Danny Wright
New Member
When the toilet is draining slowly, once you can clear it, remove it and check the state of the drain line below. Or, if you have a fiber-optic video thing, you might use that to check what's going on beneath the toilet.
Generally, the reasons for a toilet to drain slowly fall into one of the following:
- there's a clog in the toilet
- the drain line is full for some reason (typically, a clog, or it could be s slope issue - might be more of those roots that are affecting your tank also in your drain line(s)
Thanks for the suggestions.
The toilet I have on now is brand new, never used. So I'm sure the toilet itself is fine.
When I had the toilet off to replace, I checked the vertical pvc pipe going from bottom of toilet to main horizontal pvc drain pipe under my house in the crawl space. Used a flashing and shined it up through the bottom. My wife inside the house could see the light easily.
My other toilet is connected to the same horizontal main drain pvc pipe. It flushes fine. My other toilet is located in our master bedroom and the drain goes through the pipe that my hall toilet is located. Hall toilet is the one that doesn't flush. Hall toilet comes down a vertical pvc pipe into a "T" fitting that connects to the main septic drain and our master bedroom toilet.
If there was a root blocking the main septic drain. I don't see how my other toilet would still be able to flush. Also wouldn't my dishwasher, sinks, shower, and washer machine have slow draining symptoms also?
Only thing I haven't checked yet was my toilet vent pipe. Could that be a possible issues Thats causing my toilet to drain slow? Bit sketchy getting up there myself so I have a plumber coming this Tuesday. I did about all that I know. Hopefully he can find the problem.
I'll continue to keep you guys posted. I really do appreciate all the help so far! Thanks guys.