- Feb 23, 2005
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So I clogged my toilet without realizing it this morning. On top of that, the reservoir flapper has a slight leak which I've known about for sometime, but haven't fixed. These two facts combined to create a rather serious overflow in my bathroom.
I had been on my ground floor dorking around on the computer for about an hour or an hour and a half, and when I came up to the main floor I could hear water dripping. Looking up, there were a few quarter-sized wet spots in my ceiling. I ran upstairs to my bathroom to see that the floor was half-covered with water that was spilling out of the toilet bowl.
A few quick jabs with the plunger cleared the clog and stopped the overflow. I mopped up the water on the floor with some garage towels. On the main floor, I drilled about a dozen holes in the ceiling, the first several of which began dripping immediately, and one which opened up like a faucet with a stream of water. A few other exploratory holes after didn't produce drips.
At the moment, the dripping has subsided to only two or 3 holes, and I have every heater in my house cranked up to max, as well as my gas fireplace, and I brought in an oil space heater from my garage to place directly under the general dripping areas.
I think this should more or less take care of things, but I'm wondering how important ventilation is. My dad seemed convinced that too much ventilation would also ventilate the heat, and that getting the heat up as high as possible was the greater asset at this point. I have only cracked a few windows on the top floor, but other than that the house is sealed up pretty tightly.
Does anybody have any suggestions?
I had been on my ground floor dorking around on the computer for about an hour or an hour and a half, and when I came up to the main floor I could hear water dripping. Looking up, there were a few quarter-sized wet spots in my ceiling. I ran upstairs to my bathroom to see that the floor was half-covered with water that was spilling out of the toilet bowl.
A few quick jabs with the plunger cleared the clog and stopped the overflow. I mopped up the water on the floor with some garage towels. On the main floor, I drilled about a dozen holes in the ceiling, the first several of which began dripping immediately, and one which opened up like a faucet with a stream of water. A few other exploratory holes after didn't produce drips.
At the moment, the dripping has subsided to only two or 3 holes, and I have every heater in my house cranked up to max, as well as my gas fireplace, and I brought in an oil space heater from my garage to place directly under the general dripping areas.
I think this should more or less take care of things, but I'm wondering how important ventilation is. My dad seemed convinced that too much ventilation would also ventilate the heat, and that getting the heat up as high as possible was the greater asset at this point. I have only cracked a few windows on the top floor, but other than that the house is sealed up pretty tightly.
Does anybody have any suggestions?
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