JustSomeDude
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Hi there, first post here. I have a downstairs toilet that was having random issues with backing up. Had a plumber we know come take a look and put an auger down it to loosen anything that might have been stuck (I have two little boys and a stuck Duplo could certainly have been the culprit).
Our pipes are all very old. I think the twisting action of the auger in the closet bend might have scratched it up from the inside, because now it has a very slow drip from a few long scratches I can see on the outside of the pipe. A little backstory: my wife recently painted the ceiling white in that room of our basement, including the drain stack and that closet bend. After the "augering", there were a few paint chips on the floor, and the paint is scuffed a bit in a radial pattern around the pipe. The water seems to be coming from these scuffs.
What am I looking at here? Do I need to replace the closet bend? How much should I expect that to cost? Alternatively, is there some kind of wrap that I could put around it to seal it, or any other DIY solution? Thanks in advance!
Our pipes are all very old. I think the twisting action of the auger in the closet bend might have scratched it up from the inside, because now it has a very slow drip from a few long scratches I can see on the outside of the pipe. A little backstory: my wife recently painted the ceiling white in that room of our basement, including the drain stack and that closet bend. After the "augering", there were a few paint chips on the floor, and the paint is scuffed a bit in a radial pattern around the pipe. The water seems to be coming from these scuffs.
What am I looking at here? Do I need to replace the closet bend? How much should I expect that to cost? Alternatively, is there some kind of wrap that I could put around it to seal it, or any other DIY solution? Thanks in advance!
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