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    Sep 27, 2008, 08:28 PM
    Suds in the toilet
    I was just wondering why we're getting suds in our basement toilet, from bathtub upstairs. Thank you.
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    Sep 28, 2008, 05:56 AM
    Quote Originally Posted by smarteee2009 View Post
    I was just wondering why we're getting suds in our basement toilet, from bathtub upstairs. Thank you.
    Because you have a partial clog downstream from the basement toilet that'[s causing backpressure backing up the discharge from above. The solution would be to snale the line, either from a cleanout on the stack or pull the basement toilet and snake from there. Good luck, Tom
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