CyberScooby
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I live in a 130+ year old house that has a basement drain through which all sinks, showers, toilets, etc appear to be routed through. Approximately 16 feet further there are some pipes above the cement floor (guessing a cleanout), just before the pipe leaves the house.
Once in a blue moon, when there is a lot of water outside, it will eject water into the basement through this one drain and eventually drain back out. Very recently we had a lot of water outside, but this time the drain only filled up to the top and every time water is run or a toilet flushed in the house, some of it ends up in the basement.
The water outside is now gone and everything is frozen again. At this point the basement drain has emptied out a lot (at least 6") but it is still slow. Not sure how low the water level typically is in the drain.
The drain itself is a 4" pipe that goes down about 2 feet. Approx 1 foot down, under water is a pipe that heads towards the middle of the house and at\near the bottom is another pipe that heads towards the closest outside wall by our driveway. On the inside of the outside wall is the supposed cleanout that I mentioned earlier.
I am assuming that we have a clog but we have no cleanouts or anything for approx 16 feet between the drain and the outside wall. I have tried to snake it but I cannot get it down the 2 feet and then make a 90 degree bend into the outlet.
How do I go about snaking this or are there any good alternatives?
Does my included picture show a cleanout and should I attempt to open it up?
Once in a blue moon, when there is a lot of water outside, it will eject water into the basement through this one drain and eventually drain back out. Very recently we had a lot of water outside, but this time the drain only filled up to the top and every time water is run or a toilet flushed in the house, some of it ends up in the basement.
The water outside is now gone and everything is frozen again. At this point the basement drain has emptied out a lot (at least 6") but it is still slow. Not sure how low the water level typically is in the drain.
The drain itself is a 4" pipe that goes down about 2 feet. Approx 1 foot down, under water is a pipe that heads towards the middle of the house and at\near the bottom is another pipe that heads towards the closest outside wall by our driveway. On the inside of the outside wall is the supposed cleanout that I mentioned earlier.
I am assuming that we have a clog but we have no cleanouts or anything for approx 16 feet between the drain and the outside wall. I have tried to snake it but I cannot get it down the 2 feet and then make a 90 degree bend into the outlet.
How do I go about snaking this or are there any good alternatives?
Does my included picture show a cleanout and should I attempt to open it up?
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