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Bowl fills up but doesn't go down? The toilet or the drain is probably plugged. Try using a plunger on it or fill a 5 gallon bucket with water and pour it into the bowl as fast as you can without causing the bowl to overflow. A lot of the time, this will flush out the line because that is 3 or 4 times the volume of water that is normally used.
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∙ 14y ago
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∙ 13y agoIt swirls clockwise in toilet bowls of the Northen Hemisphere and counter-clockwise in toilet bowls of the Southern Hemisphere. (You may have thought this was a simple question, but the answer is not only interesting, it makes you think about several physics concepts at once.)
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How will you save the water?
Stop unnecessary flushes in the toilet. It definitely saves lot of water.
Why does it take 2 flushes for the toilet?
Many toliets are designed to save water so for some "jobs" it takes two flushes.
What would cause water in toilet bowl to splash when flushed?
My g/f has this happen to her regularly and, it was only when I asked that she said she usually flushes once to get the flush working and then immediately after to make certain the toilet flushes everything away. She said that if a toilet has good pressure, it will often splash out when she flushes.
Why do pipes rattle when the toilet flushes?
Water hammering on any quick closing valves
Which way does the water spin when you flush the toilet?
AnswerUnlilke common belief, what hemisphere you live in has nothing to do with the way the toilet flushes. It spins according to how your toilet is manufactured.
Why would your toilet not flush properly does not appear to be clogged?
On the inner rim of your toilet where the water flushes out from the cistern, if these small holes are blocked it wont make the right angled pressure to flush a toilet
What could cause water in the toilet bowl to swirl counter clockwise?
You live in Oz (other side of the earth)
Why does the water pressure in your sprinklers fluctuate?
Because someone is using water somewhere else. For instance, if you are having a shower and someone flushes the toilet, the water going to the shower is decreased because some is going to the toilet now.
What could be the reason the toilet will not flush that has a septic system?
If you really mean it flushes but the water does not run away, then the septic tank is plugged.
Is there a valve or gadget available to stop scalding when toilet flushes or freezing when sink is turned on?
There are temperature balanced shower bodies that will adjust the hot water flow when it senses that the cold water flow drops due to flushing the toilet.
Why do states closer to the equators toilet swirl counterclockwise?
COntrary to popular belief toilet water doesnt swirl a different way due to any sort of supernatural occurance nor because of some sort of scientific belief. Toilets flush inÊ different fashion due to the manufacturer of the toilet. THe rule of water swirling in a counter clock wise motion refers to more larger scales like trade winds and or hurricanes.Ê
Why does rice swirl around a pot of boiling water?
I believe it is because of convection currents.
