cebadec
2011-07-12 13:57:33 UTC
Today when i woke up i used the toilet upstairs flushed, didn't hear the
"flush" (which is an issue in and of itself but nothing major just didn't
hold the lever down long enough) came downstairs to my office a few
minutes later nature called again, went to the bathroom downstairs. as i
was going, i heard what i can best describe as a "crashing whooshing"
sound followed by sounds of water moving through the pipes from the
upstairs toilet. when i finished i got up turned around to flush saw a
"paint bubble" coming from the wall that was filled with water. first
thing i did was "pop" the bubble and drain it. then i peeled the paint
back to allow the area to dry. i went upstairs after that to investigate
then saw a bunch of water on the floor (centering from the toilet) cleaned
that up. my question now goes to how did this happen and what can i do to
investigate if it is something "easy" for me to fix or if i need to hire a
plumber to take care of it? one thing i found out as of typing this when
my fiance went to the bathroom last night, she said that it clogged on her
after using it. could it just be that without her telling me that piece of
information before hand that the pressure from my flush on top of "the
clog" caused it to push through the drain? any and all help / advice is
welcome and thank you in advance.
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thanks.
"flush" (which is an issue in and of itself but nothing major just didn't
hold the lever down long enough) came downstairs to my office a few
minutes later nature called again, went to the bathroom downstairs. as i
was going, i heard what i can best describe as a "crashing whooshing"
sound followed by sounds of water moving through the pipes from the
upstairs toilet. when i finished i got up turned around to flush saw a
"paint bubble" coming from the wall that was filled with water. first
thing i did was "pop" the bubble and drain it. then i peeled the paint
back to allow the area to dry. i went upstairs after that to investigate
then saw a bunch of water on the floor (centering from the toilet) cleaned
that up. my question now goes to how did this happen and what can i do to
investigate if it is something "easy" for me to fix or if i need to hire a
plumber to take care of it? one thing i found out as of typing this when
my fiance went to the bathroom last night, she said that it clogged on her
after using it. could it just be that without her telling me that piece of
information before hand that the pressure from my flush on top of "the
clog" caused it to push through the drain? any and all help / advice is
welcome and thank you in advance.
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thanks.