Timeline for Why is my bath tub plug hole bubbling?
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| Feb 10, 2011 at 21:10 | vote | accept | Sam Holder | ||
| Feb 10, 2011 at 21:10 | comment | added | Sam Holder | Edit the question to include the solution. Marking this as the answer as it was the vent, just blocked by the high water level. | |
| Feb 10, 2011 at 9:00 | comment | added | Sam Holder | @Jay Bazuzi, I'm not saying it doesn't have a vent, I just don't know how to identify it and to determine if it is what is causing my problem. I'm in the basement flat of a 4 storey house, so would the vent for everyone come out on the roof? | |
| Feb 10, 2011 at 7:31 | comment | added | Jay Bazuzi | At least in my part of the world, code requires a vent in all waste plumbing. The P-trap is supposed to stop sewer gases from coming in your home, so the vent allows pressure to equalize. | |
| Feb 9, 2011 at 21:33 | comment | added | Tester101 | Could also be wind blowing across the vent stack, causing the water in the trap to slosh about. | |
| Feb 9, 2011 at 20:46 | comment | added | Sam Holder | We live in a basement flat and as far as I can tell there are no vents on the pipes. The 4 pipes all meet at a sort of drain 'junction box' and there doesn't seem to be any other pipes in there. would there need to be for there to be a vent? Or could the vent let air in somewhere else? The drains all run towards the back door I think so might it be there? | |
| Feb 9, 2011 at 19:54 | history | answered | Eric Petroelje | CC BY-SA 2.5 |