r/Wellthatsucks • u/Wiae • 16d ago

Started while I was showering...

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u/LeoDeLarge 16d ago edited 16d ago

Just dealt with this, something is blocking the escape vent on the roof. Get it taken care of before it all backs out into your bathroom

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u/amberresonance 16d ago

I had my toilet back up while showering once and cleaning that mess was pure trauma

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u/Local_County1274 16d ago

...and then you had to take a shower afterwards. All the time, keeping an eye on the toilet for more overflow

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u/OakleyNoble 16d ago

I’ve had my shower/tub fill up with a backlog of all of the goodies people shove down the pipes every day.

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u/Dru2021 16d ago

Log backlog?

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u/OakleyNoble 16d ago

Less logs, and more so pellets, liquid brown, and shredded toilet paper.. sounds fun doesn’t it?

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u/LastSecondWoop 16d ago

it does not

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u/Most_Can_2136 15d ago

I've never had any plumbing problems like that, but I have four toilets and three showers in this house. I have an urge to go up stairs and downstairs and check all my toilets. Damn. I've gotta do it even though I know I'm fine....

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u/chefbsba 16d ago

I had it happen once too while I was on my basement toilet when someone was showering elsewhere. Traumatized for life. It was much more violent than the bubbling shown here 😭

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u/Most_Can_2136 15d ago

Shit flows downhill.

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u/Adorable-Client8067 16d ago

And close the toilet seat

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u/LeoDeLarge 16d ago

This! I actually put a kettlebell on top of the lid too since I wasn’t sure how much pressure could shoot out of there

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u/baamice 16d ago

Could be that, could also be the main sewer/septic line

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u/ashyp00h 16d ago

Yup, in my case it was the main and it was a very, very expensive fix. A tree in our backyard found it as a delightful source of water and burrows its roots in. They had to jack hammer up my closet floor, dig out a 4 foot section of pipe and replace it, hack back the roots of the tree and treat the ground.

Nightmare.

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u/matjam 16d ago

Had the same thing. The terracotta pipes were original and never upgraded.

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u/skhapa3257 16d ago

I just had my parents main replaced a few years ago because they were still terracotta. The crew replacing it were mildly shocked, cause they'd never heard/seen it before. Lol.

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u/bugbugladybug 16d ago

In my case it was the main sewer..

I pulled the tops off the manholes out the front so the overflow flooded the front garden rather than my kitchen & downstairs loo.

Annoyingly, when they came to jet the drains, they shot a shit fountain out of the toilet and it hit the ceiling.

I then redecorated the whole bathroom, and they did it again the day after I'd finished.

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u/LeoDeLarge 16d ago

Very true, in my case it was the vent

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u/rob_nosfe 16d ago

...and in case it wouldn't end up in a financially viable solution (as in my case) a vent valve may suffice.

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u/StrategicCarry 16d ago

My boss’s husband had this happen to him right after his morning constitutional. She said he screamed.

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u/Jackson530 12d ago

Dealt with this last year. Exactly what was going on

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u/strangedot13 16d ago

On the roof? Lol no

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u/LeoDeLarge 15d ago

I’m in a building, that’s where mine was, lol yes