Bathroom plumbing oddity

[archipirata]

A few days ago, I noticed that when the toilet flushed, the drain in the tub would make a loud gurguling sound. Also, when the shower is running water down the tub drain, the sink drain makes a loud gurguling noise. Nothing seems to be actually backing up, or giving any oder, just Glug, Glug, Glug from deep down the drain. Never run into anything like it. Is something getting ready to implode?

[rgG]

Sounds like a vent issue to me.

[OWC Jamie]

You should hear what it sounds like up on the roof.
You might want to check there that nothing is blocking the vent.
Might be really low pressure (weather).
Might be a partial blockage downstream/upstream from the toilet pulling air through their checks.
Might even clear itself. if you're lucky.

[GuyGene]

I also vote for the vent issue. Whatever it is, plumbing problems do not solves themselves with time; they only get worse. Find it, fix it, flush...

[Plumbking]

You guys and your vent issues.

Archipirata you are gonna have a main line stoppage soon. It's not a local stoppage, ie toilet or sink. All fixtures are gonna back up. I'd have your sewer cleaned ASAP.

For the rest of you wanna be plumbers, if a vent is capped your plumbing will just drain slowly.

I've never seen a vent pipe clogged or blocked before. I've seen missing vents, I've seen capped vents from forgetting to take the cap off after test. I've heard of an occasional birds nest forming on a vent. But other than that the vent is not the first place to diagnose a plumbing problem.

Good Luck

[OWC Jamie]

If his pipes were gurgling he may have gotten a different answer.


... and a paper towel might just clear itself. $%^# happens.



Edited 1 time(s). Edited 12/31/2000 by God.

[modelamac]

If the vent were blocked other drains would pick up the slack, and you would probably start getting odors in the room where the drain is "helping".

You have a partial blockage downstream of those drains. Plumbking knows his stuff. Get your drains cleaned either yourself with a snake or professionally.

[Acer]

Plumbking's disaster scenario played out in my parent's house one Christmas. Odd gurgling in the AM was followed by regurgitating toilet in the PM. Tree had grown into the sewer line.

[lafinfil]

Plumbking wrote:

I've never seen a vent pipe clogged or blocked before. I've seen missing vents, I've seen capped vents from forgetting to take the cap off after test. I've heard of an occasional birds nest forming on a vent. But other than that the vent is not the first place to diagnose a plumbing problem.

Good Luck

You ever seen one with a baby squirrel in it ?

The first year I lived in this house I had one fall down the vent stack an turn up in the toilet.

Yes - I am serious

: -)

[space-time]

alive???