To ask for help unblocking my toilet!!

[pyjamapyjama]

DP doesn't have many flaws, but he does have a habit of blocking the toilet!! He watched a million YouTube tutorials last night and proudly proclaimed he had fixed it

This morning he goes to work and I go to the toilet to find lots of... Product... Sitting in the bottom of the bowl. Managed to clear most of it with my hands with gloves on () still the bowl is filling up when I flush.

I've tried a few remedies like - bleach, then washing up liquid and a load of buckets of hot water, soda mixed with vinegar and the water again, and the bowl is STILL FILLING UP. I've probably used about a fiver of hot water at this point FFS.

I'm going to have to take a trip after uni to b&q this afternoon for drain cleaner stuff, but does anyone have any tips/recommendations? I've got a feeling the blockage is further in the pipes because I can't feel anything else with my hands (boak)

PLEASE can someone help me before I need to dig a hole in the garden for DP to use instead, and/or murder him??

Buy a plunger they cost about 2 quid or alternatively if you have a mop.put a plastic bag over it and use as a giant plunger ?

Letting the washing up liquid sit for a few hours worked for me.

I feel your pain. The fancy tp that the men here like is a mare for blocking our toilet.

Try a plunger. Be advised to have kitchen roll around the toilet as chances are it will overflow initially as the block is cleared.

Chuck a couple of bio washing tablets in and leave as long as you can. Has to be bio

We have a plunger that's a lot easier/quicker to use than standard ones. It kind of goes round the bend and then you just pump the handle. Have had to use it a few times recently (pregnancy glamour).

Just use an old mop to plunge it, works everytime my kids block ours up ... throw it away after

This is it. It's quite effective!

Is it the only toilet? HE should unblock it when he comes back from work.

Mop in a carrier bag ( can reuse the mop) plunger style into the base of the toilet bowl. Repeat as necessary

Caustic soda. Stuff dissolves corpses. My block has persistent issues with blocked pipes and is the only thing that really works longer term.

Drain rods and lift the manhole cover? My lot have a habit of blocking the loo and I've had to do this several times. It's the best way to be honest then be sure to flush flush several times and ration him to how many sheets he uses!

Caustic soda is good.

If you do add any more chemicals to the mix, make sure you check the PH first as there’s already bleach (alkaline) down there and mixing some things can make really nasty gases.

Thanks for the advice! Got a list to hit b&q with now.

RoyalChocolat yep it's the only toilet so thought I'd just attempt to do it myself this morning but I fully intend on him tackling it tonight with whatever I get from b&q

Currently in class at uni thinking about the bio tablets sitting in my toilet right now hoping and praying it fixes it

A plunger is way more effective than chemicals in my experience.

@Celebelly where did you buy that plunger?

Definitely mop head wrapped in a carrier bag. It forms a really good seal and then chuck it in the bin after!

Another vote for mop with plastic bag over it, use like a plunger. My partner blocked the toilet with baby wipes years ago and this got them all up!

Just off Amazon I think. It's called (somewhat ambitiously) 'Luigi's – world's best plunger'.

Plunger. Its what they are made for.