Calling all plumbers

[fast306stang]

I know, I know, asking for advice on ODT...anyway...

Today, the master bathtub, shower, toilet all stopped up. Bad, bad. Took a 25' snake and still couldn't get it cleared. Plunging the toilet made all the toilet drainage back up through the shower. Disgusting.

Walked away for 30 minutes, all of a sudden heard it just drain, clog must have loosened.

Go out in the hallway (the other side of the wall where the toilet and the sinks are) that's about 20' long and water is seeping between the laminate when you walk on it.

Pulled all the laminate up. The entire hallway was wet underneath the boards. I'm on a slab. Where could the water have been coming from? I cut the sheetrock where the drain and vent is for the double lavatories. I didn't find any signs in the wall there. I didn't expect to find any but it was the easiest place to start.

The shower and tub vent is on the exterior wall. I couldn't find the vent for the toilet. Not sure if it ties into the vent for the sinks?

So my thinking is that water will take the path of least resistance. So if the clog is gone (and hopefully doesn't come back) then I can put the flooring back down and keep my fingers crossed?

Or do I need to tear the rest of the sheetrock off and find the toilet vent? Being on a slab, I really don't want to bust up concrete if I don't need to.

Thoughts???

 

[fast306stang]

The concrete is dry in the pics. It was flooded entirely when I originally pulled the flooring. It was a LOT of water.

The toilet is on the left wall right about where the last board is.

The drain for the sinks is where the square patch is on the wall.

 

[Kman]

Dang man, sorry you’re dealing with that. We’ve all had to deal with similar plumbing disasters at one time or another. It always sucks!!!!

 

[fast306stang]

Dang man, sorry you’re dealing with that. We’ve all had to deal with similar plumbing disasters at one time or another. It always sucks!!!!

Thanks man. The house is barely 20 years old and we've only been here 5 years but it's gonna be the death of me lol

 

[fast306stang]

I just can't figure where it would have been leaking from. It doesn't make sense that the drain would have been leaking through the slab. But none of my drywall is wet either.

 

[Pro Carry 2]

Septic tank or city sewer?

 

[fast306stang]

Septic tank or city sewer?

I should have mentioned we're on city sewer.

 

[Kman]

Your wax rings good on all the toilets?

 

[fast306stang]

Your wax rings good on all the toilets?

You might be onto something. I've been thinking on this because I replaced all the toilets in the house this year. I think they're sealed but this is making me 2nd guess. It was hard for me to get a solid pull on the plunger at times but its also one of those brand new plungers with the spout on the end that interfaces with the drain hole in the toilet

 

[fast306stang]

The master bathroom is tile flooring. If the wax ring was leaking, I'd see water on the floor next to the toilet?