This 4 inch toilet paper tuber fell into our toilet and was sucked back into it. How do i remove it?
Question:I need to remove it without tearing out the fixture. I think that it is stuck in that first bend. Please help, I don't want to piss off my landlord.
Answers:
get out a ShopVac and put it in the toilet bowl over the hole where the waste flushes away and turn it on. $10 says it will suck out the paper tuber.
if that fails, try getting a 'Snake' (device for cleaning out drains) and try wiggling it around in the toilet bowl. you might be able to catch the paper tuber.
If all else fails, turn off the water intake to the toilet (knob usually found under the toilet on wall), then hold flush handle down and let the water drain out. Use ShopVac in toilet bowl to remove remaining water.. Loosen the bolts holding the toilet to the ground or wall. Disconnect the water intake from the toilet tank. Then remove toilet and you should be able to get a stick to push out the tuber.
To reinstall toilet, goto the store and buy a new Wax Ring (for floor mount toilets) or the appropriate ring for a wall-mount unit. replace the existing ring, remount the toilet, add on the bolts. Reconnect water inlet. Turn on the water and flush. does it leak? if so, you can do 1 of 2 things. .contact your landlord and tell him you have leaky toilet. .or try remounting the toilet again.
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