BY FEMALES, FOR FEMALES, (and men with a sense of humour)

A lot of my female friends are pretty damn handy when it comes to fixing or making stuff. If you're a female (or a male using a female's name) who knows how to do Handy 'Manly' Stuff', then I'd love it if you'd post your Handy Tip here. For example? Car Maintenance: Things You Can and Should Do Yourself; How to Build a Shelf; How to Lay Flooring; Fixing a Leaky Faucet...that kinda stuff.

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Friday, February 13, 2009

HANDY TIP #7 - Clogged Toilets

How to unclog a backed up up toilet.

First, some tips:
- Rubber or some sort of glove are recommended.
- Don't attempt with your best towels on the floor beside the toilet.
- DO NOT pour Drain-O or any other drain de-clogger into the watery mess, it will foam up and become even more disgusting.
- Prevention is key to avoiding a backed up toilet. Watch what you flush

1) Stop flushing the thing! It WILL overflow!
2) Buy a plunger
3) Stick the plunger in the grossness, aligning the suctiony part to the hole that the water goes into.
4) Push, SLOWLY down.
5) SLOWLY pull the plunger away from the hole, not coming out of the watery goop all the way.
6) Listen as the gunk releases, (sounds like a dog throwing up).
7) Repeat steps 3 to 6 until the water starts to move into the whole.
8) The grossness will probably drain into the hole. Say bye-bye!
9) If this does not work and you start to get vigorous with your pumping, call a plumber. You may have an "It".
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