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We just bought a house in July 08 (built in 1961), we started having backups in the shower right away, we had it snaked both times. The second time the plumber stated that the snake had gotten stuck and when he pulled it out, there was rust like resadue (sorry for the spelling) on the snake. He said he would need to put a camera down in the pipes to see exactly what was going on. In the meantime my husband put a claim through the home owners insurance so we decided to wait on the camera inspection. Our claim got denied and since our shower seem to be working good, we ingnored the problem (mistake). This morning after my daughter used the toilet, it started to overflow, I managed to turn the water off which stopped it from overflowing. My husband plunged the toilet and everything is fine again...
I personally think it's tree roots. We have a huge magnolia tree out in the front and some other weird looking tree right outside the bathroom. Can someone please help?? Thanks in advance.
Get the plumber with the camera back - it is the only way to be sure.
If the drain lines were cast iron, they may have completely corroded / rusted. Was speaking with a plumbing contractor recently who was having to tunnel under a house to replace just such an occurrance - not cheap.
Houses here are mostly on slabs, so tunneling can run hundreds of dollars a foot.
I recently had to replace a supply line from the street due to a couple of tree roots that broke the PVC. Replaced with PEX, removed the roots, too.
