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My toilet flush is very weak & can't really even flush a few sheets of toilet paper away.
A syphon flush, not a flapper.
Up until a few days ago it worked perfectly, then the flush just started being really weak. Doesn't flush toilet paper at all.
Water comes out & the cistern empties, but the water comes out so weak that nothing flushes away.
The water makes a slightly different sound now when it comes out of the cistern into the bowl - I can hear a hollow sound now coming from the cistern, as if there's not enough water or too much air somewhere & it's kind of struggling.
Nobody in the house did anything that might have caused this.
Thought it might be the diaphragm in the syphon. When I took it out it looked fine, but I replaced the entire syphon anyway (this is the new one I put in).
After re-fitting everything with a brand new syphon & testing the flush, it's still as weak as it was when I started. Still makes the hollow sound.
I've tried adjusting the levels on the syphon to fit the water level etc.
I've tried cleaning the holes under the rim of the toilet that feed water into the bowl. They weren't blocked but I gave them a scrub with a wire brush anyway.
Nothing works.
The pipes that carry the waste away from the toilet are fine - we can flush by throwing a bucket of water down.
Can't find any other suggestions online about what this might be. Anyone got any thoughts?
A syphon flush, not a flapper.
Up until a few days ago it worked perfectly, then the flush just started being really weak. Doesn't flush toilet paper at all.
Water comes out & the cistern empties, but the water comes out so weak that nothing flushes away.
The water makes a slightly different sound now when it comes out of the cistern into the bowl - I can hear a hollow sound now coming from the cistern, as if there's not enough water or too much air somewhere & it's kind of struggling.
Nobody in the house did anything that might have caused this.
Thought it might be the diaphragm in the syphon. When I took it out it looked fine, but I replaced the entire syphon anyway (this is the new one I put in).
After re-fitting everything with a brand new syphon & testing the flush, it's still as weak as it was when I started. Still makes the hollow sound.
I've tried adjusting the levels on the syphon to fit the water level etc.
I've tried cleaning the holes under the rim of the toilet that feed water into the bowl. They weren't blocked but I gave them a scrub with a wire brush anyway.
Nothing works.
The pipes that carry the waste away from the toilet are fine - we can flush by throwing a bucket of water down.
Can't find any other suggestions online about what this might be. Anyone got any thoughts?