Sewers
Why is the toilet and bathtub backed up, yet not the bathroom sink?
A month ago, a cable was snaked through the vent stack on the roof to clear out the sewer line that apparently had my bathtub and toilet backed up. It worked, even though the plumber said he felt there could possibly be something like roots about 30ft out still in the pipe (which by the way is the original cast iron or cement used in the 50's). Now a month later, the two are clogged again, but why not the sink?
Public Comments
- because the sink sits higher up
- the sink by plumbing standards has a direct link to the vent and its piping installed separately and in high position with the rest of the fixtures,,, your watercloset, floordrain and tub usually share a common soil pipings they branche out from this,, obviously some problem is clogging the soilpipes where watercloset, tub, drain drains
- the sinks pipe is most likely attached to the main pipe passed the clog and if roots were pulled out of your line then its broken and must be fixed or it will become a big problem
