Most toilet clogs can be cleared using atoilet plunger(not a regular cup-shaped plunger).

What Is a Toilet Trap?

A toilet trap is acurved draininside a toilet bowl.

Toilet auger unclogging a toilet trap

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If you have small children, you’re probably familiar with kids' preoccupation with the toilet.

Flushed toys are very common causes of clogs in traps.

This allows the cup to fill with water, which increases the plunging force.

Toilet plunger and auger to unclog a toilet trap

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Press the cup over the hole to create a seal.

Tip

Whenplunging, you need a good seal that creates the pressure needed to move an obstruction.

Plunge five or six times, then pull up the plunger and see if the clog has cleared.

White and black plunger inside toilet bowl checking water level

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Repeat

Repeat the previous step as needed.

Warning

Dont flush the toilet until the clog is cleared.

Another method is to shut off the toilet’s water supply valve.

Toilet plunger placed over hole to create a seal

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Keep cranking and pushing the cable until the handle contacts the tube and the cable can go no further.

Pull the cable back out through the tube.

Toilet plunger pushed into bowl to loosen clog

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Toilet plunger repeating plunging action to loosen clog

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Toilet auger placed on toilet bowl with curled cable showing at end

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Black toilet auger inserted inside hole of toilet bowl

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Cable extended on toilet auger to move through trap bends

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Toilet auger cable pulled back to repeat pushing action

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