Clearing a Clogged Toilet with Baking Soda and Vinegar

A clogged toilet can be one of the most aggravating and disgusting plumbing problems that you can get. While using a plunger or a snake can sometimes clear the obstruction, be careful not to use the same chemical remover you might use in your sink, as it can cause damage by heating your pipes and potentially cracking your porcelain bowl. 

However, if you have a persistent clog, one other method of clearing the obstruction, using baking soda and white vinegar, is something you might try before calling in a plumber. 

Baking soda and vinegar have long been used for simulating a volcano for school science experiments. That is because in combination they create a fizzing action that looks like an eruption. The same phenomenon can be useful for clearing a clog in your toilet. 

First, slowly pour one cup of baking soda into the toilet bowl. Then, slowly pour a cup of white vinegar into the bowl. The combination of the two will create the fizzing action that will, hopefully, break up the clog.

The last step is to pour a kettle full of hot water into the bowl and then try to flush. If anything is left after the baking soda and vinegar treatment, hot water may help clear it up. If the clog has been cleared, the water should make a sucking sound as it empties into the pipe. Flush two or three times more to make sure that the toilet clog has entirely been cleared.

If the clog is not cleared, repeat the above process a couple of more times.

-A R Engh Team