laudry room drain issue... please advice

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• Sep 17, 2007

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I connected the drain as per pic, it was working just fine, until about 3 weeks ago. How its clogged up. It appears that its just clogs up when the washer machine is running and draining its water.

I ran a snake through the pipe and and ran presure water down the drain and the water flow is ok, it does not clog up.

Any suggestions ?

Thank You..

 

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• Sep 17, 2007

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lcastro said:

I connected the drain as per pic, it was working just fine, until about 3 weeks ago. How its clogged up. It appears that its just clogs up when the washer machine is running and draining its water.

I ran a snake through the pipe and and ran presure water down the drain and the water flow is ok, it does not clog up.

Any suggestions ?

Thank You..

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Suggestions for what?
I will say the horizontal connection after the P-trap should have been a tee-wye instead of a combo wye.
Your post appears to state "..the water flow is ok, it does not clog up", not sure what the question is.

 

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The discharge from w/m is pretty forcful.Make the tee lower absorbe some
the shock. Santee?

 

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they should print arrows on fittings to show which way is up. Which way it has to go (up, down, ) to be used right.

- San Tees get used the wrong way around, and that doesn't provide a nice long smooth sweep for big water.
- Combos get used the other way around, and make 3/4 "S" traps.

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I haveused santees on stand pipes ane never had aproblem as long as the
stand pipe is long enough,4ftfrom center of tee to washer box.

 

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Should have a santee instead of a combo.

The p-trap should not have such a big space between the two parts.

I would cut out the combo, use santee at a lower point, and make the standpipe longer.

 

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• Sep 18, 2007

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Thanks for all feedback. I did some changes to the drain, however it still overflows slowly when the washer machine is draining its water. At first it sounds that water is flowing fine, then I can hear the standpipe getting filled until it start to overflow.

I've posted the first pic, then the second with the modified drain.

Please advice...

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• Sep 19, 2007

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You have blockage or a bad connection/undersized drain below.
I recall seeing a cleanout near the base of the drain above the floor, good move.
Snake it there.