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Plumbing back up advice
Posted on 8/18/22 at 7:03 am
Posted on 8/18/22 at 7:03 am
Yesterday my wife noticed that the bathtub wasn't draining and blamed me even though I'm not the one with long hair. I then went to flush and it's clogged as well. If you turn on any of the sinks it causes water to back up in to the bath tub.
I'm going buy a snake to try and clear out whatever is in there. Would you go from the outside cleanout port or go in from the toilet inside? Never had to do this before.
I'm going buy a snake to try and clear out whatever is in there. Would you go from the outside cleanout port or go in from the toilet inside? Never had to do this before.
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Posted on 8/18/22 at 7:28 am to Loup
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Would you go from the outside cleanout port or go in from the toilet inside? Never had to do this before.
I can tell you when my neighbor had this problem and he called a plumber, the plumber went from the outside cleanout.
Posted on 8/18/22 at 7:50 am to Loup
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Would you go from the outside cleanout port or go in from the toilet inside?
This happened to me years ago. When your toilet drain is slow or blocked, you have a major blockage. Find your cleanout and work towards the inside sources.
Posted on 8/18/22 at 7:52 am to Unobtanium
Do you have city sewage or a modad system?
Posted on 8/18/22 at 7:56 am to Choupicman
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Do you have city sewage
It's on city sewage. Thinking I might just pay $225 for the plumber
Posted on 8/18/22 at 8:58 am to tenfoe
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Check your vent.
will do, thanks
Posted on 8/18/22 at 9:22 am to WPBTiger
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I can tell you when my neighbor had this problem and he called a plumber, the plumber went from the outside cleanout.
Apples and oranges since plumbers are using a motorized snake that is much larger than the half inch manual snake that the OP will likely be using.
Posted on 8/18/22 at 9:46 am to MikeBRLA
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Apples and oranges since plumbers are using a motorized snake that is much larger than the half inch manual snake that the OP will likely be using.
If OP is planning on doing this himself, he would do well to rent a motorized snake with a 100 foot coil.
Posted on 8/18/22 at 10:10 am to Loup
Happened to me. Plumber kept snaking it and no good. Eventually went through vent on roof with larger snake.
Posted on 8/18/22 at 10:37 am to Loup
How old is the home? Newer home with pvc, probably a clog. Older home and you start talking about all kinds of issues like deteriorated cast iron drain lines, broken terracotta lines, tree roots in lines, etc
Posted on 8/18/22 at 10:58 am to wickowick
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How old is the home? Newer home with pvc, probably a clog. Older home and you start talking about all kinds of issues like deteriorated cast iron drain lines, broken terracotta lines, tree roots in lines, etc
1985. Pretty sure it's all PVC
Posted on 8/18/22 at 10:59 am to TBoy
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If OP is planning on doing this himself, he would do well to rent a motorized snake with a 100 foot coil.
Going to watch the plumber do it this time, have to leave early tomorrow morning for a work trip and don't want to leave the wife with the problem if I'm weren't able to fix it this evening.
Posted on 8/18/22 at 9:31 pm to Loup
I hope you got this fixed….so your wife doesn’t hat] e to go to a gas station to shite while you are gone!
Posted on 8/22/22 at 10:53 am to Spankum
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I hope you got this fixed….so your wife doesn’t hat] e to go to a gas station to shite while you are gone!
Thankfully it was fixed and it was easily determined that the clog was her fault!
Posted on 8/22/22 at 11:31 am to Loup
Flushable wipes?
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