# Low flush toilet problem?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/low-flush-toilet-problem/551805>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [August 28, 2010, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/low-flush-toilet-problem/551805 "2010-08-28T17:16:41Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![mangeorge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d78d45/32.png) [@mangeorge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mangeorge)\
**Post date:** [August 29, 2010, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/low-flush-toilet-problem/551805/21 "2010-08-29T14:36:48Z")

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> [@Snnipe\_70E](#):
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> > [@mangeorge](#):
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> > Now I see what **Dano** is saying. The tank doesn’t _empty_ completely before the stopper drops. Cool! 🆒  
> > If I hold the handle down it _does_ empty. I learn something every day.  
> > Thanks, **Dano**.
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> You may have one of the two level low flush toilets. If only pee in toilet push handle down and let go the pee should clear. If solids push and hold handle down, should (?) clear all solids. If you want to eliminate the two level shorten the chain to the handle. My mother in law stays with us often and I never could get her to understand this. I shortened the chain in the bathroom to eliminate many stopped toilets when she visits.

Yes, that’s what mine does. It’s pretty new. Oddly, the literature said nothing about dual flush, but it definately holds back quyte a lot of water if I just push and release. My old (really old) toilet would empty completely with just a push.  
I’m currently resisting a strong desire for a [high tank](http://www.rensup.com/Toilets/12185.htm?adsrc=9000002), or pullchain toilet. I’m not sure what the fascination is, except that we had one at some time when I was a kid. Or maybe it’s that a casual girlfriend in Manhattan had one. and a Murphy bed. Talk about _cool_.🆒

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**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\
**Post date:** [August 31, 2010, 5:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/low-flush-toilet-problem/551805/22 "2010-08-31T05:46:21Z")

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Ha! I just tried it. My new toilet does the same thing, although a short flush is usually enough unless you have to let off a really large load.

It still doesn’t empty completely, though.

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