Toilet Runth Over

[nbcgod]

Good evening,

The problem I am having is this: The toilet in my kid’s bathroom was clogged. I plunged it, and it works just fine. However now it seems the toilet in the master bathroom is clogged/drains very slowly. I plunged it, and snaked it, but this did not fix the problem. I have also changed all of the hardware in the tank; this did not fix the problem either. I thought it might be some type of pressure problem, I guess I thought wrong. When I flush (with the new hardware), the toilet fills very quickly and would over flow if I did not manually close the flapper. The water drains very slowly, down below the normal fill level in the bowl, and bubbles/gurgles. Does anyone have any ideas; do I need to call a plumber


TLL

[LazyPup]

It sounds as if both toilets are connected to a common lateral line. When you plunged the toilet in the childrens room the clog was moved a short distance downstream to a point past where the master bath toilet joins the line.

Plungers and three foot closet augers are only capable of clearing clogs in the toilet trap.

The typical 3/8th inch diameter wire snakes are marginally effective on smaller kitchen and lavatory drains up to 1 1/2inch but are not capable of clearing the 3inch lines connected to toilets.

To resolve the problem you will need to lift the toilet in the childrens room, then feed a powered auger snake equiped with the appropriate cutter attachment(3 or 4 inch cutter)through the toilet closet flange into the drain.

You will probably find the clog is about 10 to 20 feet down the line from the toilet.

A powered drain cleaning machine capable of cleaning 3 inch and greater lines are typically rather expensive, running about $400 to $1000 but they can be rented fairly reasonable at almost all tool rental companies, and at some larger home supply stores.

They are not difficult to use, and certainly not beyond the ability of a moderately skilled DIY'er.

The alternative to renting the machine is to call a professional drain cleaning service. If you elect to call a drain cleaning service check your yellow pages and shop around a bit before you contact someone. Some of the drain cleaning companies charge fees of $50 to $75 per 15 minutes so it is a good policy to check the price before you contract them.

[nbcgod]

Thanks for the help.

TLL

TLL