Thread: water's coming back up my shower plughole..!

The first thing to do is to make sure that your stormwater pipes aren't connected to the sewer.

Then, (and only then, because council will smoke test the sewer) call the council guys. There should be no stormwater in the sewer system, and the problem is probably caused by a monster load of rainwater trying to get out through a 100 sewer.

If the water's not slow to get away normally, you are probably safe from tree roots!

cheers,

P

Same thing happens here, stormwater gets into the sewer mains in a massive downpour and the sewer system cant handle it, you wouldnt know how many proprties have their s/water connected to the sewer. Go the council first. A little off topic but I helped a bloke (another plumber) fit out a bathroom reno that he had started, he stacked his bike and couldnt finish it. So I go along and fit the vanity, tapware, shower rail, WC etc, ran everything to check for leaks and job done. About a week later he gets a call from the water board to meet him and a fella from the council on-site. They take him down to the bottom of the place which was a flashy waterfront place in the shire and there is a weeks worth of ???? and what not on the rocks at the high tide mark. The silly bugger had connected a new stack for the bathroom into a stormwater pipe under the house! $5,500 fine from the council, had to rectify it at his expense and had to front the tribunal and explain why he should keep his licence.

Hmm, I'd have thought a sense of smell would be an asset for a plumber

Yeah, not to mention the slimy-ness on the inside of a sewer pipe, lucky it was him not me!