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Fitted a brand new toilet last july on ground floor of house,and initially the new toilet would not flush so i assumed the diaphragm on the syphon was at fault, and changed it for another one. This is a close coupled toilet by the way. Again it would not flush so after a lot of head scratching i went out to investigate. Directly outside the other side of the wall to the toilet was a short vertical rise of soil pipe about a metre tall with a cap screwed on the top of it, and when i removed it i could feel a whoosh of air and see the water being taken away down the drain pipe. The toilet flushed like a dream after that. I screwed the cap back on and drilled a small hole thinking the problem was due to lack of ventilation.
Now months later the toilet wont flush again. Surely the diaphragm on the syphon couldnt be perished already. They have an upstairs toilet that wastes into a seperate soil stack, and this one flushes fine. There is no blockage on the problem toilet as it is not backing up. Any ideas?
Now months later the toilet wont flush again. Surely the diaphragm on the syphon couldnt be perished already. They have an upstairs toilet that wastes into a seperate soil stack, and this one flushes fine. There is no blockage on the problem toilet as it is not backing up. Any ideas?
