Kazimm
New Member
Hello- we have recently purchased a home in Texas, less than 30 days ago and are having plumbing issues. It’s a ranch style home,2 bath, no basement. The bathrooms are located on the left side of the home (one in the hall-the other in master bedroom, almost one directly in front of the other about 30ft apart, with the master bath sitting farthest back. The right side of the home has kitchen, laundry and water heater. The cleanout is also on the right side of the home.
As of about 2 weeks ago the hall toilet bowl filled after flushing and eventually backed into the tub, I used a gallon of instant power drain cleaner and seemed to work well for a few days. Later that week it did it again so I opened the cleanout and spent about 6 hours removing what I’m guessing was about 3 years of baby wipes. Afterwards I used a drain bladder to clear anything from main to sewer. Once I cleared main to sewer all the water holding in the main cleared out and everything worked perfect...for 6 days.
A few days ago while taking a bath(in master bath, farthest from main cleanout) the toilet started bubbling, the next day both toilets won’t drain and bathtub fills with toilet contents and both toilets now bubble when taking a shower. Nothing on the right side of the home dishwasher, washing machine, kitchen sink is backing up and don’t cause the toilets to bubble when water is used.
Today I now smell a burnt rubber smell so I’m thinking maybe clean the vents??
I’m going to clean the vents anyway because I assume anyone who would flush baby wipes probably has never done so. Ive never cleaned a drain vent before so kinda winging it here- should I open the main cleanout while doing so?
I don’t even know if this is in anyway the problem so any guidance or suggestions would be great-
Being a plumbing novice, simple words go a long way!! Thanks so much-
As of about 2 weeks ago the hall toilet bowl filled after flushing and eventually backed into the tub, I used a gallon of instant power drain cleaner and seemed to work well for a few days. Later that week it did it again so I opened the cleanout and spent about 6 hours removing what I’m guessing was about 3 years of baby wipes. Afterwards I used a drain bladder to clear anything from main to sewer. Once I cleared main to sewer all the water holding in the main cleared out and everything worked perfect...for 6 days.
A few days ago while taking a bath(in master bath, farthest from main cleanout) the toilet started bubbling, the next day both toilets won’t drain and bathtub fills with toilet contents and both toilets now bubble when taking a shower. Nothing on the right side of the home dishwasher, washing machine, kitchen sink is backing up and don’t cause the toilets to bubble when water is used.
Today I now smell a burnt rubber smell so I’m thinking maybe clean the vents??
I’m going to clean the vents anyway because I assume anyone who would flush baby wipes probably has never done so. Ive never cleaned a drain vent before so kinda winging it here- should I open the main cleanout while doing so?
I don’t even know if this is in anyway the problem so any guidance or suggestions would be great-
Being a plumbing novice, simple words go a long way!! Thanks so much-
