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Drains not draining?

it's a stretch to say this falls under the "cleaning" category but I'm not sure where to post....

This morning our drains quit draining, we had run the washer, the dishwaser, my DH showered, then when I was showering the toilet was gurgling and the shower quit draining. I got out and the tubs in both bathrooms were backed up with a couple inches of water (clean-ish looking water), shower still had a couple inches in it, and toilets wouldn't flush at all. The shower seemed to be draining, but very very slowly, so we left the house for a bit to go shopping and when we got back everything was drained, however, toilets are still very slow to flush, and I haven't even tried to shower or run anything again. I've heard of this happening with septic tanks, but we are on sewer, so what should I do? I have no clue whats going on, it's ALL drains so it's not like one is clogged.

Our landlord is on vacation and she let us know she'd be out-of-touch until the end of the week. We don't even know where to start or what the problem could be. 

Re: Drains not draining?

  • Have you checked with your neighbors to see if they are having the same problems? It could be some sort of outage in the area. Otherwise, the only thing I can think of is calling a plumber, which would be for your landlord to deal with. However, that is a problem for you with her on vacation. I'd start with checking with the neighbors or your local sewerage and water board to see if there are any problems in the area.
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  • So this happened to my mother's house when I was in highschool. I always used to run the laundry while I showered, and it would cause the toilets to back up! Turns out she had a tree root growing outside in the drain (It was the same diameter of the pipe! 6") and they had to dig it up and replace that part of the pipe.
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    So this happened to my mother's house when I was in highschool. I always used to run the laundry while I showered, and it would cause the toilets to back up! Turns out she had a tree root growing outside in the drain (It was the same diameter of the pipe! 6") and they had to dig it up and replace that part of the pipe.

    Yeah, my first thoughts were tree roots or lateral line collapse.  Neither of which will thrill your landlord (this would be one of the times I'd kiss the ground and thank God I was a renter).

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