Toilet will flush but fills with water and then slowly drains?

Question

someone just came over and took some kinda nasty poo and now the toilet is messed up. It will flush but nothing will go down and the toilet fills up with water and then slowly drains but nothing will go down very well (finally got the poo down and i threw a small piece of toilet paper in there to see if it was actually going down or just emptying the water out). Water drains slowly and then theres not water in the bowl but then i flush again and the bowl fills up and then repeat problem. dont have any draino or anything and i plunged like crazy but still wont drain. Tried to bleach for a while (poo turned really white) but still wont flush right help plzzzzz

Answer 1

You can't really "snake" a toilet without causing unsightly scratches to the bowl - you'd have to remove the toilet and that may not work cause the blockage is probably in the toilet, not the pipes. I'd keep plunging. Good news is that unless someone put something other than 'poo' and TP in the toilet, they will both breaksown just by sitting in water so the problem will eventually go away. Plung, flush, wait for the water to drain and keep repeating.

If the bowl fills up as soon as you flush then thats a sign that the blockage is in the toilet. If the bowl doesn't fill right away then the water is getting past the toilet and filling the pipe before it finally back into the bowl.

Good luck.

Answer 2

time to call a plumber.

Answer 3

Are you in a residence in the country and have a septic system, or do you live in an apartment?

I have had the problem you mentioned before. I had to remove the toliet (buy a replacement wax ring), and take a power snake to clear the clog which was about 20 feet down the drain. It was in my septic system. I then replaced the wax seal on the toliet and fastened it to the floor.

I would not use draino or bleach, they will compound the problem, and make the water dangerous to deal with if someone has to get in it.

You can rent a power snake at most hardware places for about 30 - 40 bucks for 8 hours.

Goodluck!

Answer 4

Sounds like you have a clog, and must either plunge the toilet until you clear the clog, try snaking it with a small toilet snake (both of these can be purchased at your local hardware store) or call a company like roto-rooter to snake the toilet.

Answer 5

there is still a partial blockage in the system. draino might make the problem worse. you may have to "snake it" through.

Answer 6

something is up there.  Either you snake it or you finger it(get Mikey  to do it...he has small hands)....or unplumb the toilet and rip the toilet off the base and take it out to the lawn for a hose down.  Probably will find a shoe jammed up there or something like that.

Answer 7

Same in my home.