What happens if you flush the upstairs toilet in the basement?
If you flush the upstairs toilet and the basement toilet overflows then you have a clog in your main. The water hits the clog and has no other place to go so comes up in the basement toilet.
Do you have to have a toilet in your basement?
A basement toilet is a necessary addition to your basement bathroom, but plumbing a basement toilet is a different animal. Check out these solutions for installing a new “Porcelain God” in your basement bathroom. One option for basement plumbing is below ground water and waste pipes.
Why does water come up in my Basement Toilet?
The water hits the clog and has no other place to go so comes up in the basement toilet. If you have a floor drain and there is no water coming up at that location then the clog has to be in the pipe after the toilet ties into the main and before the branch for the floor drain.
How to stop downstairs toilet from bubbling when upstairs?
Your problem is the distance the water/waste is falling. To eliminate the bubbling a vent would need to be added or an up flow valve after the basement toilet prior to entering the main line. Up flow valves are like a check valve to prevent lower floors from having this problem.
If you flush the upstairs toilet and the basement toilet overflows then you have a clog in your main. The water hits the clog and has no other place to go so comes up in the basement toilet.
The water hits the clog and has no other place to go so comes up in the basement toilet. If you have a floor drain and there is no water coming up at that location then the clog has to be in the pipe after the toilet ties into the main and before the branch for the floor drain.
A basement toilet is a necessary addition to your basement bathroom, but plumbing a basement toilet is a different animal. Check out these solutions for installing a new “Porcelain God” in your basement bathroom. One option for basement plumbing is below ground water and waste pipes.
Why does my upstairs toilet have a foul smell?
Otherwise you would get a foul smell from sewer gas. So, when the upstairs toilet flushes a large volume of water down the vent stack it forces air up through the toilet since it cannot go up through the AAV.
