How far do you think a hairbrush made it down a toilet?

Highly unlikely it got past all the bends in the toilet.

I'd pull up the toilet and do my best to see if it's still in the toilet and maybe accessible from the bottom side.

That way, you can also look down the floor drain to see if it's stuck there if it did get past all those bends.


And once you get it fixed, remove all hair brushes from the kids reach.

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And once you get it fixed, remove all hair brushes from the kids reach.

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Car keys, remotes, and phones too.

Not sure but I have it on good authority that hot wheels will make it through

Homedepot sells like a 2' snake. My kid put s tennis ball in one of our toilets. Pulled it out easily.

Get one of the 10' snakes with a camera on the end. That thing has bailed me out a million times and it was super cheap.

Has the display attached to the end of the snake.

My old neighbor's kids flushed a toy once. I saw the wrapped plumber's van in their driveway and shot him a text, thinking it was the septic tank again. He said they had to pull the toilet and fish it out. Told him I could have saved him some money on a service call for future reference. I think it was a doll's head that had popped off and she tried to flush it. Most large items don't make it past the internals of the toilet. After that it is usually a 4-inch pipe and will go on down.

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I think toilets have a built in “p” trap to stop sewer gasses

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Not all have traps, the trap many times, is the toilet. We water in the bowl acts as the "p" trap.