My home was built in 1913. I have a bathroom on our first floor that has a sink, tub, and toilet. In the basement (just under the 1st floor) they converge to the soil stack which is vented to the roof. No fixture is more that 3 feet from the stack.
From what i have been reading trying to determine the cause of my slow sink and tub (with a drum trap), this is not vented well. Is this technically an S Trap since the drains go all the way to the stack before it can vent?
i am trying to come up with the best plan to improve my drainage. My sink is always a little slow, but for some reason worse in the winter. It glubs when the water has finished draining. Even the trap under the sink i think is an s trap. The tub barely drains at all, but hasn't since we moved in and i probably chalk that up to the drum trap. I may end up cutting it out if i can't get the cleanout cap off. The toilet seems OK.
I am most concerned about my sink since twice in the last two weeks a family member has overflowed it - so the overflow drain isn't working well either. Any idea of what i can do to help my sink?
From what i have been reading trying to determine the cause of my slow sink and tub (with a drum trap), this is not vented well. Is this technically an S Trap since the drains go all the way to the stack before it can vent?
i am trying to come up with the best plan to improve my drainage. My sink is always a little slow, but for some reason worse in the winter. It glubs when the water has finished draining. Even the trap under the sink i think is an s trap. The tub barely drains at all, but hasn't since we moved in and i probably chalk that up to the drum trap. I may end up cutting it out if i can't get the cleanout cap off. The toilet seems OK.
I am most concerned about my sink since twice in the last two weeks a family member has overflowed it - so the overflow drain isn't working well either. Any idea of what i can do to help my sink?