What determines the water depth in a toilet bowl?

Question

We recently had to replace our toilet bowl because it broke, possibly from water freezing in it a few years ago. We got a used one from a friend but the water level is really high.What determines the water depth and is there anyway to modify it?

Answer 1

Check out the link below, there is really no way of adjusting the bowl level height. It is determined by the way the china is cast in the mold.
http://www.toiletology.com/bowl.shtml
Hope it helps.

Answer 2

Not all bowls are created equal. Some hold more water than others, but the water level is actually determined by the air pressure where you are. In fact there is a pipe near your plumbing, and the only purpose for that pipe is to provide the air pressure and nothing else. You can limit the amount of water in the bowl only slightly, if at all, by putting a water-filled soda bottle in the tank portion, which will also save you water with each flush.

Answer 3

Agreeing with the last answerer. The trap, (S shaped passage on the back of the stool, not the tank), determines the height of the water in the bowl. It will fill till the water reaches the top of the curve and then start draining into the waste pipe. If that happens before the tank shuts off you will be wasting a small amount of water each time you flush, but they should happen almost simultaneously.

Answer 4

The toilet bowl as you know it today was invented by a German drunkard named Fredreich Bundenstat. The actual invention was originally intended to be used for the relief of the stomach of excess booze. He made the decision on how much water would be in the bowl by measuring how far one could comfortably place thier head into the toilet. It is at just the right distance to cool your face without getting all wet. This then became the standard throughout the whole world.

Answer 5

What's in the bowl shouldn't matter. Are you asking what determines the level in the tank? Then it will depend on the type of flush valve being used but you can most certainly adjust it. But the way to adjust it is going to depend on the type of valve being used. Or if you don't want to figure that much out you can allways put a brick in the tank. Most valves are controled by water level in one way or another fill that space with something that is not water (a brick) and you will use that much less water.
Best of Luck

Answer 6

I think it is the curve of the outlet at the base that determines the level of water that should remain in the bowl. You probably need to reinstal the toilet bowl, test it for the level of water retention and then seal it.

Answer 7

Behind the toilet should be a pipe that takes the waste away. The pipe should be curved, going high then low. The height of the top of the urve should detemine the water level. If this pipe is low, then the water level is low and high for high water level

Answer 8

If you look at the back side of the toilet, you'll see a gooseneck shape of the discharge pipe. It is similar to the one under your sink. This keeps sewer gasses sealed below your toilet. This is what determines the height of water in the bowl. And no, you can't change it unless you change toilets.

Answer 9

It's how much the tank holds and where you set the thing's height in the tank. Sorry, don't know the name for the part, but it's in the tank. Bulb that floats on the water and when it reaches a certain level tank is done draining then refilling.

Answer 10

How you set the ballcock determines the water in the bowl