Ask Me Help Desk

Ask Me Help Desk (https://www.askmehelpdesk.com/forum.php)
-   Plumbing (https://www.askmehelpdesk.com/forumdisplay.php?f=259)
-   -   One toilet bubbles up when another is flushed (https://www.askmehelpdesk.com/showthread.php?t=414946)

  • Nov 11, 2009, 07:11 AM
    HelpSmitty
    One toilet bubbles up when another is flushed
    I have two bathrooms, one on each end of the house. In the last couple of days when we flush the toilet in one bath you hear the gurgle in the other toilet (this is true both ways). In the bathroom with the oldest toilet (1986) it is now getting slower to flush and fill. Then it doesn't completely fill back up. It has been raining steadily for over24 hours. Does this create the problem? We have had the septic tank emptied so it is not a full septic tank. My email address is [email protected]
  • Nov 11, 2009, 07:33 AM
    speedball1
    Which is it? A bubble or a gurgle? You mention both. Let me know, Tom
  • Nov 11, 2009, 11:21 AM
    HelpSmitty
    It is more a bubble than a gurgle.
  • Nov 11, 2009, 06:10 PM
    HelpSmitty
    Toilet in one bathroom bubbles up when other toilet is flushed
    I have two bathrooms, one on each end of the house. In the last couple of days when we flush the toilet in one bath you hear the gurgle in the other toilet (this is true both ways). In the bathroom with the oldest toilet (1986) it is now getting slower to flush and fill. Then it doesn't completely fill back up. It has been raining steadily for over24 hours. Does this create the problem? We have had the septic tank emptied so it is not a full septic tank. I sent this earlier this morning and got a response about bubbling and gurgling. I responded but never got an answer on the original question. My husband says it gurgles instead of bubbles. Please advise.
  • Nov 11, 2009, 06:30 PM
    speedball1
    Let's all get on the same page children! Which is it? Bubble or Gurgle? Agurgle's a vent problem while a bubble indicates a blockage in the toilet drain line. Sooo, which is it? Cheers, Tom
  • Nov 12, 2009, 07:10 AM
    HelpSmitty
    Quote:

    Originally Posted by speedball1 View Post
    Let's all get on the same page children! Which is it? Bubble or Gurgle? Agurgle's a vent problem while a bubble indicates a blockage in the toilet drain line. Sooo, which is it? Cheers, Tom

    As I stated in the second email, it is a gurgle and I'm not a child. Thanks
  • Nov 12, 2009, 07:55 AM
    speedball1
    Quote:

    I'm not a child.
    Sorry! No sense of humor, huh?
    Gurgles indicate a blocked vent. The sound you hear is your system attempting to vent through the trap in the toilet. The solution would be to snake the lavatory roof vent. Put out enough snake to reach the base and 20 feet more. Good luck and keep smiling :=) Tom
  • Nov 13, 2009, 02:40 PM
    80kx80

    Speed ball 1 has a good answer, venting sounds like the issue. Go with that

  • All times are GMT -7. The time now is 06:31 AM.