16:15, Heaven wrote: Hello all. Please can someone help. My brand new toilet somehow got blocked. So, I poured a cap full of caustic soda down it and some boiling water. Nothing happened. So I kept doing it, so much so that the crystals have totally hardened and now, the hole has almost totally blocked up and none of the waste is being flushed away. How can I dissolve the totally rock hard caustic soda. Can I salvage my toilet?? Can it be cleared away. (Almost 10 days now). Thank you for your help. 10 days without a tom tit ? ... The chemical composition of a bag of Postcrete would cure the problem of a toilet being blocked by rock hard caustic soda. It sounds like some dodgy plumbing downstream from the toilet is where the blockage is, not the actual bog. Who fitted this 'new' toilet ?. An old wire coat hanger is a good implement for dealing with such blockages 'New' toilets seems to have a smaller exit hole from what I've seen. Something to do with low-water usage regulations??. This makes poking stiff wiry stuff 'round the bend' more tricky. I have noticed this to. Sometimes the product for which it is designed does not flush away. How can I dissolve the totally rock hard caustic soda, asks Chummy upthread. Try hot water. Even at 25C, a litre of water can dissolve a kilo of caustic soda. So I don't see how it can be "rock hard". What hasn't he told us? Caustic soda can do that if it gets too hot when being added to water. |
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On Mon, 1 Feb 2021 08:17:16 +1100, Fred, better known as cantankerous
trolling senile geezer Rodent Speed, wrote: FLUSH more senile troll**** unread -- Marland answering senile Rodent's statement, "I don't leak": "That¢s because so much **** and ****e emanates from your gob that there is nothing left to exit normally, your arsehole has clammed shut through disuse and the end of prick is only clear because you are such a ******." Message-ID: |
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On 30/01/2021 16:15, Heaven wrote:
Hello all. Please can someone help. My brand new toilet somehow got blocked. So, I poured a cap full of caustic soda down it and some boiling water. Nothing happened. So I kept doing it, so much so that the crystals have totally hardened and now, the hole has almost totally blocked up and none of the waste is being flushed away. How can I dissolve the totally rock hard caustic soda. Can I salvage my toilet?? Can it be cleared away. (Almost 10 days now). Thank you for your help. If this is an accurate description, then be very very careful. Caustic soda can "set" like this and be difficult to dissolve. A fundamental problem is that if you have a blockage from more "conventional" products beyond your new blockage, dissolving the caustic soda still won't solve the problem (although if you can get caustic soda solution through to them this may help). Remember that caustic soda solution is *very* nasty if you get any in your eyes or even on your skin. If you promote a rapid reaction with boiling, etc, you can get spray. Experienced chemists know how to dissolve granules in a small amount of water by allowing it to get hot from the dissolution reaction but that may be difficult in this geometry. There is also a risk of cracking the porcelain from differential thermal expansion if some bits get much hotter than others. Someone else mentioned vinegar, this is a good and relatively safe way to dissolve it, but assuming you have perhaps 500g of pure caustic soda there then you may need 50 litres of vinegar. (ICBA to do the calculation). What I think I might do is half-fill the pan with water, then start dribbling in some brick acid, stirring it with a plastic or wooden stick, and look for signs of a reaction. Pour in maybe a litre stopping if there are signs that the reaction is speeding up. Leave it overnight and try to establish by poking whether you have started to clear it. If it is draining significantly, then repeat. If not, the problem is unless you get some indicator paper (readily available on eBay) you won't know whether the liquid in the bowl is acidic or alkaline. If it is acidic, then it is not particularly dangerous, but it means it is not reacting effectively. If it is alkaline, then the approach is working but more acid is needed, and the alkaline liquid needs to be handled with more care. I'd know what to do at this stage. You'd need to find someone with good A-level chemistry from 50 years ago, or a more recent chemistry graduate. Or a fireman. Or perhaps an experienced old-school plumber, but do explain to them how you got where you are. |
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On 31/01/2021 22:05, newshound wrote:
On 30/01/2021 16:15, Heaven wrote: Hello all. Please can someone help. My brand new toilet somehow got blocked. So, I poured a cap full of caustic soda down it and some boiling water. Nothing happened. So I kept doing it, so much so that the crystals have totally hardened and now, the hole has almost totally blocked up and none of the waste is being flushed away. How can I dissolve the totally rock hard caustic soda. Can I salvage my toilet?? Can it be cleared away. (Almost 10 days now). Thank you for your help. If this is an accurate description, then be very very careful. Caustic soda can "set" like this and be difficult to dissolve. A fundamental problem is that if you have a blockage from more "conventional" products beyond your new blockage, dissolving the caustic soda still won't solve the problem (although if you can get caustic soda solution through to them this may help). Remember that caustic soda