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Sounds like your washer doesn't have a connection to your "stack pipe". As water moves through a drain pipe, it creates a vacuum behind it, the "stack pipe" or "vent pipe" is usually a pipe that goes through the roof of your house and provides an open air connection to all of your Plumbing fixtures so the vacuum is provided a way to suck air rather than sucking the water out of your "P" traps or other fixtures such as your toilet.
Chances are your toilet is also "sucking" from your washer, but you just don't notice it.
It is also dangerous because if the washer or other fixtures are sucking water out of your "P" traps, then you may be getting methane and other sewer gases into your house.
Have a pipe run from washer drain to your vent pipe and this should eliminate the problem. Be sure it connects to the vent pipe because if you ever have a sewer backup, the vent system won't allow the gray water to empty into your house through the air pipe.
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∙ 14y agoits not vented properly or at all...how does raw sewer feel on your skin?
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When your washing machine drains it sucks the water out of the toilet?
It might be plumbed wrong -- or either your sewer is stoping up --
Where is the toilet washer?
seal to stop water from runing into tank located between tank and bowk
When Washer is draining Toilet and Tub fills up with drain water?
You have to use toilet more
Why is the does the water from your washing machine back up in your shower and tub then all of a sudden it all sucks out very fast as soon as the washer stops?
Sounds like a venting problem. The washer is trying to push the water down the drain and the tub is an easier route. When it stops pumping, the washer drain become the vent and lets the air escape. You can try some drain cleaner in the tub and the washer drains. This may open it enough to help.
How does toilet cistern work?
When you pull the handle a washer is lifted and the water goes down into the toilet and at the same time the cistern fills up once the washer is back in place from the flushing mechanism
How do you remove water from a washer machine?
It depends on what kind of washer you have! Normally the water will drain on it's own, though it takes time because the drain doesn't suck it in or anything - it just drains out on it's own; but it still depends on the type of washer you have. If there isn't a drain in the bottom then you'll probably have to scoop it out or something, which is probably some back-breaking work. Check if your washer has drains in the bottom.
Why does water from upstairs clothes washer when it drains flow into downstairs bathtub?
There is a slight blockage somewhere in your waste drainage system
Where does the water in the washer drain to?
It goes into the main sewer system. It will go through your sewer system and then out to the main sewer. That is if you live in town!
One of the drains in the bottom of the pool sucks water into the filter what does the other one do?
It lets the water BACK into the pool after it's been "filtered" through the filter.
Why would the toilet over flow without even flushing it?
because the flushing washer is broken and needs to be replaced, or the inlet washer is broken and the water is over flowing into the pan
How much water per day?
Most Americans use 5 gallons of water per day. That's a lot of water, most of it going down toilet and shower drains.
When the water valves under the sink or toilet are shut off the water till floes when the sink or toilet are turned on Why?
The washer in the shut off valve has probably split or come off completely over time.
