Sometimes my toilet overflows and I want to know how I can stop this.

Chances are you could have something lodged in the toilet trap.

This may sound obvious, but sometimes a child may flush a toy down the toilet, or I have known those little deoderizers that clip on the side of a toilet bowl to get stuck in a toilet trap and be difficult to plunge or even snake.

Just plunge, plunge plunge... if that doesn't work, try a snake, if no luck, you might have to remove the toilet and investigate further.

Bear in mind, that low flow toilets might take a couple of flushes to remove solid waste. Don't load too much toilet paper in a single flush.

Also confirm that nothing is backing up in the sewer line, make sure everything is good in that department, lines are properly vented, etc.

Sometimes my toilet overflows and I want to know how I can stop this.

How we test for a object lodged in the toilets trap is to flush a few LARGE wads of TP downand see if it starts to back up. If it does we go after the clog with a closet auger, (see image). Good luck, tom