Toilet Clogged Shower Backing Up

When your main drain line is clogged water has nowhere to go but back up into your home.

Toilet clogged shower backing up. Clear the blockage with a toilet auger if. A few warning signs that might signal a clogged sewer line include. It also indicates the obstruction is deep enough to back up two drains.

When your sewer line is clogged the water can t go down the drain. When you flush the toilet water backs up into or comes up in the tub or shower. Where the water is coming up can indicate the location of the obstruction.

This symptom can just be a washing machine and shower problem and not a sewer drain clog. Instead it flows back up the pipes and comes out at the lowest point usually the shower drain. If the water draining out of the washing machine causes the toilet to overflow or backs up into the tub or shower it s a good sign the sewer drain is clogged.

So you probably have a main line clog if you. The water in your toilet bubbles or rises after you run the bathroom sink. When you run water in the bathroom sink the toilet bubbles and gurgles.

Even if you keep a trusty plunger in the bathroom try this trick first the next time your toilet gets clogged and you might be able to avoid the drips splashes and general unsanitary mess that. It will probably be over your bathroom using a flashlight search for any obstructions in the pipe. From the roof of your home find your vent pipe.

In your case the obstruction is somewhere downstream from the point where your toilet and shower connect with the sewer main. Blocking the tub drain will direct more pressure toward the obstruction. Run the sink closest to the toilet for a minute and the toilet bubbles or the water level in the toilet rises.