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Posted by mm on July 7, 2006, 10:33 pm
On 3 Jul 2006 19:57:15 -0700, "Never Enough Money"
>Soory, I worded it porly. Yes it is IN the basement. It's a basement
>with a wood sub-floor, not a concrete slab. I treid the bucket
>experiment recommended by one of the other replies and sure enough it
>barely drained out even after the first bucket.
>
>I thought we tested it when we bought the house. It sat down in the
If you think you tested it, you're in good shape. Everyone sometimes
things they;ve done something when they haven't. OTOH, if it were I
and I didn't even think I'd tested it, because I didn't have sense
enough to do so, that would bother me.
So now it is only money, and I see it didn't cost you any money after
all.
>basement hardly used at all till one of my kids wanted to move down
>there....maybe he clogged it somehow....
>
>
>mm wrote:
>>
>> >Never Enough Money wrote:
>> >> Bought a house with a water efficient toilet for my basement. However,
>>
>> For the basement, not IN the basement. Was it already there?
>>
>> >> it has a very hard time flushing - anything of substance just won't go
>> >> down without multiple flushes.
>>
>> I wonder how hard it is these days to get previous owners to tell the
>> truth about how well it worked when they were there. Maybe they only
>> used it for peeing, or maybe it worked well when they were there and
>> something has changed. I guess if you wait 6 months, so they won't
>> have to worry about being sued for non-disclosure, they may not fear
>> to tell you the truth.
>>
>> As an aside, did you flush the toilet before buying the house. I
>> didn't flush mine either, but none is in the basement. I don't know
>> how much difference that makes.
>>
>> More below:
>>
>> >> Is this because the super efficient toilet sacrifices flush power? Is
>> >> it becausse the basement is so low that there's not enough drop out to
>> >> the sewage line? Is it because the line is partially clogged? Something
>> >> else?
>> >>
>> >> Should I go out and buy a better toilet? Clean the line with a snake?
>> >> What?
>> >>
>> >
>> >Test the line.
>> >Get several large buckets filled with water.
>> >Rapidly dump them into the bowl .
>> >If the water goes right down without signs
>> >of overflow, the line is fine and the toilet
>> >is suspect.
>>
>> Is this a test of the drain or of flushing?
>>
>> In other tests, other people have recommended only one bucket. If
>> low-use is 1.6 isn't regular use 3 gallons, and isn't a standard
>> bucket about 5 gallons? So is it a valid flushing comparison to use
>> more than one bucket?
>> >
>> >Jim
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