First a history of the house. The house I live in was originally my boyfriends grandfather's. It is very very old since my boyfriend is 41 and his grandfather past away many years ago. Never had a problem with the plumbing until now.
About a week and a half ago, my drains and toilet were draining very very slow. Toilet almost overflowing if flushed to soon after being flushed once. Called roto rooter. They told us that the cleanout in the backyard was not connected to anything. That the auger had ended up in our basement. Checked the basement and sure enough the pipe lead nowhere. So after digging up the backyard, we found that indeed it is not connected to the existing pipe along side the house. That is it in fact the old pipe that leaded to the old system, no longer connected or functional. We tore up the toilet, snaked the pipe nothing. Replaced toilet nothing. So we started checking the pipes in the backyard in case one on the new line was collapsed. We actually find one that had a slight leak, so we tore it up and found a huge clog in it. As we did this we found that the venting pipe, which runs up the side of the house, was not attached. Later boyfriend admitted that he took it off the side of house when he did the roof and never put it back on, not knowing what it was for. However that was many many years ago. We replaced this and also installed a new cleanout for later down the road. Everything was going great, no backups, no slow draining, or flushing. Took quick showers that night, no baths. The next day, problem reappeared when a bath was taken. Draining faster now but toilet gurgling with very big bubbles, sometimes causing splashes. We snaked vent, we snaked new cleanout with a 100' mainline rod. Clean as a whistle. Not sure what to do now.
Diagram of line. One level. Not an artist or engineer. But hope it helps.
About a week and a half ago, my drains and toilet were draining very very slow. Toilet almost overflowing if flushed to soon after being flushed once. Called roto rooter. They told us that the cleanout in the backyard was not connected to anything. That the auger had ended up in our basement. Checked the basement and sure enough the pipe lead nowhere. So after digging up the backyard, we found that indeed it is not connected to the existing pipe along side the house. That is it in fact the old pipe that leaded to the old system, no longer connected or functional. We tore up the toilet, snaked the pipe nothing. Replaced toilet nothing. So we started checking the pipes in the backyard in case one on the new line was collapsed. We actually find one that had a slight leak, so we tore it up and found a huge clog in it. As we did this we found that the venting pipe, which runs up the side of the house, was not attached. Later boyfriend admitted that he took it off the side of house when he did the roof and never put it back on, not knowing what it was for. However that was many many years ago. We replaced this and also installed a new cleanout for later down the road. Everything was going great, no backups, no slow draining, or flushing. Took quick showers that night, no baths. The next day, problem reappeared when a bath was taken. Draining faster now but toilet gurgling with very big bubbles, sometimes causing splashes. We snaked vent, we snaked new cleanout with a 100' mainline rod. Clean as a whistle. Not sure what to do now.
Diagram of line. One level. Not an artist or engineer. But hope it helps.
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