Slow flushing toilets

May 04, 2004 4 Replies

I have a weird situation... Today I flushed my toilet and found that it was not siphoning correctly and would slowly drain. I tried flushing it a couple of times, and the water in the bowl would rise dangerously high, then slowly drain. I decided to try my other two toilets. When I flushed them, both, the first time, they flushed like normal. However, I decided to flush them again, just to see, and found that they were doing the exact same thing as the first toilet. So now I have 3 toilets that don't want to siphone correctly. Any suggestions on what the problem might be on this?



Thanks


It could be a clogged drain, but I am going to guess a blocked vent pipe.

On the other hand, we have had a clog well down line that caused problems only after a lot of water was put in the system. Tom Baker

Those are the bad ones -- the ones that make water backup into the tubs and showers. You need to snake the dranes all the way out for something like that.

T > I have a weird situation... Today I flushed my toilet and found that T > it was not siphoning correctly and would slowly drain. I tried T > flushing it a couple of times, and the water in the bowl would rise T > dangerously high, then slowly drain. I decided to try my other two T > toilets. When I flushed them, both, the first time, they flushed like T > normal. However, I decided to flush them again, just to see, and T > found that they were doing the exact same thing as the first toilet. T > So now I have 3 toilets that don't want to siphone correctly. Any T > suggestions on what the problem might be on this?

Appears it is time to call for RotoRooter! Could be a root-infested sewer pipe -- our basement drain would start to have soap bubbles come out of it from the washing machine before the toilet started to act up. (Washing machine in the basement; toilet onthe first floor.)

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