So about a week ago, I noticed that the water level in our downstairs toilet was higher than usual. Coincidentally, this was the same day that the flush in one of our upstairs toilets stopped working due to a disintegrated washer.
I figured that it was probably due to the kids being overenthusiastic in their use of paper, so I ran a 1.32m pipe/drain cleaner coil down it. I didn't feel any obvious obstructions, and by the next morning the level had fallen to about an inch *below* where it normally sits.
It stayed like that for a few days, and then suddenly the water level was much higher than it should be after a flush, slowly draining back to the lower-than-usual level after every flush.
I'm assuming that sorting this needs a proper plumber, but what might the cause be? Higher-than-usual level that drains slowly obviously points to some kind of obstruction further into the drain than I can reach, but why the lower-than-usual level?
I figured that it was probably due to the kids being overenthusiastic in their use of paper, so I ran a 1.32m pipe/drain cleaner coil down it. I didn't feel any obvious obstructions, and by the next morning the level had fallen to about an inch *below* where it normally sits.
It stayed like that for a few days, and then suddenly the water level was much higher than it should be after a flush, slowly draining back to the lower-than-usual level after every flush.
I'm assuming that sorting this needs a proper plumber, but what might the cause be? Higher-than-usual level that drains slowly obviously points to some kind of obstruction further into the drain than I can reach, but why the lower-than-usual level?