J.D.
New Member
We just moved into a house (4 months ago) built in the late 1960s. Pretty soon after we moved, we noticed that the toilets bubbled and occasionally had some difficulty flushing. After about a month, everything backed up and nothing would go down toilets or showers. Had the main line snaked by a plumber, who pulled up nothing but tree roots. Figured the house had sat vacant for a while, tree roots had blocked the line, and we were done. As a preventative measure, I bought some tree root killer and flushed it down our toilet. We are on sewer. Two weeks later toilets bubbling, couldn't flush toilets during or just after a shower, but they would flush later in the day. By the next day, everything was blocked up again, so we called the plumber out. Again. He snaked the line. Again. Reasoned that the tree root killer had mushed up some of the remaining tree roots, since again that's all he pulled from the line. Went away for the weekend, second day back and toilet bubbling again. Shower is draining ok, but I can't flush the toilet during or immediately after a shower. Later in the day it flushes just fine. Any suggestions what could be causing this? I am hesitant to call out a plumber again and literally flush $200 down the drain. Again.