Large poo stuck in waste pipe

[Strawberrydelight78]

My lovely son has done the biggest poo known to man this morning in our only toilet.🙈🙈🙈It has flushed but is stuck in the waste pipe. I’ve done everything suggested online put washing up liquid down poured a bucket of water down and bicarb and distilled vinegar and plunged with the toilet brush. But the water is still coming up quite high when flushed. I am trying to clear it before anyone else needs to use it. He has autism and is totally unaware of the drama he’s caused. Any suggestions of anything else I could try please? And Happy New Year.

Stop it!!!!! PMSL

So many useful suggestions from PPs that clearly don't have their head stuck up their arse (pun intended).

Hope your family have had a fab time OP 💪

We had similar recently - absolute mare and I tried everything that usually works. Nothing did so bought one of these after a few days (we have two loos so managed in the meantime) - amzn.eu/d/dTvpA2Z

Op this is my daughters speciality 🫡 More than once I've gathered the rest of the family round to marvel at her arses latest offering.....unusual bonding moment but meh.

Anyways, I can say that what I've learned over the years is a few drops of bubble bath definitely helps, not to give old turdy a luxurious bath before it's flushed off to immortality but to provide a bit of slippage to get it on its way. Do that a few times and it will pass.

Drain rods are great, but make sure you only ever twist them clockwise. If you twist them anti clockwise, they can disconnect within the drainpipe and then you're in a world of pain.

I'd also suggest you don't fit any attachments. I was helping my elderly father-in-law and the attachment got wedged in the drain. It took a couple of hours and a lot of mess to get it out.

The first time I used them the drains were completely backed up and I think the downpipe was also full. The weight that needed pushing back up the pipe was incredible. Suddenly it moved the blockage and shit/fat came flying out of the sewer pipe at high pressure and almost flooded the inspection chamber that was 1.5m deep. It was an impressive sight and very satisfying.

Given the speeds and pressures involved, we were confident the pipe was left as clean as a whistle.

Hot water and if not enough caustic soda and long term get Heavy Duty Sink and Toilet Plunger .

Also flushes aren't as powerful - ostensibly to save water but if you then have to flush several times, it doesn't really have the desired effect!

I had a similar issue some time and I used the hose that was connected to the outside tap, brought into the house and it flushed away in no time. Hope that this helps.

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I’ve also been advised that pouring a kettle of boiling water is helpful for unblocking drains. Does anyone know why this works?

Was going to suggest HOT water, which the Plumber suggested.

I'm with @LilyCandelabra , in that simply leaving the pan full of water means that the weight of the water is constantly pressing down on the poo, which will eventually break up and dissolve (although it can be slow). Sometimes it happens that when the poo is dislodged, the water then suddenly goes down. As for the button, with many modern toilets, the water only keeps coming for as long as you hold the button. That means that you can keep "topping it up" if the water is going down very gradually. But I have also done putting my hand in a bag, and pulling out the offending stuff by hand. Gross, but oddly satisfying.

If it doesn't shift at all, hours later, then that would probably mean a non-poo object blocking the pipe, such as excessive toilet paper.

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EIGHT ????

Have you been awarded a sainthood yet

I was talking to a journalist once about the experience of being on MN over the years and their face was a picture when I was talking about how many threads there are about shit. I think said journalist was quite young so had no children or elderly parents. Possibly the MN logo should be updated to include a toilet brush, bagged mop or bucket.

I favour hot tap water and detergent.

I don't recommend boiling water because it might crack the porcelain.

If it is standing up and solid, lift it out and wrap in newspaper for later disposal.

Every family needs this type of bonding! 🤣

This works for me. Pour a bucket of HOT not boiling water down the loo at waist height. Wait 5 mins then flush.

I was going to say something similar re: sainthood but didn't think it would go down too well...

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It definitely needs to be added. 😂😂😂I couldn’t find the right section to put it in. I knew if I put it under household I wouldn’t get much response. So put it under chat.

British WC pans are carefully designed so that the capacity of the bowl is greater than the capacity of the cistern. So even if it is blocked solid, one flush will not overflow.

Two flushes, however, may.

Some toilets use a different sort of flush where the water is controlled by a sort of valve. I think I have only seen those in U.S.

Always been curious about the Continental toilets that have a flat inspection shelf that allows you to study the flora and fauna of your poo before flushing.

Having a spare pair of rubber gloves in the house is always wise for said situations, it happens occasionally in many households. I highly recommend having a drain snake (think they are called) for when more extreme measures are called for (can be used on blocked outside drains too)