Came home yesterday to find a flood in my laundry room. Check the disharge hose for the washer and it was fine. My next suspect was the standpipe and trap, that was fine too. So, I turned my attention to the bigger picture - the main stack. After a few experiments, I found that running water from either the bathroom sink, kitchen sink, tub or washer would EVENTUALLY cause the water in the washing machine stand pipe to gurgle and slowly rise. Then, if I shutoff the water, it would slowly go down again. Thing is, it seems to take quite a bit of water before the problem occurs, likely the flood was the result of my showering and then immediately doing laundry. With just the kitchen faucet it takes around 10 minutes or so before the water starts to rise. My question is, would it be a waste of time trying to snake down the standpipe to clear the main stack?
The laundry room standpipe is on the first level of my split level home, about 30" above the concrete, and connects to the main stack right almost at floor level, so obviously the clog is pretty far down, correct?
I'm exactly sure where the main cleanout is in relation to the standpipe connection, I don't remember seeing it, but I had to run out this morning, I can check later.
The laundry room standpipe is on the first level of my split level home, about 30" above the concrete, and connects to the main stack right almost at floor level, so obviously the clog is pretty far down, correct?
I'm exactly sure where the main cleanout is in relation to the standpipe connection, I don't remember seeing it, but I had to run out this morning, I can check later.