Hi Jerry,

I can't give you a brand name however I have had best luck with the sort of 
rubber plunger which includes a sort of cuff which can be rolled inside the 
main cup or extended to form a sort of bell beyond the main cup. With it 
extended it tends to make a much better seal in a toilet because it gets right 
down there inside the bowl.

As someone already mentioned, you will usually have better luck on the 
withdrawal cycle of the plunging action, actually the pull-push action gets the 
column of water punching up and down. If the clog is leaking slightly so that 
the water isn't forming a complete column then try pouring water down until 
there is a complete column. Alternately compressing and relaxing a column of 
air isn't nearly as effective.

I don't much like the idea of pumping or otherwise pressurizing a drain line. 
It has a nasty habit of jetting undesirable sludge out of some unexpected 
orifice like a shower stall or sink or maybe even the roof vent stack.

Hope this is helpful.

  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Jerry Richer 
  To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com 
  Sent: Wednesday, March 12, 2008 3:42 AM
  Subject: [BlindHandyMan] Can you recommend a good toilet plunger?


  Can you recommend a good toilet plunger or some other way to clear a
  toilet that is really clogged? Does someone make a plunger that makes a
  good seal with the toilet so that all the air pressure works against the
  clog instead of leaking out into the toilet bowl?

  Thanks.

  Jerry



   


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