Open the toilet tank, lift the flapper, allow a cup or two of water to drain into the bowl and watch what happens. If it stays put, chances are the clog is in the toilet’s internal trap or the waste ...

A man wearing a red and black flannel shirt flushing a toilet. - Boonchai Wedmakawand/Getty Images The only thing more frustrating in life than having a clogged toilet is realizing you've got no ...

We’ve all been there. You go to flush, but instead of water going down, you see it rising up and up and up. . . . You panic: Did I really use that much toilet paper? Toilet clogs are a pain to deal ...

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