Choke Clearing
Toilet Choke Clearing in Singapore
Simple toilet choke clearing starts from $80 at SG QuickFix. Toilets blocked by too much toilet paper, wet wipes or waste are cleared with a plunger or a toilet auger, usually in 30 to 45 minutes. PUB lists clearing a blockage in a water closet as simple plumbing work that doesn't need a licensed plumber.
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Listed price
From $80
Task guide
When this may be needed
- The toilet bowl fills up and drains very slowly after flushing.
- The water level rises close to the rim.
- Wet wipes or sanitary products were flushed.
- The toilet gurgles and the flush is weak.
- A child flushed too much paper.
What the team does
The technician protects the floor, then uses a flanged toilet plunger to clear the blockage. If that doesn't work, a toilet auger with a porcelain guard is fed through the bowl's bend to break up or hook out the blockage. The toilet is flushed several times to confirm it drains fully, and the area is cleaned.
Included in this price
- Protecting the floor
- Plunging with a flanged toilet plunger
- Toilet auger clearing where needed
- Testing several flushes and cleaning up
Limits & price factors
Retrieving a solid object such as a toy or phone that needs the bowl removed is priced separately, from $160. Main stack blockages in HDB blocks are the town council's responsibility.
The price starts from $80. Blockages beyond the bowl's bend, or caused by wet wipes compacted in the pipe, may need an auger and take longer.
FAQs
No. Wet wipes don't break down like toilet paper and are a common cause of toilet chokes, even ones labelled flushable.
No. Each flush adds water and can overflow the bowl. Stop flushing and close the angle valve beside the toilet if the cistern keeps filling.
It's risky. Strong chemicals rarely clear a solid blockage and can splash back when the toilet is cleared. Never mix products.
At SG QuickFix, simple toilet choke clearing starts from $80.
Other choke clearing tasks
- Manual auger clearingFrom $100
- Powered snake / auger clearingFrom $130
- Sink choke clearingFrom $80
- Basin choke clearingFrom $80
- Floor trap choke clearingFrom $90
- Shower drain choke clearingFrom $90
- Deep / recurrent blockageFrom $150
- Toilet bowl removal for foreign objectFrom $160
- Main pipe / deep blockageQuote Required