What Happens If — You Use Liquid Plumr In A Toilet [exclusive]

“It says ‘drains,’” Alex mutters. “A toilet is a drain.” Ignoring the label’s fine print (“Not for use in toilets”), Alex pours half the bottle into the bowl. The blue gel sinks through the water and pools in the trap.

Alex wakes to a bathroom that smells like a chemical plant. The toilet bowl is half-empty—the water level dropped overnight. But the floor around the base is damp. Not water. Blue-tinted, foul-smelling liquid. The wax ring failed. Caustic gel has been seeping onto the subfloor. what happens if you use liquid plumr in a toilet

The clog loosens slightly, but now the caustic gel sits inside the toilet’s internal passages, eating at the wax ring seal below. “It says ‘drains,’” Alex mutters

Using liquid drain cleaner in a toilet is almost never a good idea, but here’s a complete, cautionary story of what can happen when someone ignores that warning. The Plumr Predicament Alex wakes to a bathroom that smells like a chemical plant