Juneappal
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We have a brand new american standard champion toilet in our basement bathroom. Due to an unknown dubious connection to the toilet line by the basement sealer who put in a floor drain, the toilet doesn't flush in a convincing fashion, and occasionally clogs up. There is nothing in the line - I have snaked it, and it is only a 30" run to the stack. I think the problem may be that the connection to the stack runs slightly uphill, but without pulling up a $3000 tile job, I can't tell for sure.
Whatever. It is a basement bathroom and we'll have to live with it. It doesn't always clog up with solids, only sometimes, and we don't use it all that much. I figure I'll put up a "Flush early, flush often" sign and leave a plunger next to it and call it good enough.
The trouble I have run into, though, is that some aspect of the toilet shape (4" throat?) causes it to splash around quite a bit when I try to plunge it (with my standard flanged toilet plunger). Fortunately, the one time I tried, I was plunging clear water, because otherwise it would have been quite a mess. I tried a few angles, and it made no difference. It just doesn't form a good seal with the bottom of the bowl and the downstroke causes splashing.
I also tried the cobra Plung-it-air, which made a better seal, but sprayed where the piston meets the barrel (between my two hands - yuck.)
Its a long shot, but can anyone recommend a specific plunger make/model that can clear a Champion in a reasonably tidy fashion?
Whatever. It is a basement bathroom and we'll have to live with it. It doesn't always clog up with solids, only sometimes, and we don't use it all that much. I figure I'll put up a "Flush early, flush often" sign and leave a plunger next to it and call it good enough.
The trouble I have run into, though, is that some aspect of the toilet shape (4" throat?) causes it to splash around quite a bit when I try to plunge it (with my standard flanged toilet plunger). Fortunately, the one time I tried, I was plunging clear water, because otherwise it would have been quite a mess. I tried a few angles, and it made no difference. It just doesn't form a good seal with the bottom of the bowl and the downstroke causes splashing.
I also tried the cobra Plung-it-air, which made a better seal, but sprayed where the piston meets the barrel (between my two hands - yuck.)
Its a long shot, but can anyone recommend a specific plunger make/model that can clear a Champion in a reasonably tidy fashion?