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water drains out of toilet bowl

 
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lilgary



Joined: 11 Dec 2002
Posts: 2

PostPosted: Thu Dec 12, 2002 11:35 pm    Post subject: water drains out of toilet bowl Reply with quote

We added a bathroom in our basement. We added a oakey sure vent to the sink at the end of the run to help with venting even though we were told since we were 20 ft. from the main house vent we would be okay. After flushing the toilet within 30 minutes, the toilet bowl completely empties out. We t-ed off the sewer pipe under the cement floor and ran the line to the toilet, shower, and sink from there. Someone told me to try completely closing off the pipe top where the oakey sure vent was(getting too much air) and that didn't help. Then I tried leaving the pipe top open ( not getting enough air)and that didn't help either. Does hooking to the main vent to the roof cause better venting and why? Please help.
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lilgary



Joined: 11 Dec 2002
Posts: 2

PostPosted: Sat Dec 14, 2002 9:39 pm    Post subject: Found Problem Reply with quote

We were trying to find all the possible answers to our problem with the water draining out of bowl. Being a new bathroom we figured it was poor venting. The toilet we purchased was an Eliger. It was a defective bowl. There was a small hole about the size of a ball point pen tip in the back of the bowl. You could see someone had tried to cover up the mistake as it was well hidden. No more Eliger products for me.
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Dan
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Joined: 30 Jun 2002
Posts: 131
Location: UK

PostPosted: Sun Dec 15, 2002 10:03 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

thanks for taking the time to come back and let us know
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