Does a toilet auger always work?
Hi, so I accidentally flushed a pad down the toilet. Now my dad is so mad, but he's gonna get a toilet auger later to try and get the pad out. Does the auger always work? I'm kind of scared it won't and we don't have the money right now for a plumber. All help appreciated, thanks!
Where does the toilet water go from a 100th floor story building?
The same place gravity takes all the water anywhere and everywhere in the world: Down until it can go down no more.The piping system is designed so it isn’t a straight shot and reaches terminal velocity. BUT the system, like the system in a single story family dwelling, or even an outhouse, uses gravity to take care of the wastewater. It is just a little more complicated. Offsets and loops. Holding tanks. The friction of twists, turns, and the piping itself slows the water down on the descent. Engineers go to school, get degrees and certifications, and get paid a pretty good wage to figure out those sorts of things and design the systems.How the water gets up there in the first place is just as amazing. Pumping stations in series and parallels, holding tanks, stacked floors of risers and hot water return systems to keep the tap quickly ‘hot’ when you first turn it on…Pages and pages of blueprints in a pull out drawer or rolled up and stuffed in a back room somewhere to figure out when you have to work on anything… IF you have those.Sometimes you just have to ask the ‘old timer’ who knows the systems and where they run. They’ll know the tricks, quirks, and where to go/ what to do.Sometimes you just have to ‘hand over hand’ it down the pipe, across ceilings full of piping and whatnot, and shine your light down long chases, peering into the dark unknown, and figure it out yourself. :( :) :(
How can I plumb a toilet to a 2" sewer pipe?
You could use a few different adaptors but it wouldn't work very well unless it was only liquids, no solids and that means even toilet paper. 3 inch is the minimum and will actually work better if you have low volume flush toilets.Solids are pushed through the pipes by water and gravity. In the old days of toilets that used 5 to 7 gallons per flush there was plenty of water to get the job done in a 4-inch pipe. But as toilets have evolved to use less water there is often not enough volume behind them to push the solids along horizontal runs with little slope. The small amount of water nudges it a little way then flows around the mass because the 4 inch pipe allows it. That is why you may have noticed you have to flush two or three times.However if you use a three inch diameter pipe the smaller size keeps more of the water behind the mass and moves it along more efficiently. But 2 inch you are looking for trouble.
In a house, what is the name of the pipe that goes from the toilet to the street?
The drain lines from each fixture in the house all go to a single point before they exit the house. Then from that point they connect to the sewer line. The line from the house to the sewer is called the lateral line or just lateral for short. The line in the street is the sewer line and when two sewer lines connect to a single line that line is called a collector or a main line. If two main lines connect then the line they connect to is called a trunk line.
What is the difference between a sewer line and a water line?
A "water line" usually refers to a pipe supplying pressurized water ready for use while a sewer line refers a pipe carrying water with human waste at atmospheric pressure. My understanding is that a further distinction is made between drain lines from sinks, showers, toilets and washing machines to the perimeter foundation of a house which are then referred to as sewer lines from the house perimeter to the street and under the street. Roof drains and patio drains are not permitted to enter the sewer system but must instead drain to the street and the storm drain system. Otherwise they will cause dilution and process problems at the waste treatment plant and may also flood it resulting in raw sewage reaching the nearest body of water such as river, lake or seashore.
Do duplexes share connected pipes and have the same drainage?
Ok, so my friend and I currently rent a duplex (we live out of state). About two months ago the toilet was not flushing, and there was a mess in our yard. We called the house owner, and someone came to fix it. He told us that someone had flushed something down the toilet and it caused it. My friend and I both said it was not us, but I thought he was lying because I knew it was not me. The same situation happened about a month ago, so I had a talk with my friend and he assured me that it was not him. He even bought two bins and gave one to me, so I could put in my bathroom to dispose the toilet papers instead of flushing them. But today it happened again, so this time the house owner was not too happy, so we think it is our neighbor, he lives alone and is older than us, so our landlord trusts him more. But, I wanna know for sure whether duplexes have pipes that are connected? Because this is really frustrating and I dont wanna blame the poor guy.
Adding a toilet to the attic and the soil stack/drain issue?
Good lord these other answers are clueless about the National Plumbing Code. Technically, the existing toilet would need to be vented separately. Wet vents are not legal. The existing vents from the kitchen sink, tub and vanity would need to be reattached above the toilet in the attic. It would be easier to run a new stack to the basement and tie into the main drain line in the basement. Bypassing the first floor and not having to destroy the second floor bathroom. The second stack (3") can be vented into the existing vent with a no hub tee fitting. That would be your best option and leave the original work alone. Make sure there is a cleanout at the bottom connection into the main drain, and a sanitary vent tee for the new toilet. You can work below but on the opposite side of the finished bathroom. Removing the plaster at the top of the wall to complete the plumbing for the tub and toilet. You'll need to send up water supplies as well from the basement. Use 1/2 copper, and you'll need to make small access holes to secure it to the studs. The wall can easily be patched with sheetrock and painted. Treat the bathroom as if it was located remotely, it will be simpler and easier to do the rough in.
Toilet and sinks pipes, do the run into the same?
The toilet discharges into a soil pipe,connected to the sewerage system.Bath,washbasin,shower and bidet discharge into a grey water pipe (or pipes) and through a drain into the surface water mains. The only way sewage could regurgitate into the washbasin etc; would be if a blockage occurred in the main sewer serving all properties in the immediate area.
How would you diagnose that the sewer line has been clogged?
Broadly there are 4 signs to find out if there is any sewer blockage or leakage.Multiple backed-up drains, means the toilet, kitchen sink, bathtub drain water are backing up. It indicates sewer line blockage.If you found wet ground in your wall, lawn, garden under which there is the sewer line, you will understand that the sewer line got cracked. Then you need to do the drainage repair or hire the drainage contractor..If you see sewage depleting out of your home's sewer cleanout, you have a primary sewer stop up.If your primary sewer line is obstructed, all the sewage and waste water sitting in the pipeline have no place to get away. Which implies, in the long run, the sewage will drive its way into an optional deplete.