solution is *very* nasty if you get any in your eyes or even on your skin. If you promote a rapid reaction with boiling, etc, you can get spray. Experienced chemists know how to dissolve granules in a small amount of water by allowing it to get hot from the dissolution reaction but that may be difficult in this geometry. There is also a risk of cracking the porcelain from differential thermal expansion if some bits get much hotter than others. Someone else mentioned vinegar, this is a good and relatively safe way to dissolve it, but assuming you have perhaps 500g of pure caustic soda there then you may need 50 litres of vinegar. (ICBA to do the calculation). What I think I might do is half-fill the pan with water, then start dribbling in some brick acid, stirring it with a plastic or wooden stick, and look for signs of a reaction. Pour in maybe a litre stopping if there are signs that the reaction is speeding up. Leave it overnight and try to establish by poking whether you have started to clear it. If it is draining significantly, then repeat. If not, the problem is unless you get some indicator paper (readily available on eBay) you won't know whether the liquid in the bowl is acidic or alkaline. If it is acidic, then it is not particularly dangerous, but it means it is not reacting effectively. If it is alkaline, then the approach is working but more acid is needed, and the alkaline liquid needs to be handled with more care. I'd know what to do at this stage. You'd need to find someone with good A-level chemistry from 50 years ago, or a more recent chemistry graduate. Or a fireman. Or perhaps an experienced old-school plumber, but do explain to them how you got where you are. I would have thought that given the caustic soda has already been added to the pan, most of the exothermal reaction would have already passed. The logic thing to me is to add water, as you suggest slowly. A pan full of water would dissolve the caustic soda. And then hopefully diffuse its way to the blockage. However, most toilet blockages I have come across are down to foreign materials and I suspect the OP's problem is no different. |
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![]() "Fredxx" wrote in message ... On 31/01/2021 22:05, newshound wrote: On 30/01/2021 16:15, Heaven wrote: Hello all. Please can someone help. My brand new toilet somehow got blocked. So, I poured a cap full of caustic soda down it and some boiling water. Nothing happened. So I kept doing it, so much so that the crystals have totally hardened and now, the hole has almost totally blocked up and none of the waste is being flushed away. How can I dissolve the totally rock hard caustic soda. Can I salvage my toilet?? Can it be cleared away. (Almost 10 days now). Thank you for your help. If this is an accurate description, then be very very careful. Caustic soda can "set" like this and be difficult to dissolve. A fundamental problem is that if you have a blockage from more "conventional" products beyond your new blockage, dissolving the caustic soda still won't solve the problem (although if you can get caustic soda solution through to them this may help). Remember that caustic soda solution is *very* nasty if you get any in your eyes or even on your skin. If you promote a rapid reaction with boiling, etc, you can get spray. Experienced chemists know how to dissolve granules in a small amount of water by allowing it to get hot from the dissolution reaction but that may be difficult in this geometry. There is also a risk of cracking the porcelain from differential thermal expansion if some bits get much hotter than others. Someone else mentioned vinegar, this is a good and relatively safe way to dissolve it, but assuming you have perhaps 500g of pure caustic soda there then you may need 50 litres of vinegar. (ICBA to do the calculation). What I think I might do is half-fill the pan with water, then start dribbling in some brick acid, stirring it with a plastic or wooden stick, and look for signs of a reaction. Pour in maybe a litre stopping if there are signs that the reaction is speeding up. Leave it overnight and try to establish by poking whether you have started to clear it. If it is draining significantly, then repeat. If not, the problem is unless you get some indicator paper (readily available on eBay) you won't know whether the liquid in the bowl is acidic or alkaline. If it is acidic, then it is not particularly dangerous, but it means it is not reacting effectively. If it is alkaline, then the approach is working but more acid is needed, and the alkaline liquid needs to be handled with more care. I'd know what to do at this stage. You'd need to find someone with good A-level chemistry from 50 years ago, or a more recent chemistry graduate. Or a fireman. Or perhaps an experienced old-school plumber, but do explain to them how you got where you are. I would have thought that given the caustic soda has already been added to the pan, most of the exothermal reaction would have already passed. You'd be wrong. The problem with caustic soda is that it can get so hot that if melts and forms a very hard crystalline form which doesnt dissolve readily anymore. The logic thing to me is to add water, as you suggest slowly. Trouble is that the very hard crystalline form which doesnt dissolve readily anymore. A pan full of water would dissolve the caustic soda. Wrong, as always. If that was true, he wouldnt have a blockage. And then hopefully diffuse its way to the blockage. The hard crystalline form of caustic soda is the blockage. However, most toilet blockages I have come across are down to foreign materials and I suspect the OP's problem is no different. You'd be wrong, as always. |
