Washing machine drain backs up
I own a 50-year-old cinderblock house with a crawl space under it. The house is on a septic tank system. The washing machine is not connected to it. The washing machine started backing up several years ago. I noticed one day, while machine was running, that there was water pooling in the backyard. When I went out to look I found a hole that looked like it had been dug out with the garden hose. I have a handicap from falling 43 feet that affect my ankles and makes it very difficult and painful to use a shovel. I started digging and eventually found what I thought to be the top of a barrel. The water was coming out before it reached the barrel. Long story short, because I had dug a hole, the drainage problem went away. I just had a hole in the backyard that would fill whenever the washing machine would drain. Unfortunately the hole has filled in and I dug it out today and finally found about a 3 inch black plastic pipe going to what I suppose is a barrel buried in the ground. I cut about a 3 inch section of the pipe out and now have a temporary fix. I now needed advice as to how to provide a more permanent solution. The pipe is about three feet underground where it connects to the barrel.