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    Sabre418 Posts: 1, Reputation: 1
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    May 12, 2013, 12:53 PM
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    I have a bathroom on the second floor which is above the bathroom on the first floor. Both sinks and toilets are clogged as well as the shower on the second floor. It seems to be regurgitating amongst each other. If I try to flush the second floor toilet, it won't fully flush but the contents will end up coming through the bathtub drain.

    I've tried all the drain decloggers and a 1/4 inch auger for the sink and auger for the toilet. The water flow is also not going through the main pipe from the house out to the yard (I have city water main lines), so I'm guessing the clog is somewhere between these two bathrooms.

    Plumbing for the washer and a sink in the kitchen work fine. They are on opposite sides of the house with regards to these two bathrooms.

    Thanks for your help.
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    May 12, 2013, 03:24 PM
    Hello Sabre418... Do this:

    Remove upstairs toilet, insert 5/8" snake through the closet ring ( hole in the floor where toilet used to be sitting ) and snake it as far as it goes. Do it several times. Than, fill up your tub and drain it. Do it several times. That should clear the blockage.

    1/4" snake won't do the job.

    The blockage is located somewhere before the 2nd floor main sewer connects with other house plumbing.

    Hope that helps / Back to you / Milo
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    May 12, 2013, 05:02 PM
    Is the first floor bath affected when you discharge a second floor fixture?
    Both sinks and toilets
    Do you have two baths on the second floor? Can you furnish more details? Back to you, Tom

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