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Okay, so I'm visiting my parents this month in Michigan and don't have any tools.
Yesterday, their toilet in the lower bathroom backs up. Plunging doesn't work, so we buy a nice closet auger at Home D.
Augering doesn't work--toilet trap is perfectly clear.
This morning, I flush the toilet and it drains fine. However, the second flush backs up the toilet. This tells me that the drain pipe is plugged 10 to 15 ft. downstream. Time to call a plumber.
Tonite, the fill valve mysteriously goes on and won't shut off even by lifting the float on the fluidmaster to the cut-off point. By the time I shut off the stop valve, the toilet had overflowed and we had a mess.
An hour later, the water goes on again--full blast--even with the stop valve closed!! By the time I found the main shut-off, both the stop valve and the fill valve were working properly, but not until the room was flooded again.
We've got a plumber coming out tomorrow to rout out the line, so I'm going to ask him to check the house pressure. Aside from ghosts and goblins, the only explanation I can think of is either high house pressure or a pressure surge.
Will keep you informed.
Closet Auger with 1-3/8" end on it.
Yesterday, their toilet in the lower bathroom backs up. Plunging doesn't work, so we buy a nice closet auger at Home D.
Augering doesn't work--toilet trap is perfectly clear.
This morning, I flush the toilet and it drains fine. However, the second flush backs up the toilet. This tells me that the drain pipe is plugged 10 to 15 ft. downstream. Time to call a plumber.
Tonite, the fill valve mysteriously goes on and won't shut off even by lifting the float on the fluidmaster to the cut-off point. By the time I shut off the stop valve, the toilet had overflowed and we had a mess.
An hour later, the water goes on again--full blast--even with the stop valve closed!! By the time I found the main shut-off, both the stop valve and the fill valve were working properly, but not until the room was flooded again.
We've got a plumber coming out tomorrow to rout out the line, so I'm going to ask him to check the house pressure. Aside from ghosts and goblins, the only explanation I can think of is either high house pressure or a pressure surge.
Will keep you informed.
Closet Auger with 1-3/8" end on it.
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