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<blockquote data-quote="Calamity Jane" data-source="post: 586458" data-attributes="member: 13882"><p>Terry,</p><p>We had the same issue in our basement bathroom, but in our case, after flushing the toilet, poop (sorry!) and toilet paper came rushing up thru the shower drain. It was hideous.</p><p>The rooter guy came right away, and because we don't have a trap in that bathroom, he would have to remove the toilet, or break thru the wall to get to a possible clog. He said there was one thing we could try while he was there - it was a last ditch effort. He said to go upstairs and flush, one at a time, each toilet in all the other bathrooms in the house. When the toilet tanks filled up, flush them again. Sometimes, the whoosh of the water helps to move the clog along. It actually worked. We called it toilet CPR. I wouldn't try this without the plumber there, though, because if things went wrong, he could hopefully do something!</p><p>He said to stop using premium toilet paper, like Charmin, etc., and to switch to the 1-ply Marcal brand, because the premium toilet papers don't break down, even though when you flush, the whole bowl is emptied, and you think there's no problem, but the clog occurs somewhere down the line. The only problem is no one likes the cheap toilet paper, and they always complain, but it's better than ripping out the toilet.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Calamity Jane, post: 586458, member: 13882"] Terry, We had the same issue in our basement bathroom, but in our case, after flushing the toilet, poop (sorry!) and toilet paper came rushing up thru the shower drain. It was hideous. The rooter guy came right away, and because we don't have a trap in that bathroom, he would have to remove the toilet, or break thru the wall to get to a possible clog. He said there was one thing we could try while he was there - it was a last ditch effort. He said to go upstairs and flush, one at a time, each toilet in all the other bathrooms in the house. When the toilet tanks filled up, flush them again. Sometimes, the whoosh of the water helps to move the clog along. It actually worked. We called it toilet CPR. I wouldn't try this without the plumber there, though, because if things went wrong, he could hopefully do something! He said to stop using premium toilet paper, like Charmin, etc., and to switch to the 1-ply Marcal brand, because the premium toilet papers don't break down, even though when you flush, the whole bowl is emptied, and you think there's no problem, but the clog occurs somewhere down the line. The only problem is no one likes the cheap toilet paper, and they always complain, but it's better than ripping out the toilet. [/QUOTE]
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