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I have a plumbing mystery I am trying to solve. This is probably a 'call a plumber' situation, but if I can understand what's going on before hand I'd like to. The toilet at my shop does funny things when/after it rains. When it rains really hard it doesn't flush reliably. It's an older and low lying part of a very wet city and I figure the storm sewers overflow into the sanitary and back everything up-I get that and can live with it. Lately however, something strange has started happening for hours or even a day after it rains really hard. The toilet flushes more or less fine (maybe with a 'burp' where a big bubble comes out before all the water goes down), refills to it's normal water level, and then over the next several minutes, about half the water drains out. Flush again, 'burp', same thing happens. Its a yr old Kohler toilet, works great any time it isn't raining, and even when it starts raining its fine, its just after a while it starts acting up. When I rebuilt the bathroom a yr ago, I had plumbers move the toilet and vent stack a few feet and then hooked the toilet up myself. It's a ~60yr old building that wasn't well maintained recently if that matters, but everything from ground up is new as far as plumbing is concerned-all that is on the vent stack is this toilet and a sink.
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Dec 19, 2019 02:37
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PainterofCrap posted:Sounds like your vent stack, isn’t. The vent stack is inside and goes straight from the ground near the toilet up through the roof-nothing else ties in. I need to get up on the roof to patch some leaks anyway-ill check to make sure a bird hasn't built a nest in it or something when I do. Outside (downstream from the toilet/stuff inside) there is a downspout that goes underground to....somewhere. Could that be part of the issue?
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Dec 19, 2019 03:20
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Oct 16, 2020 01:29
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Cross posting here because I forgot there was a plumbing thread:Kaiser Schnitzel posted:I have a plumbing problem. When my washing machine drains, it makes my toilet bubble and do strange things, and the washer overflows out it's little mini-vent stack:
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May 10, 2022 01:16
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I would like to move the standpipe for my washing machine drain about 8 feet. Currently the washer is on an exterior wall and this is how it's vented: I'd to move it to the other side of the laundry room on an interior wall about 8' away. Will the current vent be sufficient? I know there are some lateral distance considerations with venting (and maybe drain pipe diameter is part of that? Been a minute since I did any waste plumbing) and just wasn't sure. I may also have to lower the P trap on there to have the correct slope away from the new location-again does that present any problems?
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Mar 1, 2024 18:42
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Nitrox posted:If you are within 8 ft of the main stack, you do not need additional vents. If not, you can do your regular drain, trap and an air admittance valve. You can hide it all inside an interior wall.
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Mar 1, 2024 23:48
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