Oh lord....I'm in plumbing hell.

[Liberal Veteran]

My tub has been backing up and my toilet bubbles and won't flush when the tub backs up. We rented a power snake, removed the toilet, and the cable kept feeding through the roof vent. We finally gave up and called a plumber.

After much digging around in the yard we found the clean outs to the sewer line. They were clear and still no fix.

Problem exist between the cast iron stack and clean out and the stack doesn't have a clean out.

So we pulled the toilet again with the plumber and he couldn't get the snake to go down the stack instead of up.

Then the snake bored through the cast iron drain stack.

The Gods of Municipal Sanitation and Plumbing have definitely been offended. (What kind of small mammal would appease them for a sacrifice so they will stop shitting on me?)

On the plus side, my main sewer line is good and the plumbers are cutting a in new fitting with a inside clean out without charging me more.

There is a toilet sitting in middle of my bedroom right now.

I grew up in a house with an outhouse and chamber pot. I am definitely feeling a bit nostalgic.

If anyone can put in a good word with the plumbing gods and/or goddesses, go for it.

[In_The_Wind]

1. Yikes! This problem couldn't wait for warm weather?!?

Good luck on getting it fixed without wiping out your food budget.

[Liberal Veteran]

3. Fortunately, I am in the Northwest so the weather is pretty decent right now.

The weather gods have not abandoned me.

[In_The_Wind]

13. I'm trying to avoid getting that aggressive with our pluming problems.

I'm not even sure we have a problem. One toilet seems to have a problem doing a complete flush. We're treating it with lyme away. That seems to solve the problem. The other toilet only does a partial flush at certain times of the day/night. I think too many old folks in this community are flushing at the same time.

[Liberal Veteran]

14. Well, I am 450 dollars poorer now, but it's finally fixed.

Three days of work and I have nothing but good things to say about the company I called. They could have easily charged double or more for the work they put in.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

2. What a mess, my dear Liberal Veteran!

I hope it will soon be fixed, and permanently!

[Liberal Veteran]

5. Thank you. Apparently moist flushable wipes are probably the culprit, so PSA to all: Don't!

I will still use the wipes, but they aren't going into my drainage system.

I wonder if I can sue Cottonelle for the plumbing costs?

[hedgehog]

19. My daughter is an engineer with a major city sewage system -

don't get her started on the things people attempt to flush!

Warning - not for the queasy -

http://www.businessinsider.com/photos-fatberg-the-size-of-a-boeing-747-under-shepherds-bush-road-2014-9

[HereSince1628]

4. We had a soil pipe corrode thru, it was from the kitchen

so when they tore it out it wasn't so much human feces as rotten veggies all over the basement.

We had suffered repeated clogs...turns out a lot of it was good old Milwaukee mud...and finally called a different plumber.

So the worst was found, and the the basic fix is probably the same as yours ...tear up basement floor, remove rotted cast iron, replace with PVC.

It was over $1500 and I did all the replacement of the concrete and tile flooring in the basement.

Life isn't good when you have one of these problems.

[Liberal Veteran]

8. My system is a mixture of pvc, galvanized steel (ugh), cast iron, copper and possibly chalk.

Fortunately the outside is all PVC, but older houses are the worst. About the only thing missing is lead or asbestos coated pipes.

[NV Whino]

6. I hate to break it to you, but

There is no appeasing the plumbing gods. They are vicious and relentless.

Just be glad you don't have a plumber who passes off a leaking toilet (puddle under the toilet) for condensation.

[Downwinder]

7. Had to remove birds nests tied together with cigarette pack ties from the

vent stack.

[PasadenaTrudy]

9. This is why

I'll never buy a house!

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

10. Before I bought a house ...

I had to deal with plumbing gods, landlord gods, and the god of noisy neighbors. Plus the god of parking spots.

So many gods.

[PasadenaTrudy]

11. I can't afford one in my area

A fixer-upper crappy tiny house just sold for $690K on my street. I'll stay in my apt!

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

15. Yikes! The houses are made of solid gold?

That seems crazy expensive!

I guess I won't be moving to Pasadena ...

[PasadenaTrudy]

16. I honestly don't see how anyone can

afford it. Here's a cute little house for sale in my town. I'm in South Pasadena which is a separate city from Pasadena. Prices are insane because of the great school district, but still! All I can do is laugh!

https://www.redfin.com/CA/South-Pasadena/1030-Indiana-Ave-91030/home/7004594

[charles d]

12. I've Been There, My Friend

And have already offered a prayer to the Great God Draino that you might be released!

[underahedgerow]

17. For anyone who has just bought a house or is about to, the BEST investment you can make is

Using and CONTINUING the first year home-buyer's warranty & insurance that comes with your home purchase, paid for by the seller, the first year! Most agents forget to tell you about it, and rarely tell you how easy it is to use it! I renewed it annually and made sure I really used it. It only cost a couple hundred a year and I used it for everything from minor electric problems, the water heater, hvac, roof issues, minor and major plumbing issues etc. the co-pay was 30 bucks, saving me many thousands of bucks. It's one if those things no one knows about, but it's a gold mine!

[underahedgerow]

18. Oh and yeah, I'm 1000000% sure plumbing cos invented wet wipes to massively boost their profits!

Never ever put those suckers down the toilet. They're just nasty anyway, lol.

[CTyankee]

20. My system will take them, but only 2 at a time. which is fine with me.

We have city sewage system and it's pretty good. We pay taxes to keep our city operating efficiently in all areas. Plus we have city gas so I can enjoy a gas stove and have a hot water heater run on gas.