"RS" wrote in message
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I recently bought a hoouse, and the basement bathroom apparently has
not been used in years. The toilet bowl has no water in it, and it is
completely dry. Can I simply give it a flush to fill the bowl back up
again, or do I need to dump a coule of buckets of water in there from
another source?

Thanks.

Be careful if the bowl is dry and there is no sewer gas smell.
(plugged pipe)

There might be a good reason the past owners quit using it

Test it out by pouring lots of water in the bowl first

Once you flush it, it may just keep going, if the flapper is dried or the
fill valve sticks ,and even the shut off may need a bar to move.


AMUN