Toilet swirls, but won't flush!!
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Comments (3)Dump water form a bucket into the bowl and see if the flushing action is normal. If is is normal, check the outlets under the bowl rim for clogging. If it does not flush normally you may indeed have a vent or drain line problem....See Moretoilet won't flush
Comments (7)Maybe you had a blockage in sewer line that caused you to replace the toilet in the first place?????????? If the foam is indeed part of the desighn,I wouldn't alter it just yet. Does the foam line the walls to prevent tank sweating? I can't think of any other reason for foam so make certain it's not packing to prevent shipping damage to tank components. Could a piece of foam broke off and become traped between tank and trap? Not knowing what kind of system you have makes it difficult giving advise but let's try finding the problem. Before flushing, can you raise water level in tank pouring with your bucket? If the fill valve is not adjusted to supply enough water,that might tell us. The inverse can be true where tank supplys too much water and deminishes force o flush. Idea setting is when flapper falls closed shortly after water begins leaving bowel forcfuly. A slight possibility is that bowel was poorly alighned with floor flange or access wax squeezed out and partly blocked floor flange. During flush on many toilets,there is as much water flowing from bowel straight through flange as is leaving the bowel flowing through flange. With partialy blocked flange,there might be room to empty bowel but insuffecent to carry the tank flow as well....See MoreToliet won't flush and tried EVERYTHING!
Comments (10)I really didn't want to remove the tank just yet thinking that eventually the tablet would disintegrate and thought to use some vinegar instead. I removed the water from the tank, removed the flapper, duct taped up all the holes under the rim, and poured a gallon of white vinegar down the hole so it could settle around the bowl for about two hours. I tried some flushes but it still didn't work though I did notice little bits of pieces of the tablet coming out. So, I held down the water control assembly so the water would fill up to the top of the tube and continued filling up the bowl for about twenty seconds, and then quickly flushed it. More pieces came out and it flushed! I used my mirror and saw where there were bigger chunks near the jet stream hole in the front of the toliet and was able to fish out those chunks with a screwdriver. After a few more flushes as described above, the rest of it came out. Success!!!! Thanks for all the help everyone. Never using tablets AGAIN!...See MoreToilet won't flush after being turned back on.
Comments (14)Hmmm. I opine that it's unlikely that the solution is directly related to turning off the water, and that one should look for a blockage that may have occurred, and this is somehow a personal affront? You are correct. You should ignore me. I'm simply posting for the benefit of others who may have a similar issue in the future and might want to know where best to direct their efforts. After you've had more experience on these forums, you may find that people who choose to be unnecessarily offended tend to get less help. P.S.: And if you find out there is somehow a connection to turning off the water, then I'd love to know I was wrong, because that would be educational....See MoreNeil Smith
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