Commercial toilet flushing issue - jets cross and excess water

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Eric Fox

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Hey All,

We have a number of commercial wall mounted toilets at our plant. Some of them might have issue - or maybe they are just an old brand that flushes different - trying to figure it out

Some of the toilets flush and there is nice flow out the siphon hole and little jets around the bowl all seem to go in the same direction gently for a nice flush

Some others - especially one that we are currently working on seems to blast water out the little jets in the bowl with greater volume - and the holes on one side actually shoot water against each-other (streams are about perpendicular) which creates a large amount of water that pretty much goes across the bowl because it is many streams of water going 2 different directions colliding - it splashes a little and just seems odd the way it is flushing vs the nicer flushing units. There is still water coming out of the siphon hole which we checked.

Maybe it's just an old style of this type of toilet? Maybe they all used to flush that way. The plant was built in 1986

Has anyone ever come across something like this?

Thanks for any advice - Eric
 

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Federal guidelines require a new toilet to use less water than when your building was built. To achieve that, they end up redesigned.

Are you talking about back-to-back toilets where flushing one creates problems with those behind it? The installation specs are also a bit different on the installs now...fittings that may have worked with slower flushing toilets didn't experience cross-over because the velocity wasn't as great as the newer ones.

All that being said, not all toilets are created equal and some just don't flush great.
 

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If these were installed in 1986 there may be some built up deposits by now affecting the direction of the rinse holes. Sometimes poking them clear with a wire or coat hanger will help. I doubt there were from the factory that way on purpose.
 
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