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On 01/02/2021 01:02, Rod Speed wrote:
The hard crystalline form of caustic soda is the blockage. The OP gave the reason why he poured caustic soda and boiling water down the pan as a blockage. What he didn't indicate if his NEW toilet had been previously clear just that it had become blocked. He may now have two problems, the original blockage and the partial blockage due his "cure". However, most toilet blockages I have come across are down to foreign materials and I suspect the OP's problem is no different. You'd be wrong, as always. Probably correct, the original problem may be down to anything from flushing wet wipes. flushing the centre tube from the bog roll or just a massive **** combined with half the worlds supply of fluffy bog paper. Plunging the bowl will have removed all of these. One way of plunging is to get a mop, cover the head of the mop in a plastic dustbin bag and shove it in the bowl. Moving the mop up and down usually shifts blockages near to the pan. On removing the mop remove the dustbin bag by turning it inside out. This is probably not possible now with his secondary blockage of caustic soda. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y_YeWXk80NI -- mailto : news {at} admac {dot} myzen {dot} co {dot} uk |
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On Mon, 1 Feb 2021 12:02:33 +1100, cantankerous trolling geezer Rodent
Speed, the auto-contradicting senile sociopath, blabbered, again: FLUSH the trolling senile pest's latest troll**** unread -- Website (from 2007) dedicated to the 86-year-old trolling senile cretin from Oz: https://www.pcreview.co.uk/threads/r...d-faq.2973853/ |
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On 31/01/2021 12:41, Scott wrote:
to have a smaller exit hole from what I've seen. Something to do with low-water usage regulations??. This makes poking stiff wiry stuff 'round the bend' more tricky. I have noticed this too. Sometimes the product for which it is designed does not flush away. Yes. I had to resort to a bucket of warm water tipped briskly down the pan, to clear a (particularly satisfying) 'download' recently. |
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Brian Gaff (Sofa) wrote:
Yes, there is an old saying, when you find yourself in a hole stop digging. I would say that it could be cleared but you might need some acid or maybe take the toilet ot and mechanically clear it. It kinds of makes one wonder about the installation if it gets so easily blocked in the first place though. I wonder if it was in reply to a very old post, but as the joke goes, we now have nothing to go on! Brian Some things about this situation do not add up. Mechanical clearing should not be attempted, because a dangerous chemical is involved. Adding acid by titration is possible, but there is a danger from the exothermic nature of the reaction, depending on what you use. It could splatter. If you need assistance, drive to the nearest fire station, and while the guy out front having a smoke won't have the answer, the fire hall captain knows who to phone. Don't ask a plumber to stick the plumbing snake in that vat of chemicals. It won't hurt the snake, but he will need to wash the snake off, and a mess could ensue. If he walks out with the snake unwashed, there could be NaOH on the carpeting. While it's not a Hazmat situation (yet), it does not take very much faffing about to turn it into a disaster. Once the chemical portion is taken care of, the plumber can then inspect the waste pipe below the toilet for chemical damage. You can put pinholes in copper, with drain cleaner. And the drain cleaner in this case, has been sitting in the pipe for ten days. Using the brand name of the drain cleaner product and the part number, a Google will give the MSDS safety data sheet, and that will give the chemical composition. You can even take the bottle of drain cleaner to the Fire Station with you, for identification purposes, so they pull the correct MSDS for it. I notice a few of the caustic products, have practically no track-ability at all, so it's hard to grab the correct MSDS. This is especially important, if you completely get the chemical type wrong, and it's a strong acid and not a strong base. Some drain cleaners are NaOH, some are H2SO4, with little on the outside of the bottle offering suitable details. I thought we'd learned the consequences of this kind of ignorance years ago - MSDS is your friend. It's everybodies friend. It helps keep the firemen safe. Paul |
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On 01/02/2021 08:07, alan_m wrote:
On 01/02/2021 01:02, Rod Speed wrote: The hard crystalline form of caustic soda is the blockage. The OP gave the reason why he poured caustic soda and boiling water down the pan as a blockage.Â* What he didn't indicate if his NEW toilet had been previously clear just that it had become blocked. He may now have two problems, the original blockage and the partial blockage due his "cure". However, most toilet blockages I have come across are down to foreign materials and I suspect the OP's problem is no different. You'd be wrong, as always. Probably correct, the original problem may be down to anything from flushing wet wipes. flushing the centre tube from the bog roll or just a massive **** combined with half the worlds supply of fluffy bog paper. And possibly the remains of the tile adhesive/grout that the bathroom fitter chucked down the new loo. |
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