View Full Version : Why am I getting a lot of bubbles coming up from sink when it starts draining?
jimmypip
Feb 20, 2011, 01:38 PM
Why am I getting a lot of bubbles coming up from sink when it starts draining? After the bubbles stop, then it just drains very slowly. I have already cleaned out all of the debris from the pipes underneath.
hkstroud
Feb 20, 2011, 03:17 PM
You have a blockage or partial blockage in the line, probably before the vent pipe. What kind of sink, kitchen or bath?
ballengerb1
Feb 20, 2011, 03:18 PM
I agree that you have bockage but it could be a blockage in your vent stck. Can you get on your roof safely?
jimmypip
Feb 22, 2011, 01:05 PM
I agree that you have bockage but it could be a blockage in your vent stck. Can you get on your roof safely?
I can definitely get on my roof once the weather warms up a bit.
BTW - I have 2 vent stacks... smaller and bigger one. Should I assume 1 is for the basement plumbing and the other for the upstairs/main floor? And IF that is a certainty, wouldn't then all the sinks, tubs etc, on that same 'line' also have the same problem if it was the stack??
hkstroud
Feb 22, 2011, 03:27 PM
Why not just remove the trap and arm and snake from the sink drain?
ballengerb1
Feb 22, 2011, 04:27 PM
A vent stack can be blocked above the sink drain.
hkstroud
Feb 22, 2011, 04:52 PM
Yes, but I don't think that would cause air bubbles. That would cause traps to siphon dry. Blockage has to be before vent.