ajohansson
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I live in a one story manufactured home.
Remodeled half bath but did not change any plumbing just added a new toilet and vanity. The plumbing is identical to the original.
When I flush the new toilet a AS Cadet 3.
I get a gurgle in the 1/2 bath sink and my kitchen sink which is next down the line from the 1/2 bath.
At first I thought it was a vent problem with siphoning, so I put new air admittance valves on. Even got the really expensive 20 dollar a pop ones. nope that did not fix it. Note that when i take the air admittance valves off there is no gurgle. I believe that I don't have an air admittance problem at all. Air is not being drawn in from the sink past the trap. I believe air is being forced past the trap up in to the sink.
So I put water down my roof vents and nothing backed up and then called a plumber.
I am on a septic and unfortunately they did not install a clean out on the septic side. so we started at the end of the house and ran the snake as far as the guy could it went past my house but I don't think all the way to the tank as I think we had too many bends and friction fighting us.
Plumber think there is a blockage from the house to the septic tank.
I can run all water sources in the house at once and no back up at all. I can flush every
other toilet in the house and no gurgle just the one in the half bath.
I already shelled out 325 dollars for the guys to snake etc and he wants to charge another 300 (discounted price) to send a camera down and inspect for a blockage.
So my question is if there was a blockage would it not just cause a slow draining toilet? Why would it gurgle in the sink? The toilet flushes fine it actually drains fast mush faster than the Mansfield that was put in the house when new and the old toilet that I replaced did not cause this issue.
So I'm leaning toward a vent issue as the culprit. The volume of water going down the drain has to push the air somewhere and the roof vents are not adequate enough to evacuate the air so air is being pushed past my two traps. I cant see how a blockage that has no effect on drain time would cause an issue with air blowing past my traps.
My thoughts are to perhaps hand snake my roof vents perhaps water passes through but there is an obstruction not allowing air to move fast enough. Perhaps even putting a shop vac on the vents to see if something has got caught up in the vents.
Any and all help appreciated. I'm an internet educated DIY homeowner looking for help.
AJ
Remodeled half bath but did not change any plumbing just added a new toilet and vanity. The plumbing is identical to the original.
When I flush the new toilet a AS Cadet 3.
I get a gurgle in the 1/2 bath sink and my kitchen sink which is next down the line from the 1/2 bath.
At first I thought it was a vent problem with siphoning, so I put new air admittance valves on. Even got the really expensive 20 dollar a pop ones. nope that did not fix it. Note that when i take the air admittance valves off there is no gurgle. I believe that I don't have an air admittance problem at all. Air is not being drawn in from the sink past the trap. I believe air is being forced past the trap up in to the sink.
So I put water down my roof vents and nothing backed up and then called a plumber.
I am on a septic and unfortunately they did not install a clean out on the septic side. so we started at the end of the house and ran the snake as far as the guy could it went past my house but I don't think all the way to the tank as I think we had too many bends and friction fighting us.
Plumber think there is a blockage from the house to the septic tank.
I can run all water sources in the house at once and no back up at all. I can flush every
other toilet in the house and no gurgle just the one in the half bath.
I already shelled out 325 dollars for the guys to snake etc and he wants to charge another 300 (discounted price) to send a camera down and inspect for a blockage.
So my question is if there was a blockage would it not just cause a slow draining toilet? Why would it gurgle in the sink? The toilet flushes fine it actually drains fast mush faster than the Mansfield that was put in the house when new and the old toilet that I replaced did not cause this issue.
So I'm leaning toward a vent issue as the culprit. The volume of water going down the drain has to push the air somewhere and the roof vents are not adequate enough to evacuate the air so air is being pushed past my two traps. I cant see how a blockage that has no effect on drain time would cause an issue with air blowing past my traps.
My thoughts are to perhaps hand snake my roof vents perhaps water passes through but there is an obstruction not allowing air to move fast enough. Perhaps even putting a shop vac on the vents to see if something has got caught up in the vents.
Any and all help appreciated. I'm an internet educated DIY homeowner looking for help.
AJ