There s nothing worse than finding yourself ankle deep in a pool of murky soapy lukewarm water after taking your morning shower.
Floor drain backing up after shower.
Shower water which drains slowly or doesn t drain at all is called standing water and it s a sure sign that your shower drain is clogged a clogged shower drain could be caused by anything from a small blockage to a major obstruction in your.
Because a floor drain is located at the lowest point in a drain system it is the first place a backup will be visible but not necessarily the point of the clog.
Without a route to the main sewer system or septic field wastewater may have nowhere to go but to back up into your fixtures or up through floor drains.
A backup of this nature may indicate a clog in the main sewer line that all of your plumbing drains into so sinks and washers eventually will back up too.
A sewer drain clog can be a serious problem that may qualify as a plumbing emergency and a potential health concern.
Blockage in drain pipes may be removed using plumbing augers to snake out the clogs.
Plunging toilets and removing blockage from p traps won t resolve the issue of a toilet backing up into a shower.
Problems with either or both of the interior drain pipes and the exterior sewer system are among the causes of a toilet backing up into a shower.
Typically waste water backing up out of a floor drain is not a floor drain backup.
Is the basement finished.
You will then know for sure if the blockage is b4 or after the washer tie in.