checked for air lock, none, the toilet doesn't keep water either, holds only about 1-2" in bottom of bowl.
2007-12-13 04:31:21 · 7 answers · asked by builder032001 3 in Home & Garden ➔ Maintenance & Repairs
This sounds like a small clog. if you put a couple blobs of toilet paper in it it should ketch on the clog and stop it up. now this could be a bad trap or even a wax ring that's miss placed. I have set wax rings and they have shifted during install and caused this same problem I would say pull the toilet and check right at the base by the way ring but flush a couple big blobs of paper first.
2007-12-13 05:45:50 · answer #1 · answered by Denis B 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If everything is in order it would sound like a defect in the bowl. Are you sure that there is nothing preventing the water from flowing? The drain line is clear? The wax gasket is in place? Did you check the trap in the bowl for obstructions before you installed it? I would pull it back off and check everything again. Fluidmaster makes a great seal that doesn't use wax. It uses large "O" rings and works great. How did the old unit work? Why did you replace it? (Just trying to get an idea of what is going on.
2007-12-13 04:58:15 · answer #2 · answered by renpen 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
What happens when if you dump a bucket full of water in there instead? How sure are you that there isn't an obstruction? Any chance something fell into the drain before you attached the new one?
I am a little dubious that it is a defective unit, as toilets aren't exactly rocket surgery. From the bowl to the drain is basically just a bendy pipe and it is either clear and the water flows or it isn't and it does not.
2007-12-13 05:23:12 · answer #3 · answered by Brian A 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The easiest thing to probably do is return the toilet and get a new one. That will eliminate the possibility that the toilet is bad which i would actually find hard to believe. I am assuming that you just replaced an existing toilet so all the plumbing underneath is the same?
Another problem could be a clogged vent pipe. These are the vents that come thru your roof. Sometimes small animals will crawl into them and become lodged. Blocking these vents will cause the type of problem you described.
2007-12-13 04:57:00 · answer #4 · answered by sutla 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
if it empties slowly there IS a blockage somewhere
the pan, the pipe to the stack or the stack itself. you will have to investigate until you find it hands and pumps ready.
as for 'losing' water seal if it happens quickly when another sanitary fitting discharges they could be pulling water from the bowl. it could be forming a slug of water as it drops down the stack an/or incorrect bend at stack bottom.
other similar possibilities need to have a look.
it could be air going past the top of the stack pulling the water out, as on a very windy day levels often reduce.
may also be a rag or similar stuck round the bend pulling water out from the bowl
otherwise its a crack.
pull it out check water flow through pan when disconnected from everything, flow=ok. leave bowl filled, paper or similar underneath, check for leaks. if ok check the rest
is this personal or professional question, if professional get a plumber, builders! sigh
2007-12-13 06:30:38 · answer #5 · answered by r m 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Assuming the toilet is a replacement, and the other wasn't doing the same thing, i would suspect a faulty unit. If the unit isn't bad, the the waste vent pipe is blocked.
2007-12-13 05:03:29 · answer #6 · answered by T C 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I can't say what a towel will do but I know what happens when you flush Barbie. Toilets aren't easy to take up and you don't want to know what you find down there.
2016-05-23 09:34:01 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