I am not sure if this is a question or a rant,but if anyone has any input please feel free to reply.
I moved into a new house 3 months ago. Shortly after we started having trouble with the toilet clogging. It got so bad I had to buy a toilet auger,one of those five foot ones. Plunging it stopped working and we have had to use the auger every time we flush any solids including just toilet paper. It got to the point that the auger wouldn't even penetrate it anymore so I pulled the toilet out to see if something got flushed down it. I took the tank off and brought it outside and cleaned it with a garden hose. All I found was a plastic tampon applicator and two qtips which looked like it should have easily been pushed out by all of the times we used that auger on it. The whole bottom of the toilet was PACKED solid with toilet paper and ****. It was packed so tight it was like cement. Like I said the snake wouldn't even penetrate it anymore. Anyhow I cleaned it all out and changed the gaskets,bolts,seals and wax ring,put the toilet back on and flushed it and it worked fantastic. That is until I took the first dump in it and it went down real slow. It was just a small one too,in no way,shape or form something that should cause any problems at all. I flushed 3 or 4 more times and was still draining slow until I plungered it and now its flushing ok again,but I can see my problem is going to just start all over again. It just sucks because I am by no means a plumber or construction worker. It took me all day to do that and I had to take things apart several times to make sure I did it right,not to mention i suffer from diabetic neuropathy and all of the walking up and down stairs to fetch tools and turn water off and on has my legs feeling like someone beat them with a bat.
Anyhow the toilet is a mancesa 1.6/6 lts I don't know a model number or how old it is but so far I have not read anything good about the brand. I don't think my plumbing is vented so that could be part of the problem?? But the rest of the plumbing in the house works fine.
One good thing came out of it though, I learned a lot about how a toilet works. Everything that could go wrong did. The bolts were rusted and kept spinning when I tried to loosen the nuts. The flange was rusty and needed to be replaced,the seals on the tank bowl were old and needed to be replaced. The seal from the tank to the bowl needed to be replaced, and to top it off the drain for the toilet is too close to the wall, the tank sits right against the wall and the first time I put the toilet back on I put the base on first and then tried to put the tank on. It was so tight a fit it caused to tank to sit improperly on the base and the seal didn't fit properly so it was leaking. I had to take it all off,put the tank on properly and then put it back on the hole. Pain in the ass,but I did learn a lot.
To all of you overpaid plumbing companies, I respect your job and no longer think you're overpaid. You earn every penny of it.
I moved into a new house 3 months ago. Shortly after we started having trouble with the toilet clogging. It got so bad I had to buy a toilet auger,one of those five foot ones. Plunging it stopped working and we have had to use the auger every time we flush any solids including just toilet paper. It got to the point that the auger wouldn't even penetrate it anymore so I pulled the toilet out to see if something got flushed down it. I took the tank off and brought it outside and cleaned it with a garden hose. All I found was a plastic tampon applicator and two qtips which looked like it should have easily been pushed out by all of the times we used that auger on it. The whole bottom of the toilet was PACKED solid with toilet paper and ****. It was packed so tight it was like cement. Like I said the snake wouldn't even penetrate it anymore. Anyhow I cleaned it all out and changed the gaskets,bolts,seals and wax ring,put the toilet back on and flushed it and it worked fantastic. That is until I took the first dump in it and it went down real slow. It was just a small one too,in no way,shape or form something that should cause any problems at all. I flushed 3 or 4 more times and was still draining slow until I plungered it and now its flushing ok again,but I can see my problem is going to just start all over again. It just sucks because I am by no means a plumber or construction worker. It took me all day to do that and I had to take things apart several times to make sure I did it right,not to mention i suffer from diabetic neuropathy and all of the walking up and down stairs to fetch tools and turn water off and on has my legs feeling like someone beat them with a bat.
Anyhow the toilet is a mancesa 1.6/6 lts I don't know a model number or how old it is but so far I have not read anything good about the brand. I don't think my plumbing is vented so that could be part of the problem?? But the rest of the plumbing in the house works fine.
One good thing came out of it though, I learned a lot about how a toilet works. Everything that could go wrong did. The bolts were rusted and kept spinning when I tried to loosen the nuts. The flange was rusty and needed to be replaced,the seals on the tank bowl were old and needed to be replaced. The seal from the tank to the bowl needed to be replaced, and to top it off the drain for the toilet is too close to the wall, the tank sits right against the wall and the first time I put the toilet back on I put the base on first and then tried to put the tank on. It was so tight a fit it caused to tank to sit improperly on the base and the seal didn't fit properly so it was leaking. I had to take it all off,put the tank on properly and then put it back on the hole. Pain in the ass,but I did learn a lot.
To all of you overpaid plumbing companies, I respect your job and no longer think you're overpaid. You earn every penny of it.
