Hello,
Last Thursday, I had a pretty significant sewage water (for lack of a better term) backup into my kitchen sink.
This is in a first floor apartment in a six-floor apartment building in Brooklyn, NY. I have been living here since last June.
About two or three times since I have been living here, I had some dirty water come up into the kitchen sink. It would fill the sink about two or three inches, and then it would drain out within a few minutes. I notified the super of this problem. He said it might be a washing machine upstairs and he'll check it out. Well, I'm not sure if anything was done (probably not). Because last Thursday night, it backed up beyond what I have previously experience.
I heard a loud bubbling noise, and then water started to come up into the sink. It continued until the sink filled up with dirty water. It then started to over flow. It then stopped, and luckily, the amount that overflowed wasn't that significant, and I was able to clean it up pretty quickly.
I called the super. He came a little while later. He was totally perplexed as to what was going on. He then called a super from their other building down the block. A few minutes later, there was a whooshing sound, and all of the water drained out immediately. The super told me that the other guy was in the basement and snaked the drain line in the basement that connects to my apartment. After the super left my apartment, I heard some knocking and banging from under the kitchen sink area.
The next day, I saw the super and he said that they opened the lines and their plumber is coming (supposedly Saturday) and will do what he needs to do. I did hear a little bit of knocking under the kitchen on Saturday morning, but I don't know the extent of what was done. I also sent a picture of the backup to the management company, just to go on record.
I really don't understand what could have caused this, and why did it happen like once every few weeks. Does anybody know? Also, the bathroom and kitchen are not back-to-back (as is common in NYC) so the bathroom has not been affected by this. Since the sink drained after it was snaked, could this happen again anytime soon?
Thanks for any response!
And I guess it did pay off that I gave the super a nice Christmas present, LOL.
Here's a pic of the backup:
Last Thursday, I had a pretty significant sewage water (for lack of a better term) backup into my kitchen sink.
This is in a first floor apartment in a six-floor apartment building in Brooklyn, NY. I have been living here since last June.
About two or three times since I have been living here, I had some dirty water come up into the kitchen sink. It would fill the sink about two or three inches, and then it would drain out within a few minutes. I notified the super of this problem. He said it might be a washing machine upstairs and he'll check it out. Well, I'm not sure if anything was done (probably not). Because last Thursday night, it backed up beyond what I have previously experience.
I heard a loud bubbling noise, and then water started to come up into the sink. It continued until the sink filled up with dirty water. It then started to over flow. It then stopped, and luckily, the amount that overflowed wasn't that significant, and I was able to clean it up pretty quickly.
I called the super. He came a little while later. He was totally perplexed as to what was going on. He then called a super from their other building down the block. A few minutes later, there was a whooshing sound, and all of the water drained out immediately. The super told me that the other guy was in the basement and snaked the drain line in the basement that connects to my apartment. After the super left my apartment, I heard some knocking and banging from under the kitchen sink area.
The next day, I saw the super and he said that they opened the lines and their plumber is coming (supposedly Saturday) and will do what he needs to do. I did hear a little bit of knocking under the kitchen on Saturday morning, but I don't know the extent of what was done. I also sent a picture of the backup to the management company, just to go on record.
I really don't understand what could have caused this, and why did it happen like once every few weeks. Does anybody know? Also, the bathroom and kitchen are not back-to-back (as is common in NYC) so the bathroom has not been affected by this. Since the sink drained after it was snaked, could this happen again anytime soon?
Thanks for any response!
And I guess it did pay off that I gave the super a nice Christmas present, LOL.
Here's a pic of the backup:
