i live in a city with a sewer system and there are no trees growing
over the sewer line out to the street. what will be the process to
fix this problem? can it be snaked out of the pipes, or will there be
a need to dig underground to get at the pipes? thanks ... steve

"Tim Davis" wrote in message .net...
You most likely have a blockage in the waste pipe/ sewer line. If you're on
a septic system, you should have it inspected by a professional (not a good
DIY project for obvious reasons). If you're on town sewer, are there any
trees growing over the sewer line out to the street? The roots of trees
have an amazing ability to find the smallest imaginable fault and rapidly
growing inside of a sewer line. Roto-Rooter or equivalent is likely needed.


"Steve" wrote in message
om...
Hi.. thanks for any help. I have a full bathroom in the garage, and a
full bathroom upstairs. Whenever someone takes a shower at either the
upstairs or downstairs shower, water leaks from the base of the
downstairs toilet. thanks again!! Some things I found out or tried:

1. it is definately coming from the base of the toilet, i have watched
it slowly seep out. and the back and side of the bowl and tank are
dry.

2. when using the upstairs shower, water will leak from the base of
the toilet AND the downstairs tub has water backed up into it.

3. the leak only appears when someone is taking a long shower. the
leak will appear approximately 7 minutes into a shower, then water
will start to steadily seep out from the base of the toilet. i come
back 1 hour later and flush the toilet while running the water in the
downstairs shower, but the leak doesn't appear. i come back another
hour later and flush the toilet 4 consecutive times, still no leak.
so the only time there is a leak is during long showers.

4. pouring draino into the downstairs shower does nothing!

steve