Yes that plug can be a cause of your problem,but you still need to repipe and rod out.lol, cw. I think you're right I could even save some money flying someone in. He wanted $650 to do 5' of backerboard at the bottom of the closet. I'm guessing that's running about $200/hr. He does drywall, tile, etc. on his jobs which is why I was hoping his company could take care of the whole closet. Was also going to jack the floor a bit to look at the size of the waste pipe. I can just see if I make sure whoever is going to rod the pipe or put an AAV on, lol. I hope cleaning the pipe would be SOP.
Anyone have thoughts on the multiple traps? The purpose behind it, any advantages? I don't think the others had any similar plan. I'm wondering if this might help with the clogs by providing more areas to trap the debris separately. And maybe slow the water down if both fixtures were running at the same time. Hopefully there would be a cleanout on each one so I could check it myself. Maybe the clogs have been in the trap rather than down the line, causing it to backflow out of the standpipe periodically. That darn boiler plug has definitely been a problem, collecting debris around its pin.
This is awkward, but...
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