[niccim48]

When my dishwasher runs I get flooding carpet several feet away in another room. I assumed the dishwasher leaked, so I got a brand new dishwasher new hoses and ran it while it was in the middle of the kitchen floor, so I could see where the water is coming from. NO Leak in the hoses or water coming from the dishwasher! I think I have water seeping up through a crack in the foundation, but this only happens when the dishwasher runs. Could I have a cracked pipe that is partially blocked and only backs up when the dishwasher pumps water faster than it can drain? Please help.

[creahands]

The only way to see if pipe is broken under slab is to have a plumber run a camera down drain and into pipe. This will show u, real time, what is happening in pipe.

If slab is cracked and pipe broken or if u have high ground water, u could get water up.

Chuck

[speedball1]

Something don't sound right here.
The dishwasher discharges into the sink drain line where it now leaks up from the slab. But when you fill a sink full of water and drain it nothing happens? The dish washer drains by gravity and not by pressure so discharging the dishwasher and draining a sink full of water should have the same effect. What am I missing here? Cheers, Tom

[Milo Dolezal]

If the drain is cracked, water will not push itself up through concrete slab. You may have a slab leak.