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Had a plumber install a toilet - Toto Clayton. Plumbing worked perfectly before this. Within the first two days, the plumbing in that bathroom started to back-up (shower and toilet). Had the plumber come back out, and he snaked the line with a big, monster snake. It was cleared temporarily (2 or 3 days), but then the same problem came back.
I suspected that he may have dropped something down the sewer when working on the toilet (he replaced the flange and some of the drain pipe below). They agreed this was a possibility.
This time, he came back out with a camera, and found that the line was clogged with toilet paper (surprise!). His opinion is that the toilet paper is getting caught in a T - where the toilet drain ties into the rest of the plumbing.
His claim is that the drainage is not adequate and a large chunk of the sewer line needs to be replaced. I told him it has been working fine for years - never had a problem. He believes that the older toilet (which was not low-flow) had enough power to clear the T, but the new low flow can't do it. So, stuff gets backed-up there.
Does this sound reasonable? Anyone else experience plumbing problems shifting from a higher to lower flow toilet?
Thanks!
Craig
Had a plumber install a toilet - Toto Clayton. Plumbing worked perfectly before this. Within the first two days, the plumbing in that bathroom started to back-up (shower and toilet). Had the plumber come back out, and he snaked the line with a big, monster snake. It was cleared temporarily (2 or 3 days), but then the same problem came back.
I suspected that he may have dropped something down the sewer when working on the toilet (he replaced the flange and some of the drain pipe below). They agreed this was a possibility.
This time, he came back out with a camera, and found that the line was clogged with toilet paper (surprise!). His opinion is that the toilet paper is getting caught in a T - where the toilet drain ties into the rest of the plumbing.
His claim is that the drainage is not adequate and a large chunk of the sewer line needs to be replaced. I told him it has been working fine for years - never had a problem. He believes that the older toilet (which was not low-flow) had enough power to clear the T, but the new low flow can't do it. So, stuff gets backed-up there.
Does this sound reasonable? Anyone else experience plumbing problems shifting from a higher to lower flow toilet?
Thanks!
Craig