My house has two stories and its two toilets have been having all of
the symptoms of a clogged vent pipe. Some of the symptoms have been:
the toilets flush slowly and very inefficiently, sometimes the bowls
fill with water before flushing down, and after flushing the water
often do not recover to their prior height in the bowls. I plan to
go to the roof of my house to rotor out the drain with a 25' x 3/8'
cable that I bought for this purpose. Here are my questions:

1. Is the vent pipe which appears on the roof a direct extension of
the pipe that drains the toilet? In other words, when I clean out
the vent pipe, I am mainly cleaning out the sewer pipe from the
toilets, sinks and bathtubs?

2. If #1 is true, it wouldn't seem possible that the pipe would be
clogged below the second floor toilet. I am assuming this since I am
having problems with the second floor toilet.

I would appreciate your thoughts about this.

Thanks, Al Kondo

"Al Kondo" wrote in message
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My house has two stories and its two toilets have been having all of
the symptoms of a clogged vent pipe. Some of the symptoms have been:
the toilets flush slowly and very inefficiently, sometimes the bowls
fill with water before flushing down, and after flushing the water
often do not recover to their prior height in the bowls. I plan to
go to the roof of my house to rotor out the drain with a 25' x 3/8'
cable that I bought for this purpose. Here are my questions:

1. Is the vent pipe which appears on the roof a direct extension of
the pipe that drains the toilet? In other words, when I clean out
the vent pipe, I am mainly cleaning out the sewer pipe from the
toilets, sinks and bathtubs?

2. If #1 is true, it wouldn't seem possible that the pipe would be
clogged below the second floor toilet. I am assuming this since I am
having problems with the second floor toilet.

I would appreciate your thoughts about this.

Thanks, Al Kondo

Good luck getting replies today with that A hole spamming the NG

Yes, the vent does go directly to the main sewer but there may be other
branches of the vent (one for each drain) that cannot be reached with a
straight shot down the vent.

Usually a clog downstream of some drains but not all will cause backup in
the drains and vents upstream of the clog. Try running a snake down the
vent and down the furthest drain from the street or any cleanouts you have
on the piping.

Try running water in each drain and listning at the vent. You should not be
able to hear drains after the clog but will hear drains before the clog.

Try cleaning the holes around the rim of the bowl with something like a
coat hanger.
These holes often become restricted with mineral build up.
You could test the situation by dumping a pail of water into the toilet
and seeing if it flushes properly.
TB

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"Al Kondo" wrote in message
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My house has two stories and its two toilets have been having all of
the symptoms of a clogged vent pipe. Some of the symptoms have been:
the toilets flush slowly and very inefficiently, sometimes the bowls
fill with water before flushing down, and after flushing the water
often do not recover to their prior height in the bowls. I plan to
go to the roof of my house to rotor out the drain with a 25' x 3/8'
cable that I bought for this purpose. Here are my questions:

1. Is the vent pipe which appears on the roof a direct extension of
the pipe that drains the toilet? In other words, when I clean out
the vent pipe, I am mainly cleaning out the sewer pipe from the
toilets, sinks and bathtubs?

2. If #1 is true, it wouldn't seem possible that the pipe would be
clogged below the second floor toilet. I am assuming this since I am
having problems with the second floor toilet.

I would appreciate your thoughts about this.

Thanks, Al Kondo

Good luck getting replies today with that A hole spamming the NG

Yes, the vent does go directly to the main sewer but there may be other
branches of the vent (one for each drain) that cannot be reached with a
straight shot down the vent.

Usually a clog downstream of some drains but not all will cause backup in
the drains and vents upstream of the clog. Try running a snake down the
vent and down the furthest drain from the street or any cleanouts you have
on the piping.

Try running water in each drain and listning at the vent. You should not
be able to hear drains after the clog but will hear drains before the
clog.




I should have read more closely. Those are the symptoms of a clogged drain
or toilet filler holes. A clogged vent would cause gurgling or surging in
toilets or sinks when a different sink were used. A clogged vent can also
suck a trap dry on the same fixture you are using. Vents just prevent
pressure vacuum or suction in the pipes when the water flows through them,
you have a slow drain or slow fill problem. The clog may be in the toilet
or in the pipes.