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Can a drain for a washer stop up on the 2nd floor of an apartment complex?
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When you do laundry why does the floor drain start to come up with water from the washer?
The drain from the washer to the main line is getting plugged and the floor drain is easier. Drain cleaner in the floor drain should take care of it.
Why does the floor drain bubble when the washer drains?
They share the same drain and it is becoming clogged. Drain cleaner in both drains should help.
My washer and dryer are currently in my basement and I would like to install it on the main floor but don't know how to install the pipes for the drain to still go into the basement drain?
Without knowing the layout or type of drain pipe and location, it is impossible to give a good answer. Drill a hole in the floor and run the drain with PVC. Drains should fall 1/8 to 1/4 of an inch for every foot of distance. Horizontal distance. There may be a drain line that is closer to the first floor location that you can tap into. Washer drain does not need a vent, it gets it's venting around the washer hose.
Washing machine drains water backs up run on floor?
Washing machine drains into a floor drain? The drain need cleaning. Liquid drain cleaner may do it, or it may need to be snaked. Simple fix is to get a 30 gallon trash can, cut a small hole in the bottom, the size of a quarter and set it over the drain. Let the washer drain into that. The small hole will let the water drain at a rate that the floor drain can handle it.
Why cant you use a pump to lift water up to the 3rd floor of an apartment complex?
You can but it would have to be large, expensive and noisy.
What is the difference of a gully trap drain from a floor drain?
The difference between a gully trap drain and a floor drain is placement. A floor drain is in a floor, a gully trap drain goes on an external wall.
Can a floor drain be primed by a second floor drain?
No.
Deference between floor drain and floor cleanout?
Floor is sloped toward floor drain for draining. Floor cleanout is level with floor and is used to clean out drain line.
What causes washing machine water to spew onto floor when emptying?
Check the large drain hose from the washer to the drain pipe when it is draining. You have to look see and find if the water leak is coming from the washer, drain hose, or a clogged up drain pipe. Can you you do me this small favor?. You may need a flash light and the agility to look behind the washer and get to where you can observe these three most common possible causes as they occur. Don't wait too long to find this problem or you may need some new flooring or sub flooring to go along with the washer repair.
Can the washing machine drain hose be at floor level?
I have had it like that at a house I lived at, it would drain directly into the basement floor drain, however it was a pain in the behind, because I often found myself tripping over it, or if the kiddos wanted to ride their bikes or 3 wheeler toddler things in the basement they would get hooked up on the hose also. And if it got to far away from the floor drain I had a water mess, so if at all possible go with the drain behind washer, out of sight ... out of mind.
How does a floor drain work?
A floor drain , drains water and other liquids that spilled on the floor
What apartment complex did Phyllis Hyman live in?
Phyllis lived on West 57th street in Manhattan in the New York Mews apartments. She lived on the 33rd floor.
