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toilet always clog
hello,
ever since we moved into this house, our toilet (low flow) seems to clog every so often. this toilet was purchased probably for around 100 dollars 3-4 years ago. (ive' never tried using the pluger.) sometimes i have to use a 6ft snake to clear it but most times a 3 ft snake will clear it just fine. when it does clog, usually we still can flush but the flush is slow and weak. we tried different brands of toilet paper but with same result. my sister lives in a house built in 1990. she also has this problem. in her case, she uses the pluger and then it works fine. someone suggested that previous owner may have some toys that got accidentally flushed down. does this sound like it?? how do you solve this problem? will replacing to a better toilet fix this problem?? thank you in advance... |
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toilet always clog
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toilet always clog
mark charon wrote:
hello, ever since we moved into this house, our toilet (low flow) seems to clog every so often. this toilet was purchased probably for around 100 dollars 3-4 years ago. (ive' never tried using the pluger.) sometimes i have to use a 6ft snake to clear it but most times a 3 ft snake will clear it just fine. when it does clog, usually we still can flush but the flush is slow and weak. we tried different brands of toilet paper but with same result. my sister lives in a house built in 1990. she also has this problem. in her case, she uses the pluger and then it works fine. someone suggested that previous owner may have some toys that got accidentally flushed down. does this sound like it?? how do you solve this problem? will replacing to a better toilet fix this problem?? thank you in advance... we have a house we built in 1972, had two of the old stile toilets, never any problem.. well the tank on one broke and we had to replace it with a 1.6 gal low flow toilet..... keep a plunger by it all the time... tried different papers, no help.... last week it would not work even with a plunger. seemed cloged pretty good... i tried to use an auger and it did not work any better... could not get the auger to go down into the toilet... i removed the whole thing and took it into the back yard thinking i was gonna find a small bottle of whatever the kids have sitting on one of those multi shelves over the toilet...... found out it was two Q-tips with about a 6 in. piece of duct tape behind it and the rest was paper packed all the way to the bottom hole... it was so packed i could not get this 6 ft. auger down there to move anything(just testing it to see if it would work)... i had to use some long needle nose pliers and a garden hose..... from experience if this same thing was in the older full flow toilet it would never had happened...... also i found out after one week of the new toilet (american standard cadet) that there is a small float that goes onto a chain that pulls up the flapper valve, you have to move the float all the way down so when you flush the float will hold the flapper valve open long enough to let more water go into the bowl from the tank to give you a better flush.. hope this helps. |
toilet always clog
To add to Alan's comments, not all of today's are as good as others.
Also there may be something stuck somewhere that is causing the problem. -- Joseph E. Meehan 26 + 6 = 1 It's Irish Math "Alan" wrote in message ... On 18 Nov 2003 14:56:32 -0800, (mark charon) wrote: |
toilet always clog
"mark charon" wrote in message om... hello, ever since we moved into this house, our toilet (low flow) seems to clog every so often. how do you solve this problem? I have an old, large volume toilet with the same problem. I have found that after a big "dump", flushing the toilet before using the T.P. prevents the problem. Bob |
toilet always clog
Bob wrote: "mark charon" wrote in message om... hello, ever since we moved into this house, our toilet (low flow) seems to clog every so often. how do you solve this problem? I have an old, large volume toilet with the same problem. I have found that after a big "dump", flushing the toilet before using the T.P. prevents the problem. Bob Hi, Vent stack in good shape? Tony |
toilet always clog
Get yourself a Gerber or Kohler pressure flush toilet with a Sloan
valve and you will not have any more toilet problems. About $200. |
toilet always clog
isn't a pressure flush toilet REALLY noisy?
