Im a handyman - my easy hack to unclog your toilet will save you $100s on plumbing costs and you
DO IT YOURSELF (DIY) activities can save you a ton compared with calling a professional and one handyman has shown off a simple trick that you can use to take on your clogged toilet.
According to home improvement website HomeAdvisor, the typical job of a plumber costs between $175 and $450.
However, sometimes the job could be so simple that you don’t need a professional and can DIY instead.
Dave and Jim Schuelke are brothers and home repair experts that run a business known as Twin Home Experts.
In a recent TikTok video to their more than 700,000 followers, they shared a fix that could save hundreds of dollars on repairing a clogged toilet.
And you don’t even need a plunger.
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How it works
Instead, you can use a toilet brush, which is a common tool households typically have in their bathrooms to clean inside toilet bowls.
They typically sell for between $4 and $13 on Amazon depending on the brand and quality you’re looking for.
All you need to do is insert the brush inside the toilet and through the water and “quickly move it up and down,” as shown by one of the twin experts in the video.
You’ll want to do this for at least a few seconds and then the water should go down.
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If waste happens to come up and stick to the brush you can of course clean it by using the water in the bowl.
And if the toilet brush trick does not work you can try using a snake or a plunger.
Some other things that are said to help unclog a toilet is using vinegar and baking soda, as well as hot water and dish soap.
But calling a plumber for a clog is a last resort thing you should do because it can wind up costing you.
Other home repair tricks
As more holidays approach, odds are you will be putting a lot dishes in your sink – which could lead to unnecessary waste entering your garbage disposal.
Particularly, fats, oils and grease should never enter it.
Also, avoid putting starches including pasta and rice, as well as dairy products such as butter and cream.
Kevin Dulaney, a supervisor at Texas-based Truss and Son Plumbing service shared a tip that can help save you a headache if you happen to allow this by mistake.
“Always run water when you’re using the disposal and follow with a sink full of water to help flush out that line,” he said.
And there might be a reason why your water bill is high.
A fairly common reason is because of a running toilet, handyman David Coleman told The U.S. Sun.
But there’s a way you can fix this.
One mom replaced four of her flappers for a total of $30 and was able to lower her bill by up to $90 per month.
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For more related stories, check out the several vampire appliances in your kitchen that are sucking up your energy bills and how to cuts costs.
And here are five simple tricks to lower your energy bill by $1,248 per year.
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