Jadnashua
Retired Defense Industry Engineer xxx
It might work great...you won't know until you install it. As part of a relative thing, there are others that are better, but maybe not for your budget and exact situation.
I see some dirts inside the the bowl and the toilet seat. The toilet seat looks as if it is shit stain. But also looks new so I don’t know if it is normal . Pics below
Nice. Put away the plunger. Keep the brush.I had this installed by a plumber today. I noticed that when you flush, there is very little water going down although the flushing works fine . This is 1.7. When I told I need a new toilet that has good strong flush ,he advised me to buy 1.4 or more and this is 1.7. After he installed the new one I asked him why there is not a lot of water coming down during flush he told me it is Normal with the new toilets for the last several years. The one I had until today is maybe at least 10 or 30 years old I believe.
What about ?Most modern toilets use a siphon jet...that's the hole towards the front of the toilet near the bottom. It jets water out there to get the waste moving so there isn't as much that comes down from the top to clean the bowl. That's the compromise on how to use less water when flushing...potentially poorer bowl wash. Older toilets didn't have that, filled the bowl way higher, and that height and weight of the water then caused it to start to flow out. As a result, often, most of the bowl was literally submerged...that could take over 7 gallons on a really old toilet. That's a lot of resources.
Gallons per flush. You don't want to wait 35 seconds for the tank to refill?The strength of the flush or the amount of water that comes when flushing ?
As Jadnashua stated, modern toilets use a siphon jet to flush the bowl contents; very little water flows from under the rim. That's why it looks like only a small amount of water is being used; most of the water flow occurs below the water line so you don't see it.I think it is just a litter of water, that is less then half a gallon and not 1.6 as described cos there is hardly any water seen when flushing . The older one had more water when flushing and Only problem I had was the clogging issue.
Not normal. As to the problem and why, how could we know other than to guess? The most likely reason is that the flush valve has a tiny leak and the fill valve is periodically refilling the tank. A small flush valve leak won't be seen as water flowing down the sides of the bowl because it will flow directly to the submerged siphon.What's the problem and why? Is this normal with the new toilets? Thanks
took a videobut won't upload here saying too big. i dont know how to edit so i can't post the video but here is the thing, I waited in the bathroom to hear the noise again and opened the tank cover what I noticed was that when the water runs for 10 secs , I noticed water filling up and when the noise stops the water goes down very little . The tank is already almost full of water even before the noise.Not normal. As to the problem and why, how could we know other than to guess? The most likely reason is that the flush valve has a tiny leak and the fill valve is periodically refilling the tank. A small flush valve leak won't be seen as water flowing down the sides of the bowl because it will flow directly to the submerged siphon.
Think this is an easy fix by the plumber? Can't imagine having to remove the toilet, return for new toilet from home depot. too heavy, not my thing and costly . Will the seller home depot do anything if i complain about this?Water cannot continue to fill into the tank without it going somewhere. If the fill float is set too high, the water will rise above the overflow tube. This will be obvious, and typically the water runs continuously in such situations. If the water is not going over and down the overflow, and the fill valve is opening intermittently as you say, then the water must be draining out of the tank somewhere. It's either going into the bowl or going onto your floor. If your floor is dry, it must be going into the bowl.
Put some blue food coloring in the tank and wait a little while without flushing. If you see blue in your bowl, then you know where the water is going.
You took this on as a DIY project and this is one of the potential costs in doing so. I'm not knocking DIY, but you should be prepared for the consequences when things don't work out as planned.Think this is an easy fix by the plumber? Can't imagine having to remove the toilet, return for new toilet from home depot. too heavy, not my thing and costly . Will the seller home depot do anything if i complain about this?
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