Water Echo from Pressure Vessel

5 years ago

This toilet is one of those that you often find in businesses, I had one installed in my home because of bad pressure in the line (turned out it was a tape measure dropped by the bathroom installers), so I figured maybe the flush line was too far away - for this was a bathroom that had long been divided to serve two sitters. It was some custom job which made a Frankenstein bathroom with two toilets, the shower basin of open glass separating them and a door into the hallway and one to the family room - a community bathroom of sorts which went right along with the house's oddities. Now that how we got here is done, this pressurized toilet has the sound of faint leak, a water drip every 4-6 seconds. This is not dripping on the floor, but perhaps through a seal back into the drain line?

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wdccruise

5 years ago

last modified: 5 years ago

Did you follow the instructions in the Troubleshooting Guide to verify that everything is working correctly?

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Bruce Quesenberry
Original Author
5 years ago
Based on the guide, it looks like this excess water is normal. I know from being in office buildings, sitting on the can I never hear water dripping from the nearby toilets or the one I'm on.
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wdccruise
5 years ago
I wouldn't assume that the dripping sound is normal. It would indicate to me that there is a leak somewhere. What do you hear if you close the valve supplying water to the toilet? Does the dripping sound stop?
Bruce Quesenberry
Original Author
5 years ago
water drips when turned off, sounds from under the toilet base
wdccruise
5 years ago
I'd guess that the flushmate is leaking. I'd flush the toilet and let it fill back up, measure the height of the water in the toilet bowl (for reference), scoop some of the water out of the toilet bowl, measure the height of the remaining water in the toilet bowl, wait awhile, and then measure the height of the water in the toilet bowl again. If it has increased, the Flushmate is leaking water into the toilet bowl.
Bruce Quesenberry thanked wdccruise
Bruce Quesenberry
Original Author
5 years ago
Problem solved - bad cartridge, seems if it gets too dirty, it will overflow