Quick & Easy Fix for a Clogged Toilet

Merlene Paynter — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 13:52:42 +0000

Clogged toilets. Ugh. You flush. The water rises to the top of the bowl (and possibly over). You get out the plunger. Plunge. Plunge. Still clogged. You’re grossed out and frustrated. You reach for the Drain-o or other chemical solution. Plunge. Plunge. Plunge. You consider buying an auger, a toilet snake. Still very much grossed out.

I have the joy of living with a teenaged son who clogs my toilet on a regular (every 2-4 weeks) basis. I’ve been there wayyyy more times than I’d care to count. Nothing worse than a clogged toilet.

Finally I discovered a quick, easy and frugal way to fix the toilet.

Liquid dish soap.

Seriously.

Pour about a tablespoon of liquid dish soap into the clogged toilet and leave it for 10 to 15 minutes. Come back and plunge and usually within 2 or 3 plunges everything goes down the drain easily again.

I’ve used this tip 5 times in the past 2 months and it’s worked like a charm each and every time.

Frugal Window Washing

Merlene Paynter — Sun, 06 Jul 2008 00:15:43 +0000

My family ran a fast food (as in just about everything deep fried) restaurant when I was a kid. Every weekend my job was to wash the big windows all around the restaurant. This is an inexpensive, easy and best of all, environmentally friendly recipe for shining windows:

Add 1/2 cup ammonia or white vinegar to one gallon of water. Wash windows with a sponge or white cotton cloth then wipe dry with crumpled newspaper (the daily newspaper, not newsprint) and your windows will be sparkling clean and streak free.

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Quick & Easy Fix for a Clogged Toilet

Frugal Window Washing