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Yeah - they certainly move some water, but what I don't like is that they make it hard to get that push/pull thing like big rubber plungers.

Haha, yeah, I know it's not a very good solution, but no one has offered much opinion on the 3 possible fixes I listed in the first post, or the possible vent complication in my subsequent post. So I decided to try the easiest possible fix first. I did have a sorta pro inside with a camera...

Just thought I'd update. I removed the basement toilet and bathroom sink, and plugged both of those drains, along with the floor drain that was overflowing. I left the laundry sink unplugged, so I guess, since that is the next lowest point, that I will see an overflow into the washtub there...

Ok, so some new questions, and hopefully some more responses. So, before this whole backup thing started, I noticed that whenever the first floor toilet was flushed, the toilet in the basement would make gurgling sounds, and bubble up. I keep reading that sound as a sign of a clogged vent...

So I bought a house about 8 months ago. Built in 1939 (in case it's important). Everything seemed fine with plumbing until about 2 weeks ago, when I discovered that the basement floor drain had overflowed. Everything from the first and second floors was coming up onto the basement floor. I...