 |
|
| Browse | Ask | Answer | Search | Join/Login |
|
|
||||
|
Vent or Drain Issue?
I like Speedball's analysis and persistence with correct diagnosis.
Just started having the gurgle in the basement shower, with lower level of bowl water in adjacent toilet. Speedball says this is usually a vent issue. How does a vent get clogged? How do I discover which vent is venting the basement - there are four bathrooms in the house. Previous owner said he paid $600.00 to have the drains "rotorouted" and another $250 to have the septic tank pumped. House was built in 1995 by builder/developer and appears to have spared nothing in getting everything done perfectly. I have a history of fixing a problem that did not exist and creating more work than necessay - the curse of the untrained. Any thoughts will be appreciated. Aged Eagle - Peter Neville |
||||
|
||||
|
Speedball1 is very good and he's persistent. Your vent is open to the environment above your roof. Leave, birds, bird debris and other junk can fall in just by chance. Any of this stuff can cause a partial blockeage of the vent stack. If a draining pipe can flow freely because it can't pull air through the vent it will gurgle. A bit like turning a pop bottle upside down. Check above you roof line for a 4" pipe sticking up. That should be your vent and its common to have only one.
|
||||
|
||||
|
Bal gave you a very good answer. Let me add a bit to it. You ask," How do I discover which vent is venting the basement - there are four bathrooms in the house"
You go to the attic and see if there are any vents that are revented back t6o a outside roof vent. If the plumber revented some of the bathroom vents back to a single roof vent then the vent closest to the basement group will be the one to snake. While this makes for less pipes coming out the roof it presents a hassle for the one attempting to snake a revented pipe. The basement vent will have to be cut out of the roof vent and the basement vent will have to be snaked from the attic. If you only have one or two vent pipes coming out the roof then chances are you're revented in the attic. Good luck, Tom |
||||
| Question Tools | Search this Question |
Add your answer here.
Check out some similar questions!
Hello, I current am installing a bathroom on the second floor of my home. There is a 3" vertical vent that runs underneath what is to become my toilet, then turns 90 degrees up the wall and through the roof. Can I use this vent as to drain the toilet? (It has sweeping 90s and I believe there was...
The schematic below should make it clear the configuration I would like to use. Basically, I would like to keep the vent under the floor for a little ways, so it pops up in a better location. I cannot easily move the 2" drain location going down and would rather not go straight up from the...
Hi, I have a question and am in need of help! Please forgive my ignorance or terminology. I live in a home built in the mid-60s. There is a floor drain in the basement laundry room underneath the laundry tubs. It has always backed up occasionally since I've lived here. It's gotten much...
My bathtub drain has gone from being sluggish to taking hours to drain completely. (Luckily, I live alone!) I've used Drano. I've snaked it, and the snake is catching on what I assume used to be a part of an old drain stopper mechanism inside. Currently, there's no drain stopper in the tub. The...
I need a real creative mind for this one. I bought a condo with an old custom build corner shower. I found a neoangle shower that we liked and demo'd the old. There were two concrete beds, one poured level with the subfloor and then one that was shaped with the proper drop, etc. I decided to...
View more questions Search
|
