Ok, now there's a subject line that grabbed your attention. <smily>
Here's the deal and no it isn't a crisis as far as an emergency, but
it will eventually have a greater affect on my water usage, which of
course affects the bill. Let me see if I can explain the problem as
concisely as best I can.
This is a name-brand ttwelet, which doesn't matter perhaps, but just
want to point out that this isn't the super cheap model and this was
installed by a previous owner. WIth all that said here is what the
issue is.
It seems to take sometimes two or three flushes to get all the
contents down the line as it were. It never fills to a point where it
will overflow, but what seems to happen is as the contents go down the
drain, you don't get the normal sound a twelet makes at the end of the
flush cycle. It doesn't do anything and a repeated flush will
eventually produce that sound of successful flush cycle. In addition,
once the twelet fills, and the valve closes, it sounds as though water
is running out of the twelet. To further explain this point, it is as
though once it stops filling, water is leaking internally out of the
bowl as though water is leaving the trap. THe closest sound that might
help make this point is when a tworlet is clogged, fills, and you hear
water trickling through the trap, it is sort of like that sound. Now
to further carry this point, if I poor water into the bowl, I can
cause the same sound and what I have been told is that it is possible
there is a defect in the trap. THis defect could actually be causing
two issues. One the sound of the water flowing through the trap that
normally would be very hard to hear is easier to hear because of the
defect and this defect could also cause contents to have difficulty
moving through the trap. SO, I guess my question is does that make
sense? Sounds reasonable, but I'd like to get some other opinions
before I go out and replace this thing. I would not consider replacing
it since there is nothing wrong with it, but the fact that at times it
takes two to three flushes for proper operation, it will in time
become an expense. Any thoughts appreciated.
