anyone here a plumber? -question

[timaishu]

One of my bathrooms isn't draining very well. I have noticed over the past few months that it is getting worse.

The toilet doesn't flush very fast, it fills higher than our other identical toilet to get the flush action going. And when it does flush, it peeters out at the end and therby not flushing completely. Our sink also drains very slowly too.

Also, that toilet is having isses with staining all of the sudden. Im not sure if it is related. But there are brown stains(not poo lol) that look like rust or something at the very bottom, and bowl is yellowing.

It seems to be isolated to this bathroom. Our other two flush and drain as normal.

 

[BlueZero]

Warning... I'm not a plumber. lol

Did you try something like Drano? Draining water is really only two parts, the water going down and the air going up. Is there any gurgling sounds from this bathroom when you flush or even from another sink someplace else in the house? Might be a plugged vent line too. Sorry I wasn't more help.

 

[bullitt 736]

Septic or sewer?

 

[Eandras]

Do not use drano in the toilet. You will end up replacing the toilet as it will crack. You line is clogged. Just happened to me. I had a professional drain cleaning machine and it would only go down 6 feet and stop. Had to call roto router to clean line.

Ed

 

[timaishu]

Warning... I'm not a plumber. lol

Did you try something like Drano? Draining water is really only two parts, the water going down and the air going up. Is there any gurgling sounds from this bathroom when you flush or even from another sink someplace else in the house? Might be a plugged vent line too. Sorry I wasn't more help.

No gurgles.

Septic or sewer?

Sewer

Do not use drano in the toilet. You will end up replacing the toilet as it will crack. You line is clogged. Just happened to me. I had a professional drain cleaning machine and it would only go down 6 feet and stop. Had to call roto router to clean line.

Ed

Yeah, I was reading that drano for toilets is no good. Thinking of dumping it down the sink though.

I will probably end up calling a plumber. I figured, since we are a DIY crowd, maybe someone would know whats up.

Thanks though.

 

[Jab1719]

Was the bathroom ok before this or is this a new place. If the plumbing lines aren't vented properly (air behind water) then everything would be slow to drain.

 

[kdude]

Hi,

Forget the draino.

Question.... When you run the sink and bath / shower do the drains act correctly?

Question.... Is the bathroom on the ground floor with no basement or in a basement or on a second or third floor?

These are important questions to help identify where the blockage is....

 

[timaishu]

Hi,

Forget the draino.

Question.... When you run the sink and bath / shower do the drains act correctly?

Question.... Is the bathroom on the ground floor with no basement or in a basement or on a second or third floor?

These are important questions to help identify where the blockage is....

Do you mean when running them at the same time? The drains seem fine? Im not really sure how to answer that question. But they just drain slow.

I have not noticed a change with the shower. I will plug the drain tonight and see if the shower fill speed matches drain speed. Before, I know the drain can drain faster than the shower can fill.

Its on the ground floor. And to the guy above, the bathroom was okay before. Nothing has changed. The the bathroom has drained properly as long as I can remember up till now.

 

[dad07]

Jacob it sounds like the vent for that bathroom is restricted..........if you can, ckeck the vent coming out of the roof (this will require climbing on the roof so be carefull)

make sure there is nothing in it.......