A couple days ago when my washing machine was draining, I heard water gurgling in the bathroom. Upon checking it out, I discovered sewage coming up in the bathtub which is just behind the wall from the washer. I called a plumber who said I may have a blockage in the main line and he is coming tomorrow to check it out. Meanwhile tonight, desperate to wash a load of laundry, I ran the washer figuring I'd let it drain a little at a time. But the tub quickly began backing up and even after waiting an hour I was unable to let the rest of the water out of the washer without more sewage coming up in the tub. I am stressed enough (I'm recently unemployed), but now on top of that, I noticed a puddle of water sitting on the bathroom floor outside the tub. I knew I hadn't splashed any water out of the tub, but to be sure, I dried it all up and came back a while later and sure enough another puddle. This has me even more worried because I just remodeled my bathroom 6 months ago. When I did so I had this same plumber pull out my old fiberglass molded shower and replace it with a nicer tub, which I then painstakingly tiled around myself. I also laid the floor tiles myself. Part of the reason I bore the expense of replacing the tub was that the old tub appeared to be leaking somehow onto the floor and the plumber told me it was probably the overflow valve and he would have to cut through the tub wall to fix it which would be expensive anyway, so it made more sense to just replace the tub for a little more money. Now I'm concerned that some of the tub tile will need to be ripped out, or that my floor tiles all have water under them. I don't know whether this is all possibly related to a blockage in the main line that may have been present before and was dismissed as an issue with the overflow valve, or if a blockage has just forced the problem back up into the overflow valve and now up through the grout of my floor tiles.
By the way, about 6 weeks ago I had a problem with my kitchen sink at the opposite end of the house. The plumber came out twice to snake it through the cleanout or vent on the roof. This cost me $200. Could this problem be related? I read somewhere that the lower drains would have backed up first if the main line was the problem at that time, and I think the plumber was hinting at that also, but it seems like an odd coincidence that I'm having these two problems so close together. I need some advice before I spend more money that I don't have. By the way, my house is on a slab.
By the way, about 6 weeks ago I had a problem with my kitchen sink at the opposite end of the house. The plumber came out twice to snake it through the cleanout or vent on the roof. This cost me $200. Could this problem be related? I read somewhere that the lower drains would have backed up first if the main line was the problem at that time, and I think the plumber was hinting at that also, but it seems like an odd coincidence that I'm having these two problems so close together. I need some advice before I spend more money that I don't have. By the way, my house is on a slab.