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no its just basically a dome shape cap on top of the vent pipe....plenty room for air. I have another 2 toilets which also are vented with an identical vent and they work fine.

they are curved caps to let the air in underneath

my drains are definately clear...this particular toilet has its own inspection lid and i have had hoses up it and all seems clear. I guess maybe its an under rim problem...maybe a new toilet is needed. Thanks bahco for ur help anyway.

I may be wrong here but i have 5 vents coming out my roof. 3 from extractor fans and 2 from SVP's. All are identical. Each vent protrudes about a foot from the roof and each has a cap over the end which i assume is to stop rain getting in.

This toilet has an SVP (am i assuming right that this is a soil vent pipe??) up the wall lining and out through the roof with a plastic cap over it obviously to prevent rain water getting in. Is this what u mean? I did check a few weeks ago and there were no obvious blockages.

I renewed the dual flush column and donut washer at the same time recently, still with same result. I assume there is nothing on the water inlet mechanism that would effect my problem? Sorry for the lingo, dont know the parts proper names :oops:

Yes it is close coupled. It was fine for a year though, only been the last 6 months it has played up.

Tried nearly everything listed there. Is there anything that would restrict water going from cistern to pan apart from an under rim blockage?

I have a Roca toilet installed in my downstairs toilet. For the last 6 months or so it has had a very poor flush, not enough to clear everthing out the pan. The flush is also quite noisy. The house is only 18 months old. I have tried a new dual flush mechanism to no avail and the drain has been...