If your toilet’s clogged, don’t reach for that plunger!
If you’re like most toilet users, you very likely have one of these ancient devices right next to it. It’s a stick with a rubber cup or bulb on the end of it which allows you to apply positive and/or negative pressure to the contents of your toilet drain for the purpose of clearing clogs and preventing overflow.
But did you know that plunging a toilet is actually a pretty sketchy practice even in the best of circumstances?
Hear me out.
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One of the most frequent things we get called for in repair services is toilet repair. That can mean anything from toilets that flush themselves, constantly running toilets, to even rocking toilets at the base. Cracked toilets or tanks are pretty common, too, and let’s not forget about the teenager’s bathroom toilet clog that seems to happen a little too frequently … but I digress. 
Everybody has had at least one – a dinosaur of a toilet. It sometimes seems like flushing the equivalent of Niagara Falls every time you hit the lever in order to clear the bowl. These commodes work on an average of four to six gallons per flush. This is way too much water to be wasting and can get quite costly. 
Low-flush, or high-efficiency toilets have come a long way. Almost every manufacturer now makes them. Some of the same mistakes are being made though, and if you know what to look for, you can avoid some ‘issues’.
There are a lot of community incentives for replacing your toilet. Plumbing advice used to be, “Don’t install low-flush toilets or you’ll get what you asked for, and you won’t like it!” Nowadays, those toilets actually work pretty well, and you should consider the savings advantages a little more closely.