[tnalbundy]

This has been an ongoing problem for months now. We have had the Roto Rooter servicemen come to our house and run the tubing through the septic line (we are on a sewer line). The commode acts as if it is going to run over, but when we plunge it, it will make a gurgling sound and within a few minutes the water will reside, but will not flush. Im wondering if this has something to do with the seal. We have actually taken the commode of the floor and taken it outside to run water through it, nothing. What is the problem.

[ballengerb1]

A gurgling toilet says to me that your vent stack is blocked. Roto should have caught that though, did they check your vent?/ Which is it "septic line (we are on a sewer line" you aren't on both. Here is a tes but you already missed your easy chnace at doing it. Set the toilet a saw horses, fill the bowl and the tank, then flush. If it flushes fine you darin is the issue. It has nothing to do with the seal unless your wax ring was so thick that it guished over the edge and partially blocked the drain pipe, you would have noticed this when you removed the toilet plus you put in a new wax ring I'm sure.

[speedball1]

I have one that most repair plumbers miss.. Look down at the bottom of the bowl. If there is a small hole, then that is a jet that starts the syphon action. If it's clogged the water will just swirl around and slowly go down leaving solids behind. Take your finger,(UGH! ) and run it around the inside of the opening. Over the years minerals build up and cut down on the syphon (flush) action. If it is rough or you feel build up, take a table knife and put a bend in it to get around the curve in the bowl and chip and scrap it clear. Next take a coathanger and clear out the holes around the rim. They start the swirling action. And last, check the water level in the tank. It should be 1/2" below the top of the over flow tube. And speaking of the overflow tube, Make sure the small 1/8" tube from the ballcock to the white overflow tube is connected so it discharges in it and that it's flowing when the ballcock fills. This is what raises the water level in the bowl. For a good solid flush they all have to work together. Hope this helps . Tom