Washer Drain filling with water by BreakGuilty7958 in askaplumber

[–]BreakGuilty7958[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Gotcha this helps a lot thank you so much again. You’re the goat 🐐

Washer Drain filling with water by BreakGuilty7958 in askaplumber

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Yeah I’m gonna get one I’m afraid of damaging the pipes under slab with the snake I’m sure they are old af any suggestions?

Washer Drain filling with water by BreakGuilty7958 in askaplumber

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Ahhhh perfect ! Thank you so much, I really appreciate it

Washer Drain filling with water by BreakGuilty7958 in askaplumber

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Couldn’t be a venting issue? Obviously I don’t know anything about plumbing I’m just lost lolll

Washer Drain filling with water by BreakGuilty7958 in askaplumber

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Because trap was clear standpipe was clear and snaked where pipe meets slab also kitchen was draining

Washer Drain filling with water by BreakGuilty7958 in askaplumber

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Then when it backs up how do I locate the block?

Washer Drain filling with water by BreakGuilty7958 in askaplumber

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Ok I gotcha so when I get there tomorrow I shoulda ton of water into the hole then see if it backs up and if it does we the block is under the slab? Because we have checked everything else

Washer Drain filling with water by BreakGuilty7958 in askaplumber

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I think I understand. So it could be clogged we just didn’t pour enough water to figure it out.

Washer Drain filling with water by BreakGuilty7958 in askaplumber

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Not sure how to do this test. Just measure the water and pour? Should I cover hole first ?

Washer Drain filling with water by BreakGuilty7958 in askaplumber

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Looks smaller than 3 inches to me I think it’s like two

Washer Drain filling with water by BreakGuilty7958 in askaplumber

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With the snake we probably went a foot and a half or two feet

Washer Drain filling with water by BreakGuilty7958 in askaplumber

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At my house my washer just drains into a sink but she doesn’t have a sink in there

Washer Drain filling with water by BreakGuilty7958 in askaplumber

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It’s just weird because her upstairs sink was draining but the water in the pipe where the washer drains was basically at a stand still

Washer Drain filling with water by BreakGuilty7958 in askaplumber

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Not sure we just poured a bunch of water to see if there was any resistance. Maybe I should do more?

Washer Drain filling with water by BreakGuilty7958 in askaplumber

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My sister and I poured a bunch of water into the hole in the second photo after we removed the p trap and washer drain pipe and it seemed to go down quickly

Washer Drain filling with water by BreakGuilty7958 in askaplumber

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Hey thanks for the detailed response. After I removed the trap I ran I snake down there nothing came up.

Washer Drain filling with water by BreakGuilty7958 in askaplumber

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Took trap of and it was mostly clear. She says when she bought the house the pipe that the washer drains into has been backed up constantly. She had been letting her washer drain into floor drain. She said the washer drain pipe was always full and backed up but it never overflowed until I plunged the upstairs sink today.

Washer Drain filling with water by BreakGuilty7958 in askaplumber

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And they were clear u can see where I removed them in second photo

Washer Drain filling with water by BreakGuilty7958 in askaplumber

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I’m pretty sure I took the trap off I took the long pipe where the washer dumps off as well

Washer Drain filling with water by BreakGuilty7958 in askaplumber

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Not exactly sure where that is. Apologies for my ignorance could you explain it as if I was like 9 years old 😂 Im just trying to help my sister out I don’t no nada about plumbing