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  • May 30, 2013, 05:42 PM
    khyrie22
    Kitchen sink/toilet
    Every time I flush my toilet my kitchen sink fills up. Why is this happening?
  • May 30, 2013, 06:58 PM
    Milo Dolezal
    Is it 2 story house ? Toilet upstairs ?
    Back to you. Milo
  • May 30, 2013, 07:13 PM
    khyrie22
    Yes this is a two story house and yes, the bathroom is upstairs
  • May 30, 2013, 07:14 PM
    mygirlsdad77
    Interesting. I think you nailed it Milo. Only way this could be happening is if the bathroom is on a level higher than the sink.
  • May 30, 2013, 07:22 PM
    ballengerb1
    Guess we need to let Milo finish the explanation we three are thinking
  • May 30, 2013, 07:23 PM
    ma0641
    Make it four.
  • May 30, 2013, 07:24 PM
    ballengerb1
    And when Tom gets here in the morning it will be 5
  • May 30, 2013, 10:39 PM
    Milo Dolezal
    One more question: Is the house on slab or on raised foundations ?

    Back to you. Milo
  • May 31, 2013, 02:24 AM
    khyrie22
    Raised foundation
  • May 31, 2013, 07:34 AM
    speedball1
    If this were my call I'd be headed to the roof vents with a sewer machine.(A outside cleanout would be nice). Sure sounds like a partial blokage downstream from the kitchen sink. Good call Milo. Tom
  • May 31, 2013, 01:17 PM
    Milo Dolezal
    Tom said it: clean your main drain. There should be a Clean-Out either under the house or somewhere on the wall hidden by a round cover. It is a routine service call by a drain cleaning contractor.

    Since it is only kitchen sink that overflows - and not any of your downstairs plumbing fixtures - than that tells me the sink is the first fixture connected to the upstairs toilet drain pipe under the house and blockage is somewhere right behind this connection.

    Back to you... Milo

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