![]() The standard rubber-cup plungers are prone to buckling, and they don’t always create the perfect vacuum seal around the toilet drain that you need to truly get the job done. Water Products Master Plunger.įor all of you who still have that little rubber cup with a wooden stick attached to it that you might refer to as a plunger, we’re not living in the 1950s anymore. ![]() He advised me to buy an accordion plunger, in this case the G.T. This is the value that a local hardware store can bring to your life, where you can have frank conversations about poop with a gruff older gentleman. I didn’t want to call a plumber - I’d already spent about $200 that month replacing a leaky valve in my toilet - and he recommended I try the accordion plunger. (Now is it clear why I’ve chosen not to use my name?) With this burden comes knowledge and I want to pass it along.Ī few years ago, I found myself in a particularly dire situation and I had a heart-to-heart with my neighborhood hardware-store owner. I can’t tell you how many toilets I’ve seen snaked. I’ve clogged and subsequently unclogged toilets in hotels around the world, in friends’ houses, in strangers’ houses, and in the many homes and apartments I’ve lived in during my life. Since I was a child, I’ve always been the one in my family who had a knack with a clogged toilet. ![]() So we’re republishing it today as part of Ingenious Design Week. Editor’s note: This article first appeared on the Strategist in October 2016, and nearly four years later, it remains an example of a product that does what it’s supposed to do - exceptionally well.
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |
AuthorWrite something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview. ArchivesCategories |