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rspencer411
Mar 20, 2009, 03:54 AM
Something happened when the upstairs toilet in my house was flushed. Water began gooshed out over the toilet and water ran down the side of my house over the downstairs window. I am thinking it is a drain pipe but have not had a chance for anyone to come look at it yet. Any opinions

massplumber2008
Mar 20, 2009, 04:08 AM
Rspencer...

I'm thinking the toilet may be clogged... or at least it is the place to start here.OK?

When you run water in the sink... does it bubble up in the toilet? Let me know.

Start by trying to unclog the toilet using a common plunger.. see if that fixes this. Plunge hard up and down.

If that fails to work, then maybe you could go purchase a CLOSET AUGER (about $20.00 at home depot... see picture) and see if you can unclog this using that tool.

I am including a cutaway pic. So you can see how all this works at toilet, under toilet and behind the walls. If toilet overflows, water will follow the ppipe and can show up on the ourtside wall... so nothing too crazy here... I think... ;)

Let me know more info. Here...

MARK