Hello,
I am hoping to get some advice on our drainage issue.
This weekend we had a toilet randomly overflow after flushing (nothing big that would cause the overflow). I had flushed the toilet and then immediately got into the shower. While showering I noticed that the water was not draining properly and was starting to pool in the bottom of the tub.
When I got out of the shower, I noticed the water all over the floor and saw that the toilet had overflowed.
We called a plumber immediately. He first attempted to auger out the toilet with a closet auger. This didn't work and the toilet continued to not flush, so he removed the toilet and brought out the big power auger. According to my husband he augered down several feet for a good amount of time before finally clearing the blockage.
He also poured a bottle of FlowEasy down the shower drain and let it sit about 10 minutes. The tub faucet was then run full force for about 10-15 minutes and the toilet was also flushed several times. Toilet and shower are now working fine.
We forgot to have the plumber look at the sink drain which has always run slow since we bought the house. We did pour a little bit of FlowEasy down it according to the directions but this has not seemed to make much difference. It sounds like the sink has its own separate clog.
We are a little confused because the plumber stated that because we have cast iron drains that are very pitted, we will probably have a similar problem in the other bathrooms. We have replaced a toilet in our second bathroom, and both toilets appear to have a cast iron flange (definitely something made out of black metal). All we could tell is that the drain was black.
The home was built in 1973 and we have ABS stacks (one for the kitchen/laundry, and one for each bathroom). All the drain line under the sinks is ABS as well.
Why would we have a (supposedly) cast iron drain under the toilet if we ABS soil stacks? I would have thought we would not see any cast iron since the home is 70s. Could we really have cast iron drains running under the house?
I'm just curious if we can expect to have this problem throughout the house or if it was likely limited to this one particular soil stack.
I am hoping to get some advice on our drainage issue.
This weekend we had a toilet randomly overflow after flushing (nothing big that would cause the overflow). I had flushed the toilet and then immediately got into the shower. While showering I noticed that the water was not draining properly and was starting to pool in the bottom of the tub.
When I got out of the shower, I noticed the water all over the floor and saw that the toilet had overflowed.
We called a plumber immediately. He first attempted to auger out the toilet with a closet auger. This didn't work and the toilet continued to not flush, so he removed the toilet and brought out the big power auger. According to my husband he augered down several feet for a good amount of time before finally clearing the blockage.
He also poured a bottle of FlowEasy down the shower drain and let it sit about 10 minutes. The tub faucet was then run full force for about 10-15 minutes and the toilet was also flushed several times. Toilet and shower are now working fine.
We forgot to have the plumber look at the sink drain which has always run slow since we bought the house. We did pour a little bit of FlowEasy down it according to the directions but this has not seemed to make much difference. It sounds like the sink has its own separate clog.
We are a little confused because the plumber stated that because we have cast iron drains that are very pitted, we will probably have a similar problem in the other bathrooms. We have replaced a toilet in our second bathroom, and both toilets appear to have a cast iron flange (definitely something made out of black metal). All we could tell is that the drain was black.
The home was built in 1973 and we have ABS stacks (one for the kitchen/laundry, and one for each bathroom). All the drain line under the sinks is ABS as well.
Why would we have a (supposedly) cast iron drain under the toilet if we ABS soil stacks? I would have thought we would not see any cast iron since the home is 70s. Could we really have cast iron drains running under the house?
I'm just curious if we can expect to have this problem throughout the house or if it was likely limited to this one particular soil stack.