Toiilet won't flush having layed new flooring

[Ol]

I'd be really grateful if someone could help..... I took out my toilet to fit new flooring in the bathroom since replacing the toilet it won't flush properly. When I flush, the water level rises up to the rim in the pan then slowly goes down over a period of a minute or so. There's no vortex. The resting level of the water is now slightly higher. I've noticed that the toilet is now situated a half inch or so higher than previously and the flexible collar fitting it to the soilage pipe is now angled slightly upwards. The toilet is also not entirely horizontal - it's leaning slightly forwards (away from the soilage pipe) - the bubble on the spirit level just touches the black line, and it's also leaning slightly to one side. A half bucket of water tipped into the toilet goes down reasonably quickly but again there's no vortex. Is the problem due to the height of the toilet? I'm loath to cut a hole in the flooring that I spent a day laying. Many thanks in advance for your help with this.

[Brian]

You have answered your own question - put it back as it was ! Sounds like you did a crap job.

[rrh]

Have you changed the flushing mechanism? I had your trouble a couple of weeks back after changing the old siphon for a new-style flapper (leaving the pan untouched). No blockage anywhere, as pulling the pan out confirmed. The only way I could re-create a proper flush was by re-installing the old siphon.

[Chris Bacon]

It sounds like an unfortunate co-incidence, and that it's in fact got blocked with something - of you've left something in there when re-fitting! You ought to level the thing, though, a washdown WC won't wash down well unless it's reasonably level.

[dom]

Or you left behind the rag you used to bung up the soilpipe.

[Chris Bacon]

Well "done".

[Guy King]

The message from Chris Bacon contains these words:

Bog off.

[PeTe33]

Could it get any crapper?

[Chris Bacon]

It might be his first job in that bathroom.