maybe raising the ballcock, or the shut off level may help. I recently found that the inside aworkings allow for the 5 position adjustment for not only how far it fills, but when the flapper drops down again to shut it off from the bowl.
On Mon, 6 Jul 2009, Dale Leavens wrote: > Scott, > > You have a constriction somewhere. Either something blocking the drain > probably quite near the toilet or there is something blocking the vent or > there is insufficient quantity or flow from the tank. > > A North American toilet uses the siphon effect in the trap. that is, the > bottom of the toilet bowl is lower, there is an 'S' bend so the water and > debris must climb up hill over the top of the bend before it descends down > and through the hole in the floor and on to the drain. The water must fill > the entire trap so, when it falls down the far side it creates a pull which > empties the bowl making that strong gurgle/sucking sucking sound. If it > cannot descend quickly enough or if you don't dump enough of a flood to raise > the level rapidly enough or if a blockage slows the flow then you won't get > that sucking vacuum to draw the bowl down and it's contents. > > A big bucket full will often raise the level in the bowl quickly enough to > operate the siphon well. > > Check your tank, that the flapper opens fully and that the tank has filled > fully enough that a good gush can run into the bowl. Then check out your > drain and finally check out the vent. > > If a bucket full drives the contents down as it should then the trouble is > probably insufficient flush. > > Hope this is helpful. > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Scott Howell > To: [email protected] > Sent: Monday, July 06, 2009 6:18 AM > Subject: [BlindHandyMan] Woes of waste - the crapper crisis > > > > > > 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. > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > >
