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Hello,

I have been reviewing many posts on this website about floor drains backing up but I have tried everything mentioned with no luck. Here is the background info.

A few days ago I noticed that I had water on the ground of my laundry room. I thought that maybe there was something blocking the drain in the sink
(where the washer water runs into). After cleaning up the water, I tried to run a cycle and noticed the water was coming up from the floor drain.

I have tried to snake the floor drain (like mentioned in other posts) but cannot get the snake to go any farther. I borrowed a 25 foot snake and at the end hit some resistance. Knowing that I went to the store and bought a 50 foot thinking that would help. I have been trying to push more of the snake but cannot get it to budge. I tried snaking the downstairs sink but can't get it through the curves of the pipes.

I have also tried the 1/2 gallon bleach solution and boiling water and that hasn't work.

I don't know if this is an underlined problem of the drain field backing up or what. My house was built in the 70's.

Can you give me some direction??

Please!!

Chances are pretty good the first 25 ' took you outside the perimeter of your home. Are you on septic or city sewer? You may have tree roots getting to your outside drain. If you don't have a clean out in the basement you may want to consider calling a sewer pro who can rod to the street. They frequently use camera rodders, SeeSnake, that show where the breaks are in case they need to replace apipe.

I am on a septic.. I am just waiting for a water treatment center to be build to be put on a sewer.

Should I try adding the solution to disolve tree roots before I call in help??

My grandma keeps telling me it is the drain field. Please tell me she has no idea what she is talking about lol.

I thought of one more thing to inform you of. When I do a load of laundry if I decrease the speed of the water being drained out it will drain just fine. There may be a time where it starts to backup then I decrease the drainage and the water goes back down. This might not help but just in case...

Have you checked the clean out port on the septic. While not often, septics have to be pumped every so many years.

Also septic tanks have baffle falure at times ( concrete ones)
And there still can be clog, but if your septic is full, then you know that is not it.

And of course if it is the drain field they may have to be replaced.

We had our tank pumped this summer. The nice man who pumped it said everything looked really good.

I think it is more likely a bad pipe leading to the septic tank but tanks and fields can fail. There are several product that dissolve tree roots but they are more for preventing a blocking growth from forming rather than to unplug one. They take time to work. Your drain runs slow but is not totally blocked so it may be time to call that nice man again and ask if he can rod your main drain line. He will use a rodder with a 4" cutter on the end, much more efficient than what most home owners have.