Erwin Felix
New Member
Hello,
I recently finished an half-bath in the basement (roughed in by the builder). The toilet was not flushing and I had someone use a power auger to clear the line once / and then a second time...then it seemed to be okay. However, after hosting an ALL GIRLS high school track/field spaghetti dinner...the toilet was used several times with allot of toilet paper it stopped flushing. Out of frustration I called a drain cleaning company to check the line with a sewer camera. He removed the toilet, sprayed water in the line and inserted the camera and also turned on the water to the faucet that drains into the line. He said he could see water 3 ft into the sewer line and at 23ft the camera was no longer in the water. So basically I have a long belly in the sewer pipe under the concrete and likely extends outside the foundation wall. He mentioned replacing my Kohler 1.2gal flush with a Toto toilet or pressured toilet. I know the real fix would be to excavate and replace the sewer line which would cost thousands of dollars. :-( But would getting a better toilet really HELP? Or am I just stuck with a urinal until I spend the money and have the sewer line replaced?
Thanks in advance!
I recently finished an half-bath in the basement (roughed in by the builder). The toilet was not flushing and I had someone use a power auger to clear the line once / and then a second time...then it seemed to be okay. However, after hosting an ALL GIRLS high school track/field spaghetti dinner...the toilet was used several times with allot of toilet paper it stopped flushing. Out of frustration I called a drain cleaning company to check the line with a sewer camera. He removed the toilet, sprayed water in the line and inserted the camera and also turned on the water to the faucet that drains into the line. He said he could see water 3 ft into the sewer line and at 23ft the camera was no longer in the water. So basically I have a long belly in the sewer pipe under the concrete and likely extends outside the foundation wall. He mentioned replacing my Kohler 1.2gal flush with a Toto toilet or pressured toilet. I know the real fix would be to excavate and replace the sewer line which would cost thousands of dollars. :-( But would getting a better toilet really HELP? Or am I just stuck with a urinal until I spend the money and have the sewer line replaced?
Thanks in advance!