What is a toilet trap?

A toilet trap, or trapway, is a curving channel inside the base of a toilet that leads from the hole at the bottom of the bowl to the drainpipe. You can determine whether a clog is in the toilet’s trap or further down in the drain by checking the sink and/or tub drains.

What should you not flush down the drain?

Here are some of the things people commonly put down their drains that should not go in your household plumbing.

Flushable Kitty Litter.
Coffee grounds.
Eggshells.
Grease, fat and oils.
Produce Stickers.
Cotton Balls and Paper Towels.
Condoms.
Household Fluids.

How do I get rid of a really bad clogged toilet?

Combine Baking Soda & Vinegar: The combination of baking soda and vinegar is a classic way to get rid of clogs—toilet or otherwise. For toilet clogs specifically, add one cup of baking soda to your toilet and let it sit for a few minutes. After that, pour in two cups of vinegar.

Should you flush tampons down toilet?

No. Tampons can cause plumbing blockages that can lead to sewage backflow, which can result in a health hazard and expensive repairs. Only flush human waste and toilet paper. Commonly, used tampons are wrapped in a facial tissue or toilet paper and put into the garbage.

Can a bottle of face lotion go down the toilet?

Face lotion bottle went down the toilet as it was flushing. This very bottle of lotion went right down the toilet as it was flushing. It reached in as far as I could and couldn’t feel anything, so I thought I’d flush it again and see what happened (stupid, I know but I wasn’t thinking clearly).

What happens when you flush something down the toilet?

There was a bunch of rattling, the toilet seem to back up and start to overflow, and then nothing. It went back to normal. It has had a lot of use since, flushed a lot of solids, and it seems to be fine.

How big of an item can go down the toilet?

It has had a lot of use since, flushed a lot of solids, and it seems to be fine. I swear it bubbles a little when it flushes by the husband says I am crazy (he also says if his poop can make it through, that bottle can *rolls eyes*)

What to do if your toilet stops working?

If it stops working, a toilet is not that complicated to remove and replace. They are heavy, usually have rusty bolts, and are nasty, but very straightforward. Once you have the toilet off you can get to the trap in the toilet and can see fairly deep into the drain pipe.

What kind of glasses fell in the toilet?

I flushed a pair of glasses (dimestore readers, not prescription, thank god). They were tucked into the neck of my T-shirt and fell in the toilet when I went to flush.

What did I drop in the toilet when I flushed?

I flushed my toilet, then tried to replace the toilet paper roll on the plastic holder, when I managed to drop the holder into the bowl just as the flushing completed, taking the holder with it. The next time I flushed, it seemed to empty normally – but no water appeared to go into the bowl.

Can a foreign object stop a toilet from refilling?

The flow of water from the tank to the bowl is completely separate from the flow from the bowl to the sewer. Unless you have some sort of high-tech toilet, there’s almost no way that flushing a ‘foreign object’ could prevent the toilet from refilling. Thirded there is no connection between the two.