flush toilet and it goes down slow and gurgles at the bottom means what?

Answer 1

Means time to flush out the septic tank, at least that is
what it meant to me, two hundred and fifty dollars.
Edit- I hope it doesn't mean that for you.

Answer 2

On many toilets, there's a jet (hole) located in the front portion of the lowest part. When you flush, a jet of water shoots backwards horizontally and gets the water flowing quickly. If you have hard water, lime deposits can plug that hole up completely.

If you have a septic tank and want to check to see if it needs pumping, you'll have to remove the cover over the inspection hole, so that means digging time. To find the tank, take a steel rod and poke down into the soil, usually there isn't much more than about a foot of dirt over it. After you find the hole, take a long, thin board or the like, nail another piece of wood or masonite approximately 6X6 or 8X8 inches flat onto the end and slowly lower it down into the hold. On the top will be foam, then water and at the bottom, you should feel some resistance as the flat board makes contact with the soilds (they'll be mushy). After you feel the solids, make note of how much of the pole is exposed, then push the board down all the way to the bottom and again check the pole length. If the soilds are more than around 25% of the tank depth, it needs to be pumped.

Be wary of the septic tank pumpers that offer to check your tank for "free" because it seems that tanks ALWAYS need pumping when they check them. I wonder if that has anything to do with that being their livelyhood???

Answer 3

most toilets work like a siphon. When the water goes into the downtube, the gravity descent of the water pulls the liquid remaining in the bowl right after it. Like trying to suck gas out of a gas tank using a hose (not that I have ever done that of course, although I have siphoned water many times for various reasons). When there is a flow restriction somewhere, air in the downpipe has time to bubble up through the downflow, and stop the siphoning action. You hear gurgling because that is the air in the pipe making its way to the surface of the water column.

Sometimes toilets in basements do not have an adequate drop to allow the generation of the siphoning. In most cases, however, the gurgling indicates a partial blockage.

You need to plunge the blockage out to return the toilet to normal function

Answer 4

You have a blockage in your sewer line. It may be something simple but the only way to know is to call a plumber.

Answer 5

it means that there be evil wicked mean and nasty things down there and if you don't do something about it soon they gonna come up and bite you onna butt.