"Art Begun" wrote in message ink.net... Get yourself a Gerber or Kohler pressure flush toilet with a Sloan valve and you will not have any more toilet problems. About $200. |
toilet always clog
Buy a toilet with either a vacuum flush or some other pressure assisted
device, only way to flush my 12 inch ****s. -Paul "mark charon" wrote in message om... hello, ever since we moved into this house, our toilet (low flow) seems to clog every so often. this toilet was purchased probably for around 100 dollars 3-4 years ago. (ive' never tried using the pluger.) sometimes i have to use a 6ft snake to clear it but most times a 3 ft snake will clear it just fine. when it does clog, usually we still can flush but the flush is slow and weak. we tried different brands of toilet paper but with same result. my sister lives in a house built in 1990. she also has this problem. in her case, she uses the pluger and then it works fine. someone suggested that previous owner may have some toys that got accidentally flushed down. does this sound like it?? how do you solve this problem? will replacing to a better toilet fix this problem?? thank you in advance... |
toilet always clog
Just got 2 Gerbers for my parents townhome and they are quiet. My 7
year old Kohlers are noisy. They both use the same Sloan valve. Don't know if Sloan found a way to make the pressure valve quiet or if Gerber figured out how to make the toilet quiet using the valve. If buying now I would probably get the Gerber since I know how their latest models work. Kohler may have quieted theirs down but I would have to see the new one work before buying it. They both flush great though. "Me" wrote in message news:5mAub.240063$HS4.2077466@attbi_s01... isn't a pressure flush toilet REALLY noisy? "Art Begun" wrote in message ink.net... Get yourself a Gerber or Kohler pressure flush toilet with a Sloan valve and you will not have any more toilet problems. About $200. |
toilet always clog
.... you could try leaving a knife or axe near the toilet to hack the logs
into something more digestable by your toilet. "mark charon" wrote in message om... hello, ever since we moved into this house, our toilet (low flow) seems to clog every so often. this toilet was purchased probably for around 100 dollars 3-4 years ago. (ive' never tried using the pluger.) sometimes i have to use a 6ft snake to clear it but most times a 3 ft snake will clear it just fine. when it does clog, usually we still can flush but the flush is slow and weak. we tried different brands of toilet paper but with same result. my sister lives in a house built in 1990. she also has this problem. in her case, she uses the pluger and then it works fine. someone suggested that previous owner may have some toys that got accidentally flushed down. does this sound like it?? how do you solve this problem? will replacing to a better toilet fix this problem?? thank you in advance... |
toilet always clog
Just got a couple of new Kohler toilets. They are very quiet and seem to do
the *flush* job as per design intent. Time will tell. MLD "Art Begun" wrote in message ink.net... Just got 2 Gerbers for my parents townhome and they are quiet. My 7 year old Kohlers are noisy. They both use the same Sloan valve. Don't know if Sloan found a way to make the pressure valve quiet or if Gerber figured out how to make the toilet quiet using the valve. If buying now I would probably get the Gerber since I know how their latest models work. Kohler may have quieted theirs down but I would have to see the new one work before buying it. They both flush great though. "Me" wrote in message news:5mAub.240063$HS4.2077466@attbi_s01... isn't a pressure flush toilet REALLY noisy? "Art Begun" wrote in message ink.net... Get yourself a Gerber or Kohler pressure flush toilet with a Sloan valve and you will not have any more toilet problems. About $200. |
toilet always clog
Pressure or gravity?
"MLD" wrote in message ... Just got a couple of new Kohler toilets. They are very quiet and seem to do the *flush* job as per design intent. Time will tell. MLD "Art Begun" wrote in message ink.net... Just got 2 Gerbers for my parents townhome and they are quiet. My 7 year old Kohlers are noisy. They both use the same Sloan valve. Don't know if Sloan found a way to make the pressure valve quiet or if Gerber figured out how to make the toilet quiet using the valve. If buying now I would probably get the Gerber since I know how their latest models work. Kohler may have quieted theirs down but I would have to see the new one work before buying it. They both flush great though. "Me" wrote in message news:5mAub.240063$HS4.2077466@attbi_s01... isn't a pressure flush toilet REALLY noisy? "Art Begun" wrote in message ink.net... Get yourself a Gerber or Kohler pressure flush toilet with a Sloan valve and you will not have any more toilet problems. About $200. |
toilet always clog
Gravity
"Art Begun" wrote in message link.net... Pressure or gravity? "MLD" wrote in message ... Just got a couple of new Kohler toilets. They are very quiet and seem to do the *flush* job as per design intent. Time will tell. MLD "Art Begun" wrote in message ink.net... Just got 2 Gerbers for my parents townhome and they are quiet. My 7 year old Kohlers are noisy. They both use the same Sloan valve. Don't know if Sloan found a way to make the pressure valve quiet or if Gerber figured out how to make the toilet quiet using the valve. If buying now I would probably get the Gerber since I know how their latest models work. Kohler may have quieted theirs down but I would have to see the new one work before buying it. They both flush great though. "Me" wrote in message news:5mAub.240063$HS4.2077466@attbi_s01... isn't a pressure flush toilet REALLY noisy? "Art Begun" wrote in message ink.net... Get yourself a Gerber or Kohler pressure flush toilet with a Sloan valve and you will not have any more toilet problems. About $200. |
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