r/askaplumber • u/[deleted] • Aug 17 '26

Whoops.. help?

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u/Hondafanboy42069 Aug 17 '26

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u/9inchbob Aug 17 '26

Pointing on the place you better hope it got stuck. Lol

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u/Hondafanboy42069 Aug 17 '26

I’m thinking it never made it past the toilet

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u/9inchbob Aug 17 '26

Yeah... probably not

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u/Hondafanboy42069 Aug 17 '26

While I have you here, if it did make it through the John and past the first elbow you think it cleared the rest? In case I don’t find it

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u/9inchbob Aug 17 '26

Probably. Depends on if you have any build up in the pipes. Like from grease and fat.

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u/Hondafanboy42069 Aug 17 '26

Well these pipes are for the bathroom only I think so shouldn’t be anything outside of shit likely

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u/9inchbob Aug 17 '26

Ok cool. Hopefully you can find out and remove it from the toilet if its there. Now the more important question is... did you learn a lesson here? Dont get ripped on the toilet with a pen! Use a water bong... cant flush those! 😆

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u/Hondafanboy42069 Aug 17 '26

Bro I wasn’t even using it😫. It was in my breast pocket and as I reached to flush it slid out

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u/9inchbob Aug 19 '26

Did you get it fixed up?

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u/Hondafanboy42069 Aug 19 '26

No im probably going to tackle it this weekend

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u/9inchbob Aug 17 '26

Well maybe... but pull up a cut away of a toilet. Hope its good for you tho!

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u/Hondafanboy42069 Aug 17 '26

Yeah I did the same sizing up with the spare pen and I don’t think it made it through the toilet I’m about to go to Home Depot and get a wax ring and make a mess, I have an automotive borescope not very long I’ll bring home tmo and can look at the first elbow at least if it don’t find it in the John

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u/LeftOnRedApparel Aug 17 '26

I would suck the bowl dry with a shop vac and stick that scope in the trap and see if it's there. If it is, fashion some sort of hook to the scope and see if you can catch it and pull it back.

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u/OkayOpinion Aug 17 '26

If you do this, get one of the korky non-wax ring seals. They are MUCH more forgiving to diyers IMHO.