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vent
you assumed you had a plugged vent and used a shop vac to clear it. But, that may have just cured a symptom. A toilet WILL flush BETTER without a vent, or with a plugged one, so if yours did not flush, you have another problem and all you did was cover it up. A far as pricing is concerned, I would not even start my truck for $80.00 much less $30.00. And the final price is determined by how long it takes, not a flat rate amount agreed to before I even know what the real problem is. And if someone asks how to change a washer, which is normally very intuitive, we might tell him to call a plumber before he does something that would require a major remodeling. The jobs I hate more than anything are those where a DIY'er decided to help me out before calling and has taken something apart. Usually the first thing I have to do is put it back together again, either because it did not have to be done in the first place, or because I have to find out what was happening.
you assumed you had a plugged vent and used a shop vac to clear it. But, that may have just cured a symptom. A toilet WILL flush BETTER without a vent, or with a plugged one, so if yours did not flush, you have another problem and all you did was cover it up. A far as pricing is concerned, I would not even start my truck for $80.00 much less $30.00. And the final price is determined by how long it takes, not a flat rate amount agreed to before I even know what the real problem is. And if someone asks how to change a washer, which is normally very intuitive, we might tell him to call a plumber before he does something that would require a major remodeling. The jobs I hate more than anything are those where a DIY'er decided to help me out before calling and has taken something apart. Usually the first thing I have to do is put it back together again, either because it did not have to be done in the first place, or because I have to find out what was happening.