Toilets are frequent offenders of being blocked and may cause a backup. If it is a minor blockage, plungers can be an effective method. Sometimes the blockage can be more stubborn and permanent than bunched-up solids in the pipes. In that case, Toilet augers are one of the tools in John The Plumber’s arsenal of equipment that can dislodge and clean the blockage deeper in the system or too strong to be solved by a plunger.