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Sewer gas from toilet Phisherman 08-21-2006
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Posted by Phisherman on August 21, 2006, 12:51 pm
Sometimes the water level in the toilet bowl drops below the trap
letting sewer gas into the bathroom. How can the water level be
raised in the bowl? Why is it that sometimes the level is low--this
has happened recently and the toilet has been working fine the past 15
years. TIA

Posted by Grandpa on August 21, 2006, 1:10 pm
Phisherman wrote:

> Sometimes the water level in the toilet bowl drops below the trap
> letting sewer gas into the bathroom. How can the water level be
> raised in the bowl? Why is it that sometimes the level is low--this
> has happened recently and the toilet has been working fine the past 15
> years. TIA

Something's changed in your vent stack. Bird's nest, dead animal, back
flush clog, or something. Your water is getting siphoned out. Check your
vents. Bowl water height is determined by the trap design. Make sure the
"fill pipe" is connected to the overflow in the water tank.
--
Grandpa

What is that dripping from my fingers?
Why it looks like time.

Posted by Joseph Meehan on August 21, 2006, 4:14 pm
Phisherman wrote:
> Sometimes the water level in the toilet bowl drops below the trap
> letting sewer gas into the bathroom. How can the water level be
> raised in the bowl? Why is it that sometimes the level is low--this
> has happened recently and the toilet has been working fine the past 15
> years. TIA

You don't need to raise the water, rather you need to keep it from going
down. Most of the time when this happens there is a fully or partly blocked
vent. You may also have a partly blocked drain.

--
Joseph Meehan

Dia duit



Posted by hallerb@aol.com on August 21, 2006, 9:39 pm
odd mine did that awhile ago then one dthe problem went away/

in my case its probably a clog.


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