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    Sep 19, 2006, 08:41 PM
    One toilet drains into another
    We live in a house with a toilet upstairs and another down when we flush the upstairs one the downstairs one overflows can anyone please help me with this problem?
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    Sep 20, 2006, 11:48 AM
    Quote Originally Posted by ineedofhelp
    we live in a house with a toilet upstairs and another down when we flush the upstairs one the downstairs one overflows can anyone plz help me with this problem??

    You have a blockage downstream from the downstairs toilet. The line must be snaked and cleared. You have two options, (1) Pull the downstairs toilet and snake from the open closet bend-or-(2) go on the roof and snake from the downstairs lavatory roof vent. Good luck, Tom
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