I have a 4 yr old house with 3 baths. When we moved in they had horrendous toilets installed that we quickly replaced with American Standard Cadets, which overall have performed quite nicely.
In one of our upstairs baths, the toilet has suddenly developed an issue which has stumped me and I'd appreciate any advice that would save me calling a pro unless I have to do it.
The problem is, the toilet seems to flush normally as far as water flowing into the bowl, but there is a sluggish draining problem and the flush will not complete. This is only for the FIRST flush after it has sat awhile, because if you flush it again right afterwards it seems to flush normally.. and any subsequent flushes if done soon afterwards are normal. This means that now when we use that bathroom, you have to flush first, then use the bathroom and flush again. Kind of annoying.
Both the sink and the tub in the same bathroom drain fine, and both other bathrooms work fine.
I did the test several times where I took a 5 gallon bucket of water and quickly poured it into the toilet having the problem and it drains just fine. So that means it doesn't appear to be a draining problem, but a problem of the water flowing into the bowl. So I cleared all the nozzles and the jet at the bottom, wasn't much to clear but used pipe cleaners... The thing is, the toilet seems to flush the same way as it always did. I'm not using any blue tablets or anything. As a last resort I used a toilet augar but it didn't make any difference.
So what gives? I do a test with the water bucket that seems to point to the toilet itself being the problem, but then everything about the toilet seems to point to the drain line being the problem...
HELP!!
In one of our upstairs baths, the toilet has suddenly developed an issue which has stumped me and I'd appreciate any advice that would save me calling a pro unless I have to do it.
The problem is, the toilet seems to flush normally as far as water flowing into the bowl, but there is a sluggish draining problem and the flush will not complete. This is only for the FIRST flush after it has sat awhile, because if you flush it again right afterwards it seems to flush normally.. and any subsequent flushes if done soon afterwards are normal. This means that now when we use that bathroom, you have to flush first, then use the bathroom and flush again. Kind of annoying.
Both the sink and the tub in the same bathroom drain fine, and both other bathrooms work fine.
I did the test several times where I took a 5 gallon bucket of water and quickly poured it into the toilet having the problem and it drains just fine. So that means it doesn't appear to be a draining problem, but a problem of the water flowing into the bowl. So I cleared all the nozzles and the jet at the bottom, wasn't much to clear but used pipe cleaners... The thing is, the toilet seems to flush the same way as it always did. I'm not using any blue tablets or anything. As a last resort I used a toilet augar but it didn't make any difference.
So what gives? I do a test with the water bucket that seems to point to the toilet itself being the problem, but then everything about the toilet seems to point to the drain line being the problem...
HELP!!