toilet clogged


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Old 07-09-00, 10:47 PM
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My toilet is clogged -- we have plunged it, it now flushes, but must still be partially clogged because the water doesn't fill up the bowl to the normal level. The flushing isn't normal either. It's slow and sounds weird. There may be a plastic applicator from a tampon stuck in there. My daughter accidently threw one in this a.m. What can I do next?
 
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Old 07-09-00, 10:57 PM
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quote:<HR>Originally posted by Mrs Chasez:
My toilet is clogged -- we have plunged it, it now flushes, but must still be partially clogged because the water doesn't fill up the bowl to the normal level. The flushing isn't normal either. It's slow and sounds weird. There may be a plastic applicator from a tampon stuck in there. My daughter accidently threw one in this a.m. What can I do next?<HR>


Open the tank lid inside you will see the fill valve, off of the fill valve there should be a tube running to the overfill tube, make sure there is good waterflow while the toilet begins to fill up, this is important that there is for it allows the toilet bowl to fill to it's operating level after each flush.
Things To Look At,

1. Flush ring below rim of toilet, use a dental pick to clear these holes.

2. Blow Hole in bottom of toilet, make sure nothing is restricting it flow.

3. Blueing Cake Tank Drop In's, if there remove them, one of the major causing for plugged up flush rings.

4. Fill valve, is it working good is there plenty of water going into overfill tube, if not replace the fillvalve.

Test To Preform on Toilets

1. Take a 5gal bucket of water and pour into toilet, does it go out of toilet with no problems.

2. Lift Tank Lid, don't flush toilet but lift the flapper barley to see where the operating level of bowls is suppose to be at after each flush this will be the point where the water in bowl start to go over the top of the trapway, this is a reference point for this test. now flush the toiet several times and see if the bowl refills back to the same lavel once the fillvalve stops running, if it don't replace the fillvalve.

You may need to run an auger through it.

Best of Luck Plumber2000
www.atozplumbing.com



[This message has been edited by Plumber2000 (edited July 10, 2000).]
 
 

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