• ohellidk@sh.itjust.works
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    4 hours ago

    DO NOT use hot water to help unlog a toilet. I’ve had the porcelain crack from the heat, had to replace the toilet entirely. Lesson learned.

    • reattach@lemmy.world
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      3 hours ago

      My kid flushed a rubber ball down the toilet before - it was exactly the right size and squishyness to get stuck. After trying many things, I was able to get it out by removing the toilet and pouring in boiling water - it softened the ball enough for it to be flushed out.

      It sounds like I got lucky. It was a warm day iirc - maybe that helped with the thermal stress.