How to Fix a Clogged Toilet | Plumbing Repairs

Plumbers are expensive. Learning how to do a few simple home plumbing repairs can save you a ton of money. In this video, master plumber Tim Flynn shows you how to fix a clogged toilet.


Clogged toilet, happens to everybody. How do you know when a toilet's clogged? The water level comes up higher than normal. Water levels should never be this high. So, how are you going to handle it? First would be, the plunger. What kind of plunger would we recommend? Basically we're looking for a plunger with a solid wooden handle. There are others on the market that are plastic, like an accordion, I wouldn't recommend those. I wouldn't recommend the ones that just have the orange cup that looked very similar to this. This is kind of a dual-purpose. This way you could use it for a sink, a bathroom sink, a kitchen sink, but if this attachment is, when you pull this part out, that's for a toilet bowl. So, we have our plunger, and what we want to do is insert our plunger into the toilet, stand up. You want to be right over the top. You want to push down, and a plunger works by pulling back, not by pushing down. So you want to pull back, help clear the obstruction, push down, draw back. Push down again, pull back, and you'll see the water start to go down, done. Give it a test. It's also a really good idea to have a plastic bag nearby, take the plunger, put it in the plastic bag and you're not going to carry the water all over the house. That's what it takes to clear a toilet. "

[MusikAlltid]

I just succesfully unclogged a toilet for the very first time! :D After an epic dump when parents were not home, this video was great, thank you :)

[mariahgarcia]

I want to give a massive thank you to you. I fixed a toilet after hours and hours of trying to fix it. Tomorrow is New Years and we are going to have a party for it, and I was so so scared cause obviously they are to use the bathroom. I was also scared that my mom would find out. This video saved me from a massive whoopin. Thank you so much!

[GaryLaughlin]

I spent an hour plunging nonstop. I decided to put my pride aside and see if there were any tips on YouTube and found this video. After only 3 plunges, my toilet was fine! Thank you so much! I didn't realize there was a wrong way to plunge, thank god I found this video before I blew out my back or started breaking stuff

[liamhill]

This is by far the most helpful video for unclogging a toilet. I had no idea that a plunger was supposed to be used that way and I'm an adult who's used a plunger for years.

[AH-jkcs]

Thank you good man for helping. I was having a mental breakdown at midnight trying to fix a clogged toilet I was left with
Covered in urine, nothing was budging, water and urine everywhere. This video saved me and I was able to fix the toilet. Thank you for everything.

[jayrontrini]

save my day!!!was at my friends house and didn't know what to do so I pull up this video lol

[MarvinLikoPuha]

Thank you for teaching me about pulling rather than pushing! It made all the difference. May you and your business thrive.

[CheesyHotDogPuff]

And on this day, at the age of 13, I successfully unclogged a toilet by myself for the first time.

[Cassadi-iphe]

OMG! Thank you so much you saved my life! My toilet got clogged when my parents were sleeping! THANK YOU!

[chelseazhu]

it really works!!! I was unclogging the toilet for nearly an hour! I was nearly lost my patience until I saw this video. it turned out that I didn't use the plumber in the correct way. and the video tells me how to use it correctly.

[ewan]

Thank you sir, saves my day. I wasted 1 hour, soap, and detergent trying to fix it until i decided to google it and then ur video pop. Only took me two minutes to unclog, ur video is a big help. Thank you!🥰

[ann]

almost 16 years! unclogged a toilet when my mom said i should wait for my dad 💪 girl power!

[myaveragelife]

I couldn't manage to do it so I called my brother for help and he got it in less than 10 seconds. If it doesn't work for you, try doing the same movement he's doing but repeatedly fast until it works. That's what my brother did and it worked so yea. Good luck to all you fellow poopers.

[audrey]

Omg you saved my day I fixed it I’m only 11 it was my first time unclogging it tysm my parents were going to do it when they were going to come back but U made me save a problem my parents could’ve solved tysm!!!

[LinYouToo]

Just saved my day! I have that plunger, but I never knew that for a toilet bowl you need to pull out the center section. Just tried it and it worked perfectly! I thought it was the plunging action all along that did the trick, never realizing it's the pull-up suction. Genius!

[tonykoz]

This worked. If it's not working for you, keep trying. The guy did only a few pumps in the video. I had to do like 20 pumps.

[kommandantgalileo]

Thanks, I couldn't have done it without you. Followed you instructions and unclogged it in one go.

[saraht.guttenberg]

All this time I've been using a plunger to push a clog away...thanks for teaching me to pull it away. Hot water and pulling cleared my clog. Thanks

[allegradelgardo]

This helped me quite a lot. I don't know what the haters are hatin' about. You're just tryin to help. Thanks! :)

[RK]

This worked like a charm! Had a bad clog too! Thanks!