How To Unblock A Toilet With A Plastic Bottle <iPhone>

He pushed five times in rapid succession, like a heartbeat.

Leo put on rubber gloves and grabbed an old towel to place on the bathroom floor. He also cleared everything off the back of the tank.

Leo blinked. “That actually worked.” how to unblock a toilet with a plastic bottle

Here was the key difference from a normal plunger. Leo placed both hands on the bottle’s sides, took a steady breath, and pushed down sharply and quickly . He didn’t pull up—that would just suck water back. He pushed down, compressing the air inside the bottle and forcing a focused blast of water and air straight down the clogged pipe.

On the fifth push, the toilet made a deep, satisfying glug-glug-gurgle sound. The water in the bowl trembled, then suddenly spiraled down the drain cleanly. The clog was gone. He pushed five times in rapid succession, like a heartbeat

Here’s exactly what Leo did, and how you can do it too:

He took the empty soda bottle, screwed the cap on tightly , and then used scissors to carefully cut the bottom off the bottle. The bottle now looked like a large, open-mouthed funnel with a closed top. Leo blinked

He put the open end of the bottle (the cut-off bottom) directly into the toilet hole. He angled it slightly so that the bottle’s opening sealed against the porcelain. The cap end remained pointed up, above the water line.