Here's the problem. The toilet in my NYC apartment worked when I moved in, but eventually began clogging a lot, although not every time. Using a plunger worked some of the time, but the landlord eventually had to use an augur. After the clog had been cleared, he would test the flow of water through the toilet by sending a few wads of toilet paper down, which generally indicated a steady flow. The problem kept occurring, so his plumber replaced the toilet and a broken lead bend.
As far as I could see, the new toilet is not remarkably different from the old one in design. In any case, the change did not produce better results. In fact, it's safe to say that the new toilet clogs almost every time it's used to expel solid waste.
Because it doesn't take very long for the basin to back up after flushing, my feeling is that the clogs occur inside the toilet. The waste has trouble getting up from the bottom of the basin and over the lip of the trap or trapway (see pictures below). To be blunt, the kind of waste material involved doesn't look like it could be easily pushed around a curve.
Will a pressure toilet and a broader trapway solve this problem? (Gerber says that some traps are as wide as 3.5 inches)
I'm sure there's no way to tell for certain without examining the toilet and the pipes directly, but the landlord is all too ready to do nothing. I'd like to be able to suggest some options with a realistic chance of success. Will more force in the flush and more room in the trap help or is there something else you can suggest?
Thanks in advance.
Background details: I live in a five-story tenement building. There are four apartments on each floor. My apartment is one of the two rear apartments on the second floor. The bathroom is situated at the back of my apartment along the wall separating my apartment from the one across the hall. I believe the other apartment is the mirror image of mine, so the bathroom is also at the back along the interior wall. The landlord claims that the other apartment would experience problems similar to mine if there was a blockage further down the sewage line connected to my toilet.
As far as I could see, the new toilet is not remarkably different from the old one in design. In any case, the change did not produce better results. In fact, it's safe to say that the new toilet clogs almost every time it's used to expel solid waste.
Because it doesn't take very long for the basin to back up after flushing, my feeling is that the clogs occur inside the toilet. The waste has trouble getting up from the bottom of the basin and over the lip of the trap or trapway (see pictures below). To be blunt, the kind of waste material involved doesn't look like it could be easily pushed around a curve.
Will a pressure toilet and a broader trapway solve this problem? (Gerber says that some traps are as wide as 3.5 inches)
I'm sure there's no way to tell for certain without examining the toilet and the pipes directly, but the landlord is all too ready to do nothing. I'd like to be able to suggest some options with a realistic chance of success. Will more force in the flush and more room in the trap help or is there something else you can suggest?
Thanks in advance.
Background details: I live in a five-story tenement building. There are four apartments on each floor. My apartment is one of the two rear apartments on the second floor. The bathroom is situated at the back of my apartment along the wall separating my apartment from the one across the hall. I believe the other apartment is the mirror image of mine, so the bathroom is also at the back along the interior wall. The landlord claims that the other apartment would experience problems similar to mine if there was a blockage further down the sewage line connected to my toilet.