About speedball1 Expertise About me: My Plumbing Expertise: I retired from plumbing after a lifetime in the trade. all phases from service and upkeep to construction, both residential and commercial. I am qualified to do anything in plumbing from fixing a leaky faucet to drafting a set of plans for a commercial shopping center and supervising the construction. My last five years were spent as a trouble shooter for a large plumbing company. I took on all my companys complaints. I have been a expert on the plumbing page at Askme.com. In a field of 200 experts my rating was number one. You may also find me at Answerway.com and AskMe Help Desk.com. This is fun for me and if I can help anybody out that`s iceing on the cake. Degrees & Certifications: As for degrees, I don`t have any. Just a Journeymans ticket, but hey! How about fifty years experience?
Experience Life Experience? Hmmmmmmm! Ran away at 15 and joined a carnival, Navy at 17 Merchant marine at 19 I've had a hellava life.
Question I have a new kolher toilet and it blocks alot and has to be flushed twice most often to work right. I know the new toilets are more problems then the old ones with the water savers build in them but is there anything I can do to help the flushing better?
Answer Good morning Bob, There are several things that come to mind. The water level in the tank wants to be 3/8" below the top of the white overflow tube when the tank is filled. Make sure the small 1/8" tube from the ballcock if discharging into the overflow tube and not into the tank. As the shop trouble shooter I used to get a lot of complaints on the 1.6 gallon toilets exactly like yours. When I began to check and find out if we were installing faulty toilets I found, (much to my surprise) that it was the installers that were at fault. The wax seals were being squeezed inward when the toilet was set. This choked down on the opening and set up a backpressure that stopped the siphon action of the flush and the water rose up and swirled around but didn't flush. To fix this problem I had our plumbers "mold" the wax ring to slope outward before setting the stool. You still got a good seal without the back pressure. Result? No more call backs. Hope this helps and thank you for rating my reply. Tom
