Plumbing Toilet Tub Bath Sink Pipes Connection Problem?
Toilet burps large bubbles whenever I run the washer, take showers, or run water in bath and kitchen sinks. Tub backs up (fills) with water whenever taking a shower. Not sure if this has anything to do with it, but all of this started happening after an internal piece was replace inside the toilet along with the wax ring replacement. The internal toilet part was replaced because the toilet would ‘run’ water quite frequently throughout the day (making loud noises) as if someone kept flushing it–even during the middle of the night. Weird! Help if you can. All comments greatly appreciated!
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Are you on a sewer, or septic system? Either way, you have a blockage between the last “device” and the “utility”, in the main, cause “laundry/ kitchen, are their own branch, and toilet/shower are another branch, that meet up at the “main”, which is usually the same diameter, maybe one trade size up, but not much more.
So, if your blockage is in the main, water from the washer goes as far as it can, then heads up the toilet branch, compressing trapped air in the pipe, until the water in the “s” trap built into the toilet can’t hold it, and its kinda like blowing into a straw.
Sounds like a trip to the ol’ rental yard, for an electric auger.
Gee, wish I could help. (not)
The parts replaced in the toilet tank to prevent it from running frequently will not affect how it drains
It sounds like your main drain line is partially clogged, or there is no main line vent near the toilet. The water backing up in the shower could be a separate problem. Try removing the overflow cover plate. If there is a lever there that operates the tub stopper, the drain stopper will come out with the cover plate, and may bring hair and soap with it, which will affect how well the tub drains. remove the hair and reinstall the stopper assembly. If there is a main vent near the toilet, it may be partially clogged. More information such as how close the kitchen sink, washing machine, and toilet are to each other might be helpful if you need more suggestions.
Sorry, but by coincidence, you have a stopped main drain..whether or not something fell into the toilet drain when it was opened to fix is not known. Was the toilet drain open for any lenght of time…was the house open to the outside when any of the repair work was going on? Are any large trees over the main drain line? Roots are notorius for getting into drain lines …..well, it doesn’t matter…you need to snake out the drain to the main sewer. Call rotor rooter or another company and get it done. If you do not have a drain clean out to the street, you may have to pull the toilet farthest in the line….that makes a real mess! Check prices first.
Sounds like you have an obstruction in the main drain,either that or you have a vent line stopped up.Forget the Drano crap,it doesn’t work.Call a plumber.