Hello All,
Seeking some knowledge and help with the below problem as I'm exhausted and obviously not a plumber.
Background: Single-family house, 2 story, 2 upper toilets, shower, bathtub, 1 first floor toilet, no basement drains. Washer in the basement drains to sump pump on the exterior.
About 7 days ago after a family member had a gnarly bowel movement, I came home 12 hours later and the 2nd story toilet was completely dry of water with poop in it. Flushed fine on first attempt and I plunged it some, flushed it 5x to make sure and had no issues. Noticed the next several days every toilet in the house was losing water in the bowl, but still holding. Flushes are fine, but each loses about 1-2 inches of water in the bowl within 5 minutes of a flush. Fill tanks are fine and holding. No leaks visible.
I checked the basement main clean out and there is no back-up at all. There is a slight belly in the line about 10ft from the house holding possibly 1/4 inch of water, but no blockages. The cleanout 55ft from house on county property was fine and flowing, and even had the county camera it just to make sure. At this point, my plan is to remove the original problem toilet, camera down there/snake if I find anything. Next possible issue is the vent stack but I don't have access except for the roof or cutting the pipe in the attic, which I'm afraid to do to disturb the roof flashing. Local plumber wanted $1900 to water jet the stack from the roof (never identified an issue-just quote) and I've had 2 other plumbers out who both said the main look fine from the basement cleanout and the belly wasn't a concern. My thought process is if the main or the belly was a problem causing a blockage, I would have something coming up on the first floor toilet, which I haven't. I'm assuming there's a clog between the 2nd and 1st floors in the stack?
Any thoughts or feedback is appreciated. Looking for help
Seeking some knowledge and help with the below problem as I'm exhausted and obviously not a plumber.
Background: Single-family house, 2 story, 2 upper toilets, shower, bathtub, 1 first floor toilet, no basement drains. Washer in the basement drains to sump pump on the exterior.
About 7 days ago after a family member had a gnarly bowel movement, I came home 12 hours later and the 2nd story toilet was completely dry of water with poop in it. Flushed fine on first attempt and I plunged it some, flushed it 5x to make sure and had no issues. Noticed the next several days every toilet in the house was losing water in the bowl, but still holding. Flushes are fine, but each loses about 1-2 inches of water in the bowl within 5 minutes of a flush. Fill tanks are fine and holding. No leaks visible.
I checked the basement main clean out and there is no back-up at all. There is a slight belly in the line about 10ft from the house holding possibly 1/4 inch of water, but no blockages. The cleanout 55ft from house on county property was fine and flowing, and even had the county camera it just to make sure. At this point, my plan is to remove the original problem toilet, camera down there/snake if I find anything. Next possible issue is the vent stack but I don't have access except for the roof or cutting the pipe in the attic, which I'm afraid to do to disturb the roof flashing. Local plumber wanted $1900 to water jet the stack from the roof (never identified an issue-just quote) and I've had 2 other plumbers out who both said the main look fine from the basement cleanout and the belly wasn't a concern. My thought process is if the main or the belly was a problem causing a blockage, I would have something coming up on the first floor toilet, which I haven't. I'm assuming there's a clog between the 2nd and 1st floors in the stack?
Any thoughts or feedback is appreciated. Looking for help