Please help, need a new kind of auger

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    • #275901
      Avatar photoMasterPlumbers
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        My toilet has clogged up five times, to the point of giving up and calling a plumber, in the two years I’ve lived here. I bought an auger, and spent several hours trying to use it, but couldn’t convince the snake part to go any farther or do anything at all; it only takes the plumbers a couple seconds, literally, and when I asked this one for help in learning to use my new auger, he couldn’t use it either, and said it’s a lousy kind. His had a much longer area with solid tubing (2 tubes I think), and just needs to be cranked, obviously very easy to use; but this is the middle of nowhere, and both local hardware stores and everything I can find on a Google search only have the same kind I bought. I’m a returning student on financial aid, and a renter, no way I can afford this, no way my lousy landlord will do anything, and for various reasons moving is out until I can leave the area altogether. Please help!

      • #293096
        Avatar photorobertgf
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          use a plunger the old fashioned red rubber kind, it’s designed for sinks but i think it’s the easiest to use anywhere

        • #293097
          Avatar photobungie
          Participant

            You have access to an old style mop… the type with string, not sponge on the head ?

            Makes a great plunger, and is very cheap



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            All advice is given with-out seeing the job, and hence all advice MUST be taken as advice with limited knowledge on the exact situation. NO responsibility can or will be taken. And yes, I am a licensed Plumber and Drainer with my own business in Brisbane Australia.
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          • #293098
            Avatar phototobes
            Participant

              Has any one had a look in an IO to see why it might be blocking up?

            • #293099
              Avatar photoRobert Stephen Morton
              Participant

                Hey Bungie. I’ll bet you have upet some of your clients, by using their mop?
                Bob

              • #293100
                Avatar photobungie
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                  BMOM

                  Bring My Own Mop



                  DISCLAIMER

                  All advice is given with-out seeing the job, and hence all advice MUST be taken as advice with limited knowledge on the exact situation. NO responsibility can or will be taken. And yes, I am a licensed Plumber and Drainer with my own business in Brisbane Australia.
                  Try visiting ….
                  Macadamia nuts and Aussie productsProstate cancer kills 2600 per/year in AustraliaEcommerce books

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