Plumbing "Gurgling"

[GilpinGuy]

In the last week or so, we've had our toilets and sinks "gurgling" when our clothes washer is draining. No other time do we get this gurgling.

My first guess is a bad vent on one of the drain pipes. I haven't replaced any yet.

Our kitchen sink doesn't gurgle during this and it's "upstream" from the clothes washer which reinforces my bad vent guess, I think.

Hopefully its not a septic problem - we had it pumped 2 years ago. It's one of the fancy aerator-types and no alarms have gone off so I doubt it's a full tank.

Any other ideas before I start throwing new vents on? (It'll be a PITA in a crawlspace)

[bradbn4]

For what it is worth; the drain line has an air vent and if that is obstructed (partially) you will get the glug - glug noise. Some sinks might have a different style venting system that would have a 'local' vent built into them.

Right now I just heard that noise from the basement shower drain; and for me that required me to call the rooter folks to re-clear the line. So my fun tomorrow is booked.

I was looking at seeing if I could not get my own hydro-jet system for inside waste lines. A small power washer hyrdro jet attachment might even work on vent stacks on top of my house.

[.455_Hunter]

I would confirm you are actually draining into the septic. When we had gurgles, the line was blocked and just backfilling the plumbing.

[Wulf202]

Yeah washers occasionally make lint clogs. This is more likely than a vent going bad.