mike04gt
New Member
Hey everyone,
Need some advise here. I live in an old, OLD Chicago two flat house. Recently we have been having some problems with water backing up in the basement floor drain when we shower and even worse when it rains.
I have had our plumber come out twice, and he rodded out the entire line in the house. But it just drizzled the other day, and rain came out of the floor drain still.
I called the city of chicago, they came out and checked the sewer and said the water was flowing just fine, and it was something on my end. But my plumber rodded out all the way up to the street and beyond
Anyone know what is happening with my floor drain and why it keeps coming up??? What could it possibly be?
Here is a crappy diagram of the layout... the 6" cleanout area I was told should not have ANY backup in it, but its up to the cap. It should be flowing through there, which leads me to believe there has to be something wrong between the 6" cap and the street still. But he rodded through there 4 times...
Thanks in advance. I'd like to stop this before it becomes a problem like last time.
Need some advise here. I live in an old, OLD Chicago two flat house. Recently we have been having some problems with water backing up in the basement floor drain when we shower and even worse when it rains.
I have had our plumber come out twice, and he rodded out the entire line in the house. But it just drizzled the other day, and rain came out of the floor drain still.
I called the city of chicago, they came out and checked the sewer and said the water was flowing just fine, and it was something on my end. But my plumber rodded out all the way up to the street and beyond
Anyone know what is happening with my floor drain and why it keeps coming up??? What could it possibly be?
Here is a crappy diagram of the layout... the 6" cleanout area I was told should not have ANY backup in it, but its up to the cap. It should be flowing through there, which leads me to believe there has to be something wrong between the 6" cap and the street still. But he rodded through there 4 times...
Thanks in advance. I'd like to stop this before it becomes a problem like last time.