to want someone to fix my toilet.NOW!!!!!!!

[liveinazoo]

i live in a council property and ds told me when went loo "waters came right up mum"
no obvious signs excess paper etc.poked it with lav brush
repeated flushes and waiting hasnt helped it still rise to top and take 30mins subside,almost to normal point.fearful anybody use it and flush it wont and overflow
local council have told me today have just 1 sodding plumber on duty and as an emergencywill be there within 24hr
what budgeries am i meant to do with 3 dcs under 8?i wimper.sorry thats best we can do

currently sobbing and praying kids dont want a number 2......

Flush loo again and at same time plunge quickly with loo brush see if that works?

Try a coat hanger

if the water is draining, albeit slowly, get your rubber gloves on and a wire coat hanger and start poking

you can't do any damage and the fact it's draining shows there is a gap in there

tried poking with coat hanger-no joy

why when there isnt a loo,do we all want to go?!

Next time there's only a couple of inches of extra water use the loo brush very briskly like a plunger. If that doesn't work then you could try putting a plastic bag over an "old fashioned" mop if you have one - that works like a charm according to the husband of a friend (he's a plumber).

Get a drain clearer and thank your lucky stars that you will get a plumber in 24 hours and you dont own the house and have to try to find one who will deign to come out for such a small problem (I know its not small for you but trust me its hell on earth trying to get one from the yellow pages!!)

And dont give the kids too much juice or anything high fibre

or if you don't have a mop, wrap an old towel in a carrier bag and ram that in and out of the u-bend, but yes, wait until the water has drained down

use a bucket or a neighbours toliet until yours is sorted?

Have you got a sink plunger you could try?

You need to check the ball valve that is in the toilet cystern.

the ball cock only determines how much water goes into the cistern, squeaky, it doesn't affect the drainage

Pay for an emergency plumber to come out?

Can you afford for a non council one to come out? Usually costs £80 for an hour inc call out.

Once is drained back low, Big bucket of hot water with some washing up liquid (only a wee drop), leave for 30 minutes and flush

or

2 litre bottle of Cola, leave for 30 minutes then flush

Go and buy a plunger for a couple of quid.
Don't call a plumber fgs!

We had this last Christmas, we thought it was something blocking the u-bend in the loo, but it wasn't.

Go outside to your drain cover (the one that's about 18 inches x 12 inches). Have a look inside, chances are you've got "things" backing up in the cavity there if your toilet is draining slowly. The drain space should be empty, but if there's a ton of loo paper shit have a prod around with a broom handle (make sure you're wearing rubber gloves and something you can throw away over your clothes), then try clearing it with the water from a hose pipe - all the gubbins should run down the sewer pipe ones you've agitated it a bit.

I still have flashbacks, but it saved a few hundred quid on having Dynorod out.

Have you any pos left? Potties? Jerries? Chamber pots? You could always empty those outside.

This happened to my loo a couple of months ago. I couldn't do anything with it co called a drain man. Using a wide plunger, the toilet cleared immediately . Now it's happened again and I'm using a plunger and it's working.

Bio washing powder has enzyme digesters. We often chuck it down the loo after DS has done a mega-dump and it gets blocked. Leave it there to seep down for half an hour then flush again

I unblocked our loo last month by using a mop as a plunger. Easy peasey.

how did you get on, OP?

Ours only ever seems to block when DP's just left for work and I'm hungover.

A Sainsbury's bag over the loo brush followed by a kettleful of boiling water usually sorts it.

GirlWithaLlamaTattoo

Boiling water after plunging - good idea.

I don't suppose you want to pay, but in B&Q they have a rod thing (sorry to use such technical language) which does the trick. It's a thick wire that's several feet long - will always clear anything.

Just found it here. Well worth the money.