RE: Basement Floods but Clothes are Clean

Posted by Casman on August 23, 19100 at 12:30:35:
Lately, when we run the washing machine and after it empties into the utility tub, water comes up the floor drain in the center of the basement and makes a mess. I got pissed and finally took a blower and tried to clear it. Water shot out the Old Crocks(?) in various areas in the basement where the gutters used to drain into. I still got the gutters going up the basement wall, which no one seems to know anything about. Also, I noticed water seepage in a few cracks in the floor near the utility tub. House is 1890's. I plan on calling out a plumber to snake out. The utility tub has a drum trap, no vent and a galvinized pipe which runs over and down into the cement floor connecting to who knows where. My question is can I scratch this setup, move the utility tub over near the main stack, and tap a drain into it? Flood/backup only occurs when doing wash? Do these gutter crock things need to be snaked too? and does the water in the floor cracks suggest broken pipes?,

Posted by Casman on August 23, 19100 at 12:30:35:

Lately, when we run the washing machine and after it empties into the utility tub, water comes up the floor drain in the center of the basement and makes a mess. I got pissed and finally took a blower and tried to clear it. Water shot out the Old Crocks(?) in various areas in the basement where the gutters used to drain into. I still got the gutters going up the basement wall, which no one seems to know anything about. Also, I noticed water seepage in a few cracks in the floor near the utility tub. House is 1890's. I plan on calling out a plumber to snake out. The utility tub has a drum trap, no vent and a galvinized pipe which runs over and down into the cement floor connecting to who knows where. My question is can I scratch this setup, move the utility tub over near the main stack, and tap a drain into it? Flood/backup only occurs when doing wash? Do these gutter crock things need to be snaked too? and does the water in the floor cracks suggest broken pipes?,

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