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Toilet bowl doesn't fill like she used to
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*15 year-old American standard toilet (not a 1.6 gallon flush) *Ball-float is set so that water level in tank is one millimetre below top of filler tube Problem: After flushing, the bowl only fills itself to about 2/3 of the depth that it used to when new and with less "oomph" than previously. Manually flushing the toilet by dumping a 2 gallon pail of water directly into the bowl yields the same (low) water level. I had suspected than the holes in the rim might be clogged with scale but that wouldn't explain the low water levels when pail-flushing would it ? I'm wondering if perhaps a weir (or whatever it might be called) somewhere in the gooseneck of the trap might have somehow gotten broken off, requiring replacement of the toilet ? Or, is it simply a matter of scale/gunk buildup ? Thanks in advance for any advice that you can provide. Please send a copy of your message directly to my e-dress is you respond to the newsgroup. === * === Emilio Teodoro Lopez-Garazgos Dunrobin, Ontario,Canada (manually remove the spamguard DOG from the domain name if you hit "reply" to respond ) |
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Toilet bowl doesn't fill like she used to
Emilio Teodoro Lopez-Garazgos wrote:
Relevant particulars: *15 year-old American standard toilet (not a 1.6 gallon flush) *Ball-float is set so that water level in tank is one millimetre below top of filler tube Problem: After flushing, the bowl only fills itself to about 2/3 of the depth that it used to when new and with less "oomph" than previously. Manually flushing the toilet by dumping a 2 gallon pail of water directly into the bowl yields the same (low) water level. I had suspected than the holes in the rim might be clogged with scale but that wouldn't explain the low water levels when pail-flushing would it ? I'm wondering if perhaps a weir (or whatever it might be called) somewhere in the gooseneck of the trap might have somehow gotten broken off, requiring replacement of the toilet ? The trap is cast right into the bowl and wouldn't break in any way that didn't leak. Any sign of leakage? What happens if you *slowly* add water to the bowl from a bucket? If the bowl refills to its normal level, the problem is in the refill mechanism in the tank. A small tube from the ballcock feeds water down the overflow tube to refill the bowl. See if that refillt ube is in place and that it produces a steady stream down the overflow as the tank refills. Jim |
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Toilet bowl doesn't fill like she used to
Thanks for your speedy(!) reply Jim.
Yes, I have tried filling the bowl slowly with a pail. Same low level I'm afraid, hence the thought that the top edge of the gooseneck might have somehow got broken off creating a situation similar to a dam in a river which has had it's top edge smashed by some humongous logs rushing downstream. (Not that I make a habit of flushing humongous logs, of course.) On Thu, 11 Mar 2004 11:54:26 -0500, Speedy Jim wrote: Emilio Teodoro Lopez-Garazgos wrote: Relevant particulars: *15 year-old American standard toilet (not a 1.6 gallon flush) *Ball-float is set so that water level in tank is one millimetre below top of filler tube Problem: After flushing, the bowl only fills itself to about 2/3 of the depth that it used to when new and with less "oomph" than previously. Manually flushing the toilet by dumping a 2 gallon pail of water directly into the bowl yields the same (low) water level. I had suspected than the holes in the rim might be clogged with scale but that wouldn't explain the low water levels when pail-flushing would it ? I'm wondering if perhaps a weir (or whatever it might be called) somewhere in the gooseneck of the trap might have somehow gotten broken off, requiring replacement of the toilet ? The trap is cast right into the bowl and wouldn't break in any way that didn't leak. Any sign of leakage? What happens if you *slowly* add water to the bowl from a bucket? If the bowl refills to its normal level, the problem is in the refill mechanism in the tank. A small tube from the ballcock feeds water down the overflow tube to refill the bowl. See if that refillt ube is in place and that it produces a steady stream down the overflow as the tank refills. Jim === * === Emilio Teodoro Lopez-Garazgos Dunrobin, Ontario,Canada (manually remove the spamguard DOG from the domain name if you hit "reply" to respond ) |
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Toilet bowl doesn't fill like she used to
Emilio Teodoro Lopez-Garazgos wrote:
Yes, I have tried filling the bowl slowly with a pail. Same low level I'm afraid, Try using a good closet auger. You might have a partial blockage that is letting some of the water seep past sort of like how the bowl will sometimes empty if it is mostly clogged. I recently got a heavy duty one that was kind of pricey ($45 I think) but that sucker is GREAT. It took about 15 seconds each to unclog my ailing toilets (see a previous posting about that) and they've worked fine since. It's 3' long but can be extended to 6'. |
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