View Full Version : Water backing up to my sink
Sheri mom
Sep 22, 2008, 09:48 PM
I pulled the plug in my bathtub and it drained in to my kitchen sink and overflowed onto my floor.The bathroom is upstairs.
Milo Dolezal
Sep 22, 2008, 10:34 PM
Sheri, Clean your kitchen sink drain... No way around it...
speedball1
Sep 23, 2008, 06:11 AM
Hi Mom,
I pulled the plug in my bathtub and it drained in to my kitchen sink
This doesn't sound like it's the sink drain. It sounds more like a blockage downstream from where the kitchen sink ties into the sewer main. (Do you get a back up when you flush as well?) If this were my call I would snake from the kitchen roof vent. Put out enough cable to reach the base and 20 feet more. Good luck, Tom
ballengerb1
Sep 23, 2008, 07:01 AM
I agree with Tom, the sink drain appears to be open enough to let other parts of the home drain into it. The clog is obviously downstrean of the sink in a main drain line. I am surprised you did not get any water back into your toilet. The toilet sits lower and would get the back up first. This fact could be telling us a bit about the clogs location, up stream of toilet downstream of sink.
Milo Dolezal
Sep 23, 2008, 07:08 AM
Ballenger1, he didn't get any water in the toilet, because the clog before the kitchen connects to toilet.
ballengerb1
Sep 23, 2008, 07:47 AM
Milo. Maybe I said it wrong but "up stream of toilet downstream of sink.
" that's what I was trying to say. Yes, you are certainly correct but I think my explanation works.