Toilets & fixtures
Clogged toilet that a plunger won't fix?
Try first
Is it worth plunging again before you call?
Yes — once, properly. Use a flange plunger (the kind with the sleeve), get a seal, and give it a dozen firm strokes. If the bowl clears and refills normally, you're done and we never meet. If the water rises toward the rim, stop: take the tank lid off and push the flapper down to kill the refill. That buys you a dry floor while you call.
What we do
What does the visit look like?
An auger through the trap clears most toilet blockages in one pass. If the auger comes back clean but the toilet still won't flush right, the blockage is past the fixture — in the branch line or the main — and we'll tell you which before doing anything that changes the price. A second drain cleared on the same visit is cheaper than a second visit; that's on the pricing page too.
Quick facts
What does a clogged toilet visit cost?
- Cost
- Toilet augering is one of the published ranges on the pricing page; second drain on the same visit is discounted.
- Time on site
- Most single-toilet clogs: well under an hour.
- Call immediately if
- Flushing one toilet backs up a tub or floor drain — that is a main line symptom, not a toilet problem.
Triage
One toilet, or the whole house?
Do not wait
Call now
- Flushing upstairs brings water up downstairs
- Toilet overflowing and the flapper trick is not holding
- Every toilet in the house sluggish at once
No emergency
Can wait until morning
- One toilet, cleared but weak flush
- A toilet that needs two flushes but never backs up
- A slow bathroom sink next to a fine toilet
Waiting costs nothing extra either way — after-hours pricing is on the pricing page.
What we don't do: toilet replacement, fill-valve and flapper repairs, or anything on the tank side. If the porcelain or the hardware is the problem, that's a general plumber — we'll say so on the phone.