Search:

Ok, I did a little more reading on similar issues here and it seems that basement showers and toilets are designed to wet vent through the lavatory vent. If this is the case, then moving the AAV to...

Not what I wanted to hear. The problem is that it's impossible to vent the toilet. The toilet backs up to a cynder block wall and I'm not tearing apart my basement floor just to solve this. This...

I've never heard any gurgling coming from anywhere. I'll check out the vents up on the roof when I get time. Where would it be gurgling at?

Are you sure he's not just kiddin around? I do this to my wife every now and again, I know she hates it but I'm a guy and apparently not very smart. First question is why are you staying home with...

Its not the shower head it's the spigot. Put your hand under the spigot to form an air tight seal and see if it continues. From the research that I have done on this in the past it is caused by air...

How can it be lowered? Do you want to lower it? Or it is being lowered and you want to know what's causing it?

Brad

Well, that didn't work. I actually think it made it worse. I checked the toilet yesterday and the water was so far down there was an air gap and it happened in a short period (mid day - evening). ...

Well, hopefully I solved my problem today. I cut off the cap that I had on the stub up of the drain pipe and put an Oatey AAV on there. Had someone flush the upstairs toilet while I shined a...

Sorry, I can't offer any help but since you're new, as I am, I thought I would point something out. Tom (Speedball1) seems to be the resident plumbing expert here and as I suppose you could call me...

I'm lost. I marked the water level after flushing the toilet right before I went to bed. My daughter woke up at 4:45am with the flu so I went down to check the level of the toilet... looks fine. ...

I'm no plumber and don't have much experience in plumbing. I've just been watching these types of posts because I'm having a similar issue but I don't think your's and mine are related at all. It...

Is this a replacement for another toilet or a new install? How much water is missing? How did you test for leaks? The water could be leaking down the drain.

Brad

Not sure if I'm reading this right. I'm assuming what you're saying here is that the water coming from the upstairs toilets is causing a vacume in the downstairs toilet... is that correct? If this...

I have attached a picture/drawing. I'll try to use the correct terminolgy here to describe everything else. I have two 4" stacks coming down on each side of the basement, one for the kitchen and...

I have a home with a walkout basement and a septic system. All the drains in the basement are gravity fed. The basement was plumbed for a bathroom with two 2" drains and a 4" drain. What...