In article <3ebdb0ad-360b-417f-989a-e2e5ea8ed0f7@i12g2000prf.googlegroups.com>, "hondgm@yahoo.com" <hondgm@yahoo.com> wrote: >I know this has been discussed before, and I've done a lot of reading >about this problem and some troubleshooting. I'm almost ready to >throw the toilets out and buy new ones. [snip]> >They're on a city sewer, and I don't notice any other odd symptoms >like gurgling sinks. However, one of them is a little loose on the >mount, but there's no water leaking. It's rare for the clog to occur >inside the trap; it almost always clogs within view right at the drain >hole entry. This makes me think there isn't anything stuck in the >trap, although I haven't discounted this possibility. Do you think maybe you should actually find out, instead of just guessing? You said the toilets are nearly 30 years old, but you've only been in the house for about a year -- you have no idea at all what somebody else's kids might have tried to flush down the toilets during the last 25+ years. > >Any ideas before I throw them out?! Find out if there's anything stuck in the trap. Usually, snaking with a closet auger is sufficient to take care of that. You may need to remove them and inspect from the bottom. -- Regards, Doug Miller (alphageek at milmac dot com) It's time to throw all their damned tea in the harbor again.

Flush a couple of times during the "process of doing your business and wiping". There is the "courtesy flush" which occurs just after "doing your business" and prior to wiping. Then the "triple flush" where solids first, then paper, then more paper. And for the large jobs, there is the quadruple "holiday flush". This is after a big meal like thanksgiving and when newspaper or magazine reading is required to get the job done. This can be a solid/paper/solid/paper job. Best to break it up into 4 separate flushes!