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ChrisJ
ChrisJ Member Posts: 16,853
in Plumbing

Does anyone here have experience with Flushmates?

Is it normal to have a small amount of water in the bottom of the tank? I see some action down there when I flush it, but I can't tell if it's going up, or down, or both. I always thought these were 100% sealed and the tank stayed totally dry.

Single pipe 392sqft system with an EG-40 rated for 325sqft and it's silent and balanced at all times.

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  • mattmia2
    mattmia2 Member Posts: 13,527
    edited July 24

    no experience but pretty sure the water is supposed to remain within the device. there were ones that were recalled because they had problems with exploding, do you have one of those?

    https://www.flushmate.com/recall
    old_diy_guy
  • mattmia2
    mattmia2 Member Posts: 13,527

    Is it condensation on the tank full of cold municipal water?

  • 9326yssh
    9326yssh Member Posts: 47

    Usually i will see the tank dry, the water could be leaking from the small vacuum breaker on top or condensation if the tank was constantly running that's probably why they call you out there to check, the movement you see while flushing is just the prusser of the flush

  • ChrisJ
    ChrisJ Member Posts: 16,853
    https://forum.heatinghelp.com/discussion/comment/1860910#Comment_1860910

    There's some kinda thing on the side at the bottom that I see doing something. That's the problem I can't see if it's just peeing out a little each flush or if it's also draining at the end.

    I have a feeling it's getting replaced by a toto soon.

    Single pipe 392sqft system with an EG-40 rated for 325sqft and it's silent and balanced at all times.

  • ChrisJ
    ChrisJ Member Posts: 16,853

    No to both questions. It's a year after the recall and no condensation.

    Single pipe 392sqft system with an EG-40 rated for 325sqft and it's silent and balanced at all times.

  • 9326yssh
    9326yssh Member Posts: 47

    What toilet brand to you have now?

    I have installed 3 Sloan units they didn't work properly and my supplier stop selling them to do many complaints, the once from Gerber using Eco flush work properly

    Check this out you have a little prusser relive valve on the water inlet

    Screenshot_20250724_184143_Chrome.jpg
  • ChrisJ
    ChrisJ Member Posts: 16,853
    https://forum.heatinghelp.com/discussion/comment/1860918#Comment_1860918

    It's a Gerber 1.6 and the place I see something happening is from that square area at the bottom in your diagram.

    Single pipe 392sqft system with an EG-40 rated for 325sqft and it's silent and balanced at all times.

  • ChrisJ
    ChrisJ Member Posts: 16,853
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    Single pipe 392sqft system with an EG-40 rated for 325sqft and it's silent and balanced at all times.

  • mattmia2
    mattmia2 Member Posts: 13,527

    It looks like there is some sort of draft regulator there, maybe that is leaking

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  • PC7060
    PC7060 Member Posts: 1,685
    edited July 25
    https://forum.heatinghelp.com/discussion/201788/sloan-flushmate

    should be dry. Water in tank is typically leaking plunger valve (#3 in IPB) on top of plastic tank.

    ChrisJ
  • 9326yssh
    9326yssh Member Posts: 47
    https://forum.heatinghelp.com/discussion/comment/1860926#Comment_1860926

    That's an overflow drain if water is collected in the tank, if you only see water movement while flushing it's like I said only the prusser from the flush possibly causing some water to back up to the tank

    ChrisJ
  • Intplm.
    Intplm. Member Posts: 2,679

    Yes. It can be normal to see water at the bottom of the tank. If it's not leaking anywhere else and not affecting performance, I would not be concerned.

    ChrisJ

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