Clumping Cat Litter Toilet Clog

A flushable cat litter may cause clogs and a non flushable one definitely will.

Clumping cat litter toilet clog.

To help loosen this mass pour several tablespoons of liquid dish soap down the toilet and let it sit for several minutes. All you have to do to figure that out is look at the rock hard clumps it forms when the cat uses it. I read somewhere recently that the way to do it is drop the clumps into the toilet let them sit for at least five minutes until they fall apart then flush. Apparently over time it turns to.

In the other bowl place the kitty litter you want to test. For overnight or after 4 hours combine 2 cups of white vinegar and 2 tablespoons of baking soda in a glass cup and pour that into the clogged toilet. Because many varieties of cat litter clump when exposed to moisture the litter has a tendency to clump together and form a near solid mass in the bowl. We used clumping flushable litter for what seemed like forever without a problem.

Yeah it basically is concrete clumping kitty litter commonly contains lime and sodium bentonite drill mud to make it clump and it does a fantastic job of clogging sewer pipes. Even if the granules of cat litter have already expanded somewhat at the time of flushing they could expand by much more once they enter the pipes. Remove any toilet paper etc. The clumping litter had been getting caught a little at a time and finally blocked a main pipe.

Then use a plunger to break up the mass into smaller pieces. Here are some tricks i used to unclog it. Scoop out the kitty litter clumps into a plastic bag biodegradable bag if possible and dispose of it with your regular garbage you can use old food bags such as the inner lining of cereal boxes and cracker boxes old potato chip bags etc. Swish the bowl again.

I made the mistake of throwing a large clump of clumping kitty litter down the toilet. Mother nature network advises against putting flushable cat litter down any drain because it absorbs water gets stuck on the sides of the pipes and causes a gradual clog rather than the instantaneous one caused by clay based litter. However a few months ago everything got stopped up and a plumber had to come out and dig up some pipes in our yard. A friend of mine clogged up his toilet with a supposedly flushable litter don t know if it was world s best.

Choosing to flush the wrong type of cat litter could be devastating to your plumbing. Not all types of cat litter are flushable and flushing the non flushable cat litter can clog pipes. However he did say he dumped a lot of clumps in all at once. You will see that the toilet paper has disintegrated.

Swish the water around in both bowls and then set aside for an hour. In one bowl place a piece or two of toilet paper.