I have a house built in 1916 connected to the Town sewer lines.
Mixed piping is in the house, iron/copper/pvc including some repairs to water lines using pex/sharkbite.
The issue is that for the kitchen sink and half bath on the first floor (same side of the house (right side when looked at from street) are running slow (toilet takes several flushes to clear the boawl, the sink will take several mins to drain out). The upstairs bathroom is fine and there is a vent pipe for each side of the house.

We have had the Town come snake the laterals outside the house,I have checked the pipes from the kitchen sink and know they are clear (have used 50' 1/2 snakes extended to their ends and met no resistances/brought anything back out as far as debris), we have used a snake in the roof vent for this side of the house and it appears to be clear.

Now other than a plumber, what would cause this to happen that I can take care of?
Any thoughts would be appreciated.



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The problems with the sink and toilet could have completely different causes. We do not have enough information to decide if you have a main line problem or a clogged sink drain and a malfunctioning toilet.

Ok what further info is required? I will be glad to provide whart I can...

I have opened the y trap under the kitchen sink and snaked down the kitchen pipe, even cutting the pipe in the basement where the snake would not go past the 90 degree turn and respliced it after rolling marbles down from the sink. I snaked it down further from the cut towards the exit pipe out of the house (a tie in for the laundry hook up is also clear at this location). From the laundry/Utility sink tie-in I ran 50' of snake out and again ran into no resistance/debris. 50' feet of snake should pretty much get out of the house I would think.

It should, but until I did it, I would not answer whether it was or not. There are many conditions which can cause your symptoms. One thing I would have to see is HOW the toilet flushes, even though you have to do it several times.

The toilet will flush but if there are solids it does take several flushes before it might all go down. The spiral happens still but near the end it doesnt get to the full vortex if that description helps? When it finally gets rid of everything it does have that vortex.

A camera will comfirm your theory. Hoping that after almost 100 years you don't have some build up in the ID of your waste lines.
Best Wishes

Ok so while I appreciate the fact people replied, it isn't making sense to me. Why is it that one side of the house has waste pipes that work ok, but the other doesn't? Why/how would this only affect 1 side of the house? BOTH sides should have the same issue but they don't. A house only has 1 main pipe out correct? (I really have no idea here but it seems logical), so I guess I do not get the fact that it HAS to come to a plumber with a camera.
Why can't there be some sort of idea that doesn't force me to pay their fees. I have really done quite a bit of troubleshooting but it seems there is something I am missing in my meager knowledge.