Toilet Floods Floor When Flushed

Basement toilet floods whenever main floor toilet is flushed discussion in plumbing forum professional diy advice started by ngalaxytimmyo nov 19 2007.

Toilet floods floor when flushed.

It can also be due to a low flow toilet a poorly working septic system or improper plumbing. An overflowing toilet is a problem everyone will likely deal with at some point. The solution is stopping the water flow dealing with the case then cleaning up afterward. Step 2 if you have a 2 piece toilet tank and bowl separate unscrew the water line from the wall then remove the bolts from the tank.

This is just a simple test if do able to guess whether there is a plug buildup in the pipe where the toilets. Nov 19 2007 i recently. See if the water drains slow. If there is a sink run water in it full drain it time it.

When water issues from the bowl chances are the culprit is a clogged toilet drain usually an easy fix with some. Once you ve stopped the immediate overflow consider the. Do it again but this time flush the toilet. The closest pic i could find within a reasonable amount of time was this.

When your toilet leaks when flushed between the toilet tank and the bowl the culprit there is the toilet tank to bowl gasket which is also known as a spud washer. There is a clog downstream from your lowest level toilet but that too should show signs an overflow. So i plunged it until it would flush. The causes of an overflowing toilet include a clog in either the toilet bowl drain pipe toilet trap or lateral sanitary sewer line.

There is too much water trying to get through your drain sewer hook up than it can handle. Toilet overflows are most likely the result of either a blockage or an error in the tank float mechanism that regulates water flow. The gasket could also be worn out. It s tough to get rid of all the water so use a towel to soak up water in the tank and bowl.

Ngalaxytimmyo new member joined. 2 hours later i went in to us it flushed and it would not flush. I then flushed one more. Step 1 turn the water to the toilet off and flush the toilet so the tank and bowl are empty.

If you have a wobbly toilet tank it also means that this gasket is not sealing properly and hence the water will leak when the toilet is flushed.