What makes a good flushing toilet? serious enquiry before u laugh

^opm^

Bit of background-no sniggers at back please.....

My toilet upstairs when u have a number 2 in it-is useless at flushing away the evidence , can take 4, 5 or 6 flushes etc ... not good....anyway in studying it when it flushed instead of getting a good wave of water hitting the pan it just goes down the sides causing the contents to swirl round instead of being pushed out towards the u-bend etc and on their merry way, its always been a crap flusher( no pun intended since new).

In studying the design of the toilet from the outside i notice that is this useless flushing caused by a narrowing of the exit pipe as it goes up round u-bend causing water rather then flowing out to swirl round pan, or is it the design of under the rim so as water enters it comes down in wrong flow form? so instead of gushing round under rim to meet in middle at front where u then get a good wave flow into pan and a rapid exit of number 2's.

Just one last observation-in looking at contents of toilet bowl after a flushing it seems to get rid of the number 2 but its the toilet paper that hangs about-still not good tho is that-trust me.....

So any toilet specialists on here with a view on designs of toilet and what makes a good flusher so i know what to look for when going to buy a new one? any recommendations?

this is a serious enquiry as i have lady friends coming to house and its not a good way of opening up welcoming them to house by saying if u use loo make sure u flush it half a dozen times before leaving room as i dont want to see your turtles floating in there.....


Serious replies only please from knowledgable folk

ollyk

Have you considered the fact that your waste could be particulary bouyant?

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toilets at work flush my waste away fine tho lol

babyangel10

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i dont want to see your turtles floating in there.....

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and then you ask for serious replies only!!!!!!!!!!:D

ManAtHome

Can you easily change the water level in the cistern - sometimes you can cut down too much with water-saving devices.

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why would i want to cut down on water level-i can easily change it yes by adjusting float height-5 second job but how is letting cistern fill up with less water gonna help it flush better?
unless u mean let it fill up more-i already done that so got it filling up to max height but still crap-its not amount of water flowing down pan its velocity-as i say instead of creating like a mini tidal wave into pan like toilets at work do it just swirls contents round

ManAtHome wrote: »

Can you easily change the water level in the cistern - sometimes you can cut down too much with water-saving devices.

ManAtHome

Yes, I meant maybe you need more water - when I cut mine down I hit the point where the "tidal wave" vanished (the syphon bit in the cistern just wasn't pushing the water through).

rockin_plumber

You havnt had the cistern replaced or the syphon replaced and kept an old pan have you

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dont think i can get much more water in there as its close to point where its near to the height of them holes at back for fixing to wall-but will check next time i have a number 2 in morning-thanks

ManAtHome wrote: »

Yes, I meant maybe you need more water - when I cut mine down I hit the point where the "tidal wave" vanished (the syphon bit in the cistern just wasn't pushing the water through).

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was a complete new toilet etc about 3 year ago-but always been a useless flusher-only thing that isn't new in it then was syphon bit as one that came with toilet looked crap so i used one out me old toilet and that always flushed ok in that old toilet?

rockin_plumber wrote: »

You havnt had the cistern replaced or the syphon replaced and kept an old pan have you

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why can the syphon decide how powerful the water going down pan is? i always thought problem was shape of the bowl area but im not an expert-just like to know whats likely to be wrong so i know what to replace-dont want to buy a new pan if is cistern or syphon thats wrong? but as i said syphon in this toilet was one out of old toilet.

any idea's?