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First question: how many vent stacks do you have? My house has two,
one on each side of the house. Are you certain the toilet in question is
connected to the same stack as the upstairs sink and tub?
A blocked vent can definitely lead to this behavior though if nothing
else connected to that stack shows problems then the problem is probably
somewhere between the stack and the toilet.
Is there any chance that a squirrel has crawled down the vent and into
the toilet drain where it became stuck and drowned? I've actually had a
squirrel drown in one of my toilets. I guess it climbed down the vent
and up through the toilet drain. The shape of the bowl prevented the
squirrel from getting any leverage to open the lid so it drowned in the
bowl. Chewed the hell out of the seat trying to get out, though. Since
then I put steel squirrel-guard caps on my vents.
If you're at your wits end, you might consider investing in a USB
endoscope and fishing it down the toilet to see what's going on inside
the pipe. Most are waterproof. I think mine is 15 feet long which
should be more than enough to reach the vent stack. The picture quality
is comparable to an early 2000s webcam (ie. "crap") but it should be
able to show you if something's blocking the flow...
On 2020-08-22 17:38, Tim . wrote:
> Hey all,
>
> While trying to sort the valve on our upstairs toilet, the toilet
> itself now doesn't fully flush. The tank bits cycle, the toilet fills,
> but it only drains slowly. It doesn't "gurgle" (for lack of a better
> term) at the end.
>
> This has been going on for over a week now so I doubt there is
> anything stuck. (no feminine products in use in our house any more so
> that is not an issue.) I've plunged the hell out of it, pushing down
> and also sucking up with plunger. I can't really get a snake to go
> very far into the trap so not much help there.
>
> I remember reading years ago that a clogged or compromised vent can
> affect sink drainage. Is it possible that this issue is affecting this
> toilet? The sink and tub in the upstairs bathrrom are no affected.
> They both drain fine. Hell, nothing else in the house is affected.
>
> thoughts please?
> thanks
> tim
>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">First question: how many vent stacks
do you have? My house has two, one on each side of the house.
Are you certain the toilet in question is connected to the same
stack as the upstairs sink and tub?</div>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">A blocked vent can definitely lead to
this behavior though if nothing else connected to that stack shows
problems then the problem is probably somewhere between the stack
and the toilet.</div>
<div class="moz-cite-prefix"><br>
</div>
<div class="moz-cite-prefix">Is there any chance that a squirrel has
crawled down the vent and into the toilet drain where it became
stuck and drowned? I've actually had a squirrel drown in one of
my toilets. I guess it climbed down the vent and up through the
toilet drain. The shape of the bowl prevented the squirrel from
getting any leverage to open the lid so it drowned in the bowl.
Chewed the hell out of the seat trying to get out, though. Since
then I put steel squirrel-guard caps on my vents.</div>
<div class="moz-cite-prefix"><br>
</div>
<div class="moz-cite-prefix">If you're at your wits end, you might
consider investing in a USB endoscope and fishing it down the
toilet to see what's going on inside the pipe. Most are
waterproof. I think mine is 15 feet long which should be more
than enough to reach the vent stack. The picture quality is
comparable to an early 2000s webcam (ie. "crap") but it should be
able to show you if something's blocking the flow...</div>
<div class="moz-cite-prefix"><br>
</div>
<div class="moz-cite-prefix"><br>
</div>
<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 2020-08-22 17:38, Tim . wrote:<br>
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While trying to sort the valve on our upstairs toilet, the
toilet itself now doesn't fully flush. The tank bits cycle, the
toilet fills, but it only drains slowly. It doesn't "gurgle"
(for lack of a better term) at the end. </div>
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This has been going on for over a week now so I doubt there is
anything stuck. (no feminine products in use in our house any
more so that is not an issue.) I've plunged the hell out of it,
pushing down and also sucking up with plunger. I can't really
get a snake to go very far into the trap so not much help
there. </div>
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<br>
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I remember reading years ago that a clogged or compromised vent
can affect sink drainage. Is it possible that this issue is
affecting this toilet? The sink and tub in the upstairs bathrrom
are no affected. They both drain fine. Hell, nothing else in the
house is affected.</div>
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thoughts please?<br>
thanks</div>
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