I never knew that…….

Never heard of this before but sanitary products floating down the drive yes, Daughters and grandchildren with bath toys small enough to flush . I once used a plunger on the Kitchen sink and broke the dishwasher the drain pipes from both were interconnected.

Nannan2 I've got one of those - I didn't know it was called Luigi though!!!!

Our loos block up regularly. Usually my fault and old drainage unable to cope. I use Spirits of Salt from the plumbers merchants. Pour in leave it for an hour or so and flush. Amazing stuff, and it super cleans the bowl at the same time. We also have flexible drain rods that can get over and around the bends. A plumber once told me never to use quilted toilet paper as the process that makes it quilted prevents it breaking down after it's flushed.

On a random note, take a look at the Bristol Stool Chart.........if you're not capable of blocking the loo you might not be pooing properly! Just saying ?‍♀️

I use a toilet ‘snake’ . Bendy metre long metal rod….. I’ve never had to use it yet! But lent it to my daughter ….. works a treat! She now owns one!

What on earth do you people eat?

Neither in my parents' home nor in my own has excrement blocked a toilet.

We had to insist on a teenage son not using about half a roll of paper to blow his nose (that is not a euphemism, by the way) as so much paper at once was more than the drain could cope with, and in my childhood home a blockage was revealed as being causde by the old fired clay outside drain having cracked and filled up with autumn leaves and soil.

Happysexagenarian

Our loos block up regularly. Usually my fault and old drainage unable to cope. I use Spirits of Salt from the plumbers merchants. Pour in leave it for an hour or so and flush. Amazing stuff, and it super cleans the bowl at the same time. We also have flexible drain rods that can get over and around the bends. A plumber once told me never to use quilted toilet paper as the process that makes it quilted prevents it breaking down after it's flushed.

I had that problem when I first tried quilted paper. No problem with the ordinary ones.

In my childhood our drain was joined to our neighbour's and blocked regularly.My poor father had the job of unblocking it and could be heard muttering awful comments about the man next door. This man was notoriously mean and used to bring home offcuts from the printers where he worked to use as loo paper. The firm printed calendars!

H1954

On a random note, take a look at the Bristol Stool Chart.........if you're not capable of blocking the loo you might not be pooing properly! Just saying ?‍♀️

Yes, do all of them - sometimes on the same day ?

Just love being anonymous

In 48 years of marriage, we have never had a blocked loo. Neither can either of us remember our parents' privies being pooed up. What on earth are other Gransnetters eating?

Blondiescot

Men put 'logs' down the loo - use your imagination!

Since my OH died I've realised it wasn't not always his fault although the 'rat' I removed from the shower with a plunger was certainly my fault!

For macerator loos and maybe others:

Put nothing down the loo
Unless it's been through you
But day or night
Loo paper is alright.

Prevention is better than cure!

Years ago, before the modern chemical drain unblockers were generally available an engineer friend told us that he kept the inner tube from a Mini blown up and ready for just such an emergency. He put it between the seat and the lid and then pushed down sharply on it. It created the same sort if action as a plunger. There was a loud sucking noise and the loo suddenly emptied.
I’ve not tried it myself, haven’t had a convenient Mini inner tube, but for those who might have such a thing hang into it.

Romney981

This is nothing to do with toilets but to do with the question "What didn't you know?" I knew a mule was the offspring of a male donkey and a female horse but I never knew until today that there was such a thing as a Hinny which is the offspring of a male horse and female donkey. Did others know that?

I thought that was an Ass. I have heard of a Hinny in relation to a donkey but don’t remember what it means. Mr Google here I come.

Place-marking as I want to show this hilarious thread to my partner next time he comes over, you've all had me in tears over some of your posts. ??

I should think some of the people responsible for the logs shed a few tears too

I have a plunger but never used it for unblocking loos.. it was useful when camping for washing clothes in a bucket of hot soapy water.

What an educational thread. I'd never heard of Mr Luigi or a log in the context of toilets. Married for 51 years and not aware of DH ever producing a toilet-blocking log. Perhaps best not to mention this to him lest he feel anxious that his poop isn't big enough. Bristol stool chart at the ready....

We once stayed in a holiday let with a sign in the bathroom which read “Please do no put ANYTHING down the toilet”.
Not easy when we were booked in for a fortnight!

Germanshepherdsmum

From a great height … no splash back?

No you sort of stand back as it needs a "whoosh" rather than the water being poured in gently. Being short I have a sort of portable step for reaching high cupboards so on the odd occasion I've had to use the bucket method for loo flushing I stand on that.

Gongoozler

We once stayed in a holiday let with a sign in the bathroom which read “Please do no put ANYTHING down the toilet”.
Not easy when we were booked in for a fortnight!

Lol. We had that once but the owner had already explained they had a septic tank so only bodily stuff and loo paper. Not even anything to clean it.

I am astonished at all these different methods. As taught by my DM I regularly use a toilet brush. Firstly to push most of the water round the bend before pouring bleach or another cleaning liquid around the bowl and leaving it for a while before brushing and flushing. This method also works for poo blockages (though you'll have to flush the brush to clean it afterwards, but not so well for tissue blockages.

Lizzie44 your DH was able to deal with it so you would never know.

In my personal experience, it is correct that men are often responsible for "log jams" in the WC! My husband has been the cause of this problem, not only in our own home, but also sometimes in a Hotel, when we happened to stay in one!
We have a device designed for use to unblock sinks - but which works in the WC as well. The "unblocker" sold in Supermarkets works too!

My husband blocked a loo whilst staying with some French friends in Normandy, he always claims he’s fluent in French but clearly not as he asked her if she had a plongeur, she was hysterical with laughter.
So for future reference ladies a venteuse is a plunger a plongeur is a deep sea diver. ?????