Yea, this happened at my parents house when I was about 17. A root had penetrated the PVC in the yard right near the house, between the house and septic system. I am no plumber by any means, my gig is mechanical stuff, but I'm just sayin'.
Good luck with the plumber. Hope it's an easy fix. On Dec 19, 2007 11:17 PM, Zaphod Beeblebrox <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I concur :) > > On 12/19/07, Bruce <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hmm. Well, at this point I would be calling a plumber. > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Zaphod Beeblebrox [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Wednesday, December 19, 2007 8:05 PM > > To: CF-Community > > Subject: Re: plumbing help > > > > I've been trying a snake for the past 30 minutes or so, and with a 50' > > long snake, I can't seem to get anything. It's confusing, the shower > > and the tube in the same bathroom both have drains lower than the > > toilet, yet neither one of those backup and both contribute to the air > > bubbles coming up the toilet. > > > > > > On 12/19/07, Bruce <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I had a similar issue. My issue was that I accidentally threw some > paper > > > towels into it when I was doing the mirrors in the bathroom. When I > > flushed > > > it was too late and that is when the stop-ups would occur. After > plunging > > > for about 10 minutes I finally got the towels into the septic tank. > Lesson > > > learned. Anyway, have you run a snake through it? Could be something > > lodged > > > inside. > > > > > > Bruce > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Zaphod Beeblebrox > > > Sent: Wednesday, December 19, 2007 7:49 PM > > > To: CF-Community > > > Subject: plumbing help > > > > > > I've got a toilet that is continuously getting stopped up. This time > > > it's really persistent. The clog seems to be down below the slab. > > > Now, if I turn on a faucet farther away from the main drain, air > > > bubbles come up the toilet. So does that mean that the clog is > > > somewhere between the toilet and the closest vent? There's no other > > > reason for the air bubbles to show right? > > > > > > I hate my plumbing system! > > > > > > zB > > > > > > -- > > > "Instead of building newer and larger weapons of mass destruction, I > > > think mankind should try to get more use out of the ones we have.", > > > Jack Handey > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;160198600;22374440;w Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:248683 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
