Sewage pipe use by my washing machine blocked...

[Knight]

Hi!

Once again, sorry for the delay...

Originally Posted by havasu

If I were in your shoes, I would call out a plumber who advertises low cost main line cleaning. He will fix your problem in just a few minutes. Once this is done, purchase one of those filter socks which is added to the washer drain hose. This way, you could remove the lint yourself before it clogs your pipes.

I could have misunderstood but it looks like these socks are usually used when the washing machine hose is put in the sink which is not the case for me. The sink is close to the washing machine and they are sharing the same pipes but the washing machine is not draining into the sink.

I could try to put it at the end of the washing machine hose which goes into the ABS pipe but I would be afraid that it would gradully clog and the thing would overflow.

I did find something called the Filtrol 160 which is usually recommended for septic systems which I guess I could use and hopefully notice when its getting clogged so that I could change/clean the filter before it does any damage...

Originally Posted by phishfood

Does the ABS connect to the copper with a hoseclamp type coupling? If so, maybe you could disconnect the two there and snake it from that point.

The washing machine hose goes into the ABS pipe which then connect to the copper pipe which then connects to the cast iron.

I'm not a fan of having two different metals touching each other (in case it would cause a chemical reaction) but I guess if there was any problem with copper and cast iron I would have had a problem with this a long time ago...

Thank you both for your help!

Nick

[donald1]

this all above is not a solution of your problem ...if this problem tease u more ..i suggest u to contact any good plumber company to fix ur problem ..if u need i can give u url in my next post.
thanx