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I don't know what happened came into the bathroom and my bathtub is full of black nasty water!! Nothing else is doing it and basement isn't flooding or anything!!! Have been running washer since this morning!!! Need help!!!
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Whats a garbage disposal got to do with the tub drain backing up?
Could be one of many things, plugged up main sewer line, septic tanks full, leach field has failed, if there's a sump pit that pumps out the sewer it's not working.
Could be one of many things, plugged up main sewer line, septic tanks full, leach field has failed, if there's a sump pit that pumps out the sewer it's not working.
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Well I say the disposal because it is the only thing that when turned on the tub bubbles and gets stir it up!!
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Smell the water, does it smell like your laundry soap?
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No it smells like the sewer water and has food that was put in the disposal!
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All that means is the line is backed up enough to also back up into the sink.
Having a garbage disposal is one way to get to know your plumber on a first name basis or have the joy of snaking sewer filled lines.
There againt the law around here.
Having a garbage disposal is one way to get to know your plumber on a first name basis or have the joy of snaking sewer filled lines.
There againt the law around here.
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Well not really sewer water but our laundry soap is tide ( blue ) and its kind of blueish!!! How much is a plumber gonna cost any ideas???
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Not knowing your plumbing layout- I'd say your tub shares a line with the sink and it needs to be cabled- or your mainline is blocked. Do you have a floor drain on the same floor? Hows the toilet?
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Toilet is fine it's just the bathtub!!
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Based on the little info you give- I'd cable from the kitchen sink with a 3/8 cable long enough to go past the tub- sounds like the blockage is downstream of the tub. You can rent one from a rental center for about 50 a day. Or pay a plumber about double that- or a little more.....
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It's got to go someplace if the lines pluged up.
Might want to call a plumber if this has you so confused.
Cheaper to call now before after hours rates kick in.
Might want to call a plumber if this has you so confused.
Cheaper to call now before after hours rates kick in.
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Not confused it wasn't doing that before!!! Kinda why I'm on here for advice not to be treated like I'm stupid!!
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Do you have kids? Is it possible a washcloth/rag/towel or something similar went down the drain?
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No it's the food and stuff my wife put down the drain!
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Not surprising- if the toilets are fine, then your issue is probably on a secondary line. Find access to it and cable past the lowest blocked fixture. Or like Joe said- make the phone call
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why not snake the line's , their has to be a probly a grease build up from the garbage desposel that's finily plug enough now, i had a sink that was slow draining and than it plug up just like one day it work and the next day it didn't, i have a 25 foot snake i ran it the full length and pulled it back and forth and keep winding it back in and pushing and pulling all the time than when it was all back in the case i hook all pipes back and now it gurgles when all the water is going down like hang on or you will go down the drain , just snake it ,
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