shorembo
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I have a bathroom with a sink, toilet, and shower all in a row next to the same bathroom wall. Recently, water started leaking out of the wall between the shower and the toilet. Also, it started leaking into a bedroom that shared that wall.
After much trial and error, it turns out the leak is caused by running water in the sink. The sink eventually starts filling up (partial blockage?) and the water starts leaking out from the wall. The sink drain pipe goes into the wall. The piping layout is that the water eventually connects to the big drain (from all three) which is outside the house (beyond the shower).
When the leaking happens, the shower drain does not fill up but looks fine.
So, it looks like my sink has a partial block...fair enough. But why is water leaking out of the wall? Is there a drain vent somewhere (inside the wall and lower than the sink)? This could get to be a fairly big problem quickly because the house is 1950's with a tile up to six feet high in the shower that links directly to tile on all walls of the bathroom up to 4 feet high. The only saving grace might be that the bedroom wall is not tile.
Anyways....any advice or help would be appreciated.
After much trial and error, it turns out the leak is caused by running water in the sink. The sink eventually starts filling up (partial blockage?) and the water starts leaking out from the wall. The sink drain pipe goes into the wall. The piping layout is that the water eventually connects to the big drain (from all three) which is outside the house (beyond the shower).
When the leaking happens, the shower drain does not fill up but looks fine.
So, it looks like my sink has a partial block...fair enough. But why is water leaking out of the wall? Is there a drain vent somewhere (inside the wall and lower than the sink)? This could get to be a fairly big problem quickly because the house is 1950's with a tile up to six feet high in the shower that links directly to tile on all walls of the bathroom up to 4 feet high. The only saving grace might be that the bedroom wall is not tile.
Anyways....any advice or help would be appreciated.