[Sharon MN]

I was washing clothes and noticed a bubbling sound coming from the master bathroom. I noticed water standing around the bottom of the toilet all over the floor. I then noticed standing water in my shower about 1 and 1/2 inches deep. When I shut off the water to the toilet it seemed to start to come up the shower drain.
I went to the other bathroom and water had obviously come from the bottom of the toilet too. Then was no water in the tub.
I shut off the washing machine and then I went to the main shut off valve outside my house and the water went down the master shower drain. I then went back out and turned it back on and the water is "not" coming back up (yet).
I am on city water and not a septic tank. I called a neighbor to see if they had any problems and they said no. Any clue what the problem could be?

[ballengerb1]

You main drain line in the house is becoming increasingly clogged. Your washer pushes out a lot of water very fast and its just too much for your partially clogged drain. You will need to rod your drain, is there a clean out somewhere? Do you know hat a clean out looks like?

[hkstroud]

It appears that you have a blocked drain or almost blocked drain. I am assuming that the washer and both baths are on the same level. The water from the washer could not drain out fast enough so it backed up into the shower and came out from underneath the toilets. It should not have come out from underneath the toilets. Toilets have a wax seal between the toilet itself and the drain pipe in the floor.

You should have the main drain snake out to remove the blockage and have the toilets pulled and new wax rings or seals installed.

[ballengerb1]

Harold, see what I mean about great minds?

[Sharon MN]

I am not sure where the main clean out is. Does it look like a big PVC pipe?

[Sharon MN]

It appears that you have a blocked drain or almost blocked drain. I am assuming that the washer and both baths are on the same level. The water from the washer could not drain out fast enough so it backed up into the shower and came out from underneath the toilets. It should not have come out from underneath the toilets. Toilets have a wax seal between the toilet itself and the drain pipe in the floor.

You should have the main drain snake out to remove the blockage and have the toilets pulled and new wax rings or seals installed.

This is the first time I am using Ask Me and not sure how the heck to answer you. I will try it this way...
Thanks for the help to both of you and I suppose this is something that a Rooter roter can do... is that correct?

[ballengerb1]

Yep Sharon you are on the right track. Big white pipe the size of a coffee can. The clean out sticks out from the pipe, sometimes at an angle, with a plastic cap with a 4 sided nut like thing. That's where you will do your rodding with at least a 1/2" rod. Don't remove the cap until you are ready to rod and we'll make a tiny test hole so you don't get your shoes wet. You are using the site just fine.

[Sharon MN]

Yep Sharon you are on the right track. Big white pipe the size of a coffee can. The clean out sticks out from the pipe, sometimes at an angle, with a plastic cap with a 4 sided nut like thing. Thats where you will do your rodding with at least a 1/2" rod. Don't remove the cap until you are ready to rod and we'll make a tiny test hole so you don't get your shoes wet. You are using the site just fine.

Boy is this site awesome. I can't believe someone actually helped me out this quickly. I really appreciate the quick responses.

I think I will have someone do the job if it's not too expensive. I left my millions, LOL in my Swiss bank account.

Again, thanks
Sharon

[Sharon MN]

You main drain line in the house is becoming increasingly clogged. Your washer pushes out a lot of water very fast and its just too much for your partially clogged drain. You will need to rod your drain, is there a clean out somewhere? Do you know hat a clean out looks like?

Thank you also for your help. I meant to tell both of you that I am a professional photographer and if you ever have a question I can help you with please just ask me.
Sharon

[ballengerb1]

The pros may charge $150 or there about. Rodding a main that may have standing water in it isn't for the faint of heart, it might not be just water in there.

[KISS]

Sharon:

You might appreciate this one. "I'm working on my second million. The first one was too hard".

I hope you got it fixed.