Home Improvement → Re: [Plumbing] Weird bath tub not draining problem 10+ years any1 explain?

I didn't see that the sink was working, may have missed that. The thing in, the sink is so much higher than the tub that it could appear to work but actually be just adding to the water in the tub.

I take that back. Wife panicked at the sight of water running down the walls in the kitchen.

Turns out she had used the sink to wash up and I guess the water had no where to go.

Tub is still filled. At this point I believe it is in the stack pipe.

You are correct sink pipes slightly higher. Tub must be the lowest in the piping here

Do you have an old cast iron system? Most all old systems use a side tap elbow into the larger 3" soil pipe. I have seen the 1.5" tap corrode shut, which will cause an issue like you have here. Only way through it is a high powered, small diameter snake (not a hand snake), or take the toilet up, stick your hand down the pipe, and chip away at the corrosion with an ice pick. ( i have done the latter twice, after breaking my snake the first time, sucks)

definitely need to snake that, no crap liquid plummer gonna help here, shouldnt use that stuff, ever.

-j

Yes it's cast. The part from the tub and sink was cut out about 15 years ago and replaced with PVC via a fernco or no hub (not sure of terminology)...

So the larger cast that's also the vent stack is still in place. The toilet still flushes fine (although a few weeks ago it wouldn't move water) until I augered it and got it to go... Blamed it on flushable wipes but not sure if it was due to that.

The old cast was almost completely clogged with a tiny hole for draining. I guess the part that was cut and Fernco,d may be the part now

They may be flushable, but they don't exactly degrade quickly. They tend to snag and plug up cast iron pipes and sewer lines.