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    Aug 15, 2009, 06:28 AM
    Toilet overflow
    I live in a two story home. When we use upstairs shower and flush upstairs toilet the toilet downstairs overflows. Need help!! What would the problem be.
    Thank you,
    Lisa B.
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    Aug 15, 2009, 06:38 AM
    Hey Lisa,
    You have a blockage downstream from the downstairs toilet.
    The solution would be to rent a sewer machine and snake the drain line.
    This can be done a number of ways.
    1) Pull the toilet and snake from there.
    2)Snake from the roof vent that services the downstairs toilet.
    3) If there's a stack with a cleanout you can snake from that.
    Good luck, Tom
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