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 yausfresser
Apr 4, 2006, 05:59 AM
It was raining last night and I was in the basement and I saw the basement toilet bowl bubbling.The bathroom is located in the front of the house,by the wall of the house where the outside gutters are located. Is it possible that my outside waste gutters are connected to the bathroom toilet waste line?? The toilet flushes without any problems. Is it possible my gutter line is stuffed? 
 
Any suggestions/ideas would be helpful
 
Thanks
Izzy
 speedball1
Apr 4, 2006, 11:18 AM
It was raining last night and i was in the basement and i saw the basement toilet bowl bubbling.The bathroom is located in the front of the house,by the wall of the house where the outside gutters are located. Is it possible that my outside waste gutters are connected to the bathroom toilet waste line??? The toilet flushes without any problems. Is it possible my gutter line is stuffed??
 
Any suggestions/ideas would be helpful
 
thanks
Izzy
 
 
Hey Izzy,
 
Sewer or septic tank?  It's agaist the law to discharge the gutter runoff, a sump pump, water softener discharge or AC condensate  into your sewer line.
"Bubbles" is a toilet would tend to indicate a partial blockage down  stream from the toilet.  Do you have more details to give me?  Does the toilet bubble when it's not raining? Any other drainage problems?  Regards,  Tom
 yausfresser
Apr 4, 2006, 11:57 AM
Hi Tom;
Thanks for your response. 
I just bought the house and moved in last wendsday. I never heard the bubbling noise until yesturday, and it happened to be raining outside at the time. We have used the bathroom but I haven't heard any bubbling sounds before yesturday
 
Thanks
Izzy
 speedball1
Apr 4, 2006, 12:06 PM
Same question Izzy,
 
City sewer or septic tank?  Tom
 yausfresser
Apr 4, 2006, 12:13 PM
City sewer
 
Thanks
Izzy
 speedball1
Apr 4, 2006, 12:54 PM
city sewer
 
thanks
Izzy
Since we now know it's not a septic tank that needs pumping just keep checking the toilet for unusual activity and then get back to me with more details..   Good luck    tom