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Why a toilet needs that vent
Without air behind the flush, the bowl's own water seal can be pulled away.
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From the opening
A toilet trap is the water standing in the bowl, and the vent is what keeps a flush from leaving that seal weak or gone. The flush needs a path for air as much as it needs the water that starts it. The opening covers the bowl water is the seal, air the flush needs behind it, and a low waterline after a gulp.
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Inside
- The bowl water is the seal
- Air the flush needs behind it
- A low waterline after a gulp
- Why the roof pipe still matters
- Where the idea stops applying
- A distinction worth keeping
Sources
- The toilet trapway and its water seal
- Venting that prevents siphonage of the bowl