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    liveitlikealund Posts: 1, Reputation: 1
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    Dec 13, 2010, 01:25 PM
    Basement floor drain back up all over laundry room
    We hand snaked our floor drain however it continues to back up as though clogged, flooding foul smelling water across floor during times of doing laundry, dishwashing running kitchen sink, what shall we do?
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    Dec 13, 2010, 01:42 PM

    You went down the floor drain itself. Correct? The clog sounds like it's farther downstream and you didn't ruin out enough snake. Try again! Good luck, Tom

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