Hi,
This problem started a few days ago. I live on the sixth floor in a six-story apartment building in Brooklyn, NY. The toilet in the bathroom is a flushometer, which is very common here.
One day last week, after getting home from work and using the toilet, I noticed that I had to press down much harder than usual to flush the toilet. It flushed fine, though.
I then used the bathroom sink. As I turned on the cold faucet, I noticed that on this fixture, too, it was much more harder to turn than usual, and required more strength to do so.
I also noticed that, while turning on the shower the next morning, it seemed to need more force since then to turn on, but maybe not as much as the sink. Ditto for the kitchen sink.
The toilet always required a little bit of force to flush, especially after I had it "fixed" by the super a couple years back due to a short flush that really wouldn't flush at all. Since the toilet flushed well after the fix, I thought, hey, that's the best I'm gonna get from the guy (even though I give him a nice Christmas present every year).
The toilet is what I'm really concerned about. It's as if there is a two-step process to flush: It easily pushes down, then meets some resistance, and then I have to push harder to get it to flush. It's sort of been like that since the super fixed it, but it's more difficult to push down now. Sometimes I have to use nearly all my strength to flush it, believe it or not!
I'm thinking that there may have been an increase to the water pressure either in the building or the neighborhood that's creating this resistance to all fixtures. This all happened right before we had the 95-degree weather which has ended.
I was going to call the building management to get this looked at, but I know they'll be a bit hesitant to do anything, since it does flush and I do have water in the sink. They will, as they like to do, try to make like I'm imagining a problem. And the super, while fixing one problem, often creates another. Such is the life in New York.
The toilet may flush a little easier at 3pm than at 3am, but it's still more difficult to do so than it was a week ago.
So, since all fixtures are now more difficult to turn, what can be causing this? I am kind of doubting that all fixtures are failing at the same exact time.
Thank you for any help or information!!
This problem started a few days ago. I live on the sixth floor in a six-story apartment building in Brooklyn, NY. The toilet in the bathroom is a flushometer, which is very common here.
One day last week, after getting home from work and using the toilet, I noticed that I had to press down much harder than usual to flush the toilet. It flushed fine, though.
I then used the bathroom sink. As I turned on the cold faucet, I noticed that on this fixture, too, it was much more harder to turn than usual, and required more strength to do so.
I also noticed that, while turning on the shower the next morning, it seemed to need more force since then to turn on, but maybe not as much as the sink. Ditto for the kitchen sink.
The toilet always required a little bit of force to flush, especially after I had it "fixed" by the super a couple years back due to a short flush that really wouldn't flush at all. Since the toilet flushed well after the fix, I thought, hey, that's the best I'm gonna get from the guy (even though I give him a nice Christmas present every year).
The toilet is what I'm really concerned about. It's as if there is a two-step process to flush: It easily pushes down, then meets some resistance, and then I have to push harder to get it to flush. It's sort of been like that since the super fixed it, but it's more difficult to push down now. Sometimes I have to use nearly all my strength to flush it, believe it or not!
I'm thinking that there may have been an increase to the water pressure either in the building or the neighborhood that's creating this resistance to all fixtures. This all happened right before we had the 95-degree weather which has ended.
I was going to call the building management to get this looked at, but I know they'll be a bit hesitant to do anything, since it does flush and I do have water in the sink. They will, as they like to do, try to make like I'm imagining a problem. And the super, while fixing one problem, often creates another. Such is the life in New York.
The toilet may flush a little easier at 3pm than at 3am, but it's still more difficult to do so than it was a week ago.
So, since all fixtures are now more difficult to turn, what can be causing this? I am kind of doubting that all fixtures are failing at the same exact time.
Thank you for any help or information!!
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