I find myself just holding the handle down to get additional water in each flush. Seems like they could have picked a happy medium with water usage for toilets.
I do not like the new toilets and washing machines. I miss toilet bowls that generally left no evidence of anything, only needing a quick brush down once a week. I miss washers that actually got clothes clean, and not leave pet fur and lint on them when you pull them out. Also miss white undershirts staying white for awhile (though that could be the fabric quality as everything is made overseas these days.)
Our solution is poop first, flush by holding the handle down until the tank was empty. All 1.5 gallons, compared to the old 5-gallon toilets. When the tank is full, repeat the first step. NO PAPER in the first two flushes. Then put paper in. Follow by three full flushes. Total of 7.5 gallons, where one big slug of 5 gallons would have done the job.
When we have company, we go into the bathroom after they use it and do multiple flushes, hoping all will be well.
Why not get it fixed? The line runs under a masonry porch. We would have to remove half of it. Then when the plumbers open the ground, the city would require them to replace 80 feet of deteriorated clay pipe about 8 to 10 feet underground. Then we would need to build a new porch. I could get a really nice car and a new furnace for the cost of the new pipe.
When we have company, we go into the bathroom after they use it and do multiple flushes, hoping all will be well.
Flush away, folks!