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Hello all. I've got a roughed-in bathroom in my unfinished Seattle basement. We've had a lot of rain the last few days (so called "atmospheric river"), which we experience 1 or 2 times/year. I noticed yesterday that the dirt around my under-slab tub/shower drain was moist. Today, after much more...

Greetings. I had a plumber re-route the horizontal portion of main sewer line under the slab, but noticed that the pitch is more than 1/4"/foot. My guess is that it's closer to 1/2"/foot. Is this a problem? Everything I've read says 1/4 or less, but given that this horizontal portion does a 90...

Good evening. Twice now, I've snaked my ~98 year old sewer with a full 100 feet of snake, because I have water backing up in my basement after just a 4-5 minute shower. Both times, the 5/8" auto-feeding snake powered ahead with no issues both times. No roots, no apparent blockages, etc. Also...