Hello experts . A brown clump of guck appeared on the cover of my basement floor drain which as far as I know is only used to drain water from the furnace and A/C. 2 year old townhouse, only lived there 1 year and this is the first time this happened. There was no spillage outside of the cover.
The surface of the water inside the drain was full of foul brown stuff, fine grit like sawdust with larger pieces of what could be anything and I'm afraid to think may it was, you know, s%it.
I cleaned it all out as much as I could because there are 2 black pipes under the concrete that stick out which made access difficult. Pouring water didn't flush the stuff away because it floats!
After repeated treatments with peroxide, dawn, and finally baking soda/vinegar I got the water relatively clean.
I poured about 20 buckets of water down the drain and there's free flow with no sign of trouble but while looking at typical construction of floor drains mine seems to be unfinished and missing the plug on the side.
QUESTIONS:
1. Is this how a floor drain should look?
2. Seeing that there's no flow issues now, what could have caused this suspected backup and how likely is it to recur?
Pics attached, sorry about the foam but I wouldn't be able to get better pics anyway, the drain is about 14" deep
Thank you in advance for advice
The surface of the water inside the drain was full of foul brown stuff, fine grit like sawdust with larger pieces of what could be anything and I'm afraid to think may it was, you know, s%it.
I cleaned it all out as much as I could because there are 2 black pipes under the concrete that stick out which made access difficult. Pouring water didn't flush the stuff away because it floats!
After repeated treatments with peroxide, dawn, and finally baking soda/vinegar I got the water relatively clean.
I poured about 20 buckets of water down the drain and there's free flow with no sign of trouble but while looking at typical construction of floor drains mine seems to be unfinished and missing the plug on the side.
QUESTIONS:
1. Is this how a floor drain should look?
2. Seeing that there's no flow issues now, what could have caused this suspected backup and how likely is it to recur?
Pics attached, sorry about the foam but I wouldn't be able to get better pics anyway, the drain is about 14" deep
Thank you in advance for advice