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i just moved into a new apartment and there is an issue with the toilet. ive plunged it but its not clogged. every time i go to flush it the bowl fills up with water but there is no suction force whatsoever pulling anything down the bottom. it just fills up with water and the water slowly receeds down the drain over the course of like 30 minutes. im not sure what causes the swirling downward suction in toilets but my toilet has no swirling or downward suction at all, what could this be!?!?
Your apartment in on the equator. The water doesn't know whether to circle to the left or to the right.
"Hello? Apartment manager? My toilet is overflowing and the tenant below is cursing me for ruining her hairdo. Do you think you could send a plumber?" Seriously - when something is a landlord responsibility, DO NOT volunteer to do things on your own. You may inadvertently accept liability.
Maintenance service is one thing tenants have, you can ask your landlord about it if what the best thing he can do for your concerns. In this case his help and of course the plumber or whoever is greatly needed.
Assuming that the water level in the tank has been properly set or adjusted and the flush controls (handle and arm, plus the flopper valve and chain) are the correct ones and adjusted, two things are possible:
a. An obstruction on the sewage line, anywhere from the toilet out the line
b. A blocked vent line (or the absence of a vent line)
First try a snake since there can be a small rag or something like that past the wax ring below the toilet. But don't forget that a toilet without a vent line does not want to flush easily.
One of the worst offenders I've come across are Q-tips... they tend to lodge sideways and make a toilet paper dam...
Good you had it addressed right away...
A son flushed a toothpick and one end got stuck in the wax ring. I think it moved side to side causing intermittent problems for a long time and the closet auger never dislodged it. It was fun removing the toilet and seeing it stuck there. Not!!!
I had the same problem once. My daughter had flushed a rubber duck.
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