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Give it a flush to make sure, but use caution: When you’re dealing with a toilet clog, flushing it again and again can make things worse by increasing the amount of water flooding out of the clogged toilet and onto your bathroom floor. Resisting that extra flush can head off additional ...
Another possibility is that your toilet bowl itself may be damaged in some way. A cracked toilet bowl with a slow leak can keep your toilet from filling, as the water leaks out as the bowl fills. If the crack is on the back of the bowl out of sight, it may go unnoticed, although ...
fills the siphon tube and pulls the waste and water down the drain. Upon air entering the tube, the siphoning action stops. Dual flush toilets employ a larger trapway (a hole at the bottom of the bowl) and a wash-down flushing design that pushes waste down the drain. Because no ...
This toilet stands 18″ high, making it ideal for older people who require the additional height. Its extended seat measures 24″ long and provides a comfortable seating posture. And though the toilet does not flush, it includes a tiny air vent and fan at the back to deal with odor manage...
This extra water helps assure a proper level of water in the toilet bowl to prepare it for its next use. Details are at TOILET DIVERTER & OVERFLOW TUBE Following our description (below) of how the flush valve works and how the fill-valve re-fills the toilet tank or cistern we describe ...
If the toilet flushes poorly, leaving waste in the bowl and if you aresurethat the drain isnotblocked and that the vent works, check the toilet cistern volume and toilet bowl volume. The volume of water in the flush tank may be too small. When the toilet tank refills, notice where the...
If your toilet fills valve switches on all by itself in the middle of the night, you've got a phantom flush. The number one reason for the phantom flush is a leaking flapper. The problem may be that the flapper chain is one or two links too short and doesn't allow the flapper to ...
A device for delivering a chemical additive from a location at the top of an overflow tube to a toilet bowl has an upper portion that does not fit into the overflow tube and a lower
The flow path from the bowl, through the dam and into the floor pipe fitting is relatively small compared to the volume of water in each flush. This rapid flow helps to sweep the bowl, but because the flow is restricted, a significant kinetic energy of flow takes the toilet bowl to a ...