It’s never an ideal situation: A quick trip to the bathroom followed by a single flush and, boom, you’re dealing with a clogged drain or—much worse—a nearly overflowing toilet. If you find yourself ...

Key Points • Homeowners can clear many toilet clogs without a plunger by using common household items. • Plunger alternatives create water or air pressure to break up the blockage or physically ...

Learning to use a plunger isn’t usually high on anyone’s priority list, but maybe it should be. You can easily make a clogged toilet worse if you don’t know how to use a plunger correctly. Experts at ...

There are few sights as dread-inspiring as a toilet that isn’t draining, likely with masses of paper and God-knows-what-else swirling menacingly up towards the brim. If you’re caught short without a ...

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When it comes to plumbing, the fear upon realizing your toilet just isn’t going to flush is second only to the fear of realizing that there’s no plunger in sight. Before you resort to a “Do Not Use” ...

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If there were a way to improve the humble toilet plunger, many handymen and hands-on women would say the whole thing needs to be redesigned. After all, the familiar design goes at least as far back as ...