[conrad215]

I have bathwater coming up through my "back" drain in my basement. I have NOT noticed any toilet water or sink water coming up yet.
I checked the drain in my back yard to the drain in question... no problem.
I checked the drain in the middle of my basement to outside sewage line... no problem.
So I am assuming the issue is from the "back basement" drain to the middle drain. Should I be snaking it or using a chemical?
Any advice would be great.

[speedball1]

What's a "back" drain in my basement. Do you mean floor drain? What's it back of? Whatever it is you have a blockage downstream from it. Snake the line from that spot on. Good luck, b Tom

[conrad215]

My basement has two drains... middle of the floor going to outside public sewers & in the back of my basement next to my steps that lead up to my backyard.
I flushed water down the floor drain that leads to the sewer lines... no backups at all.
I then placed the hose down the drain on question (yes----a floor drain), and it all came back up.
My guess is that it is between the back floor drain & the other drain.
But I do not see any toilet or sink water coming up (I colored used dye), just upstairs tub water... weird.

[speedball1]

You're going to hafta dumb this down for me, Let's call the middle drain #1 and the back drain #2. Number one drain goes to the city sewer. But the only information you gave me about #2 is

& in the back of my basement next to my steps that lead up to my backyard

This is the floor drain with a problem and you give me information about the one that works, What does #2 connect to and where does it drain to? Back to you, Tom

[conrad215]

The upstairs water (tub) comes down through the pipes into the basement. Then makes it way downward out of the house & into the public sewage lines.

The basement has 2 floor drains in it. The water coming from the 2nd floor tub is piling up in somewhere between #1 & #2, or so it seems. That's where I am confused.
No water except rainfall is actually going down that drain, but for some odd reason it is coming up from it.
I have checked #1 & the water seems to go out to the sewers. When checking #2 (which drains downward into #1), it backs up.

[conrad215]

When I reference rainfall going down "that drain", I am referring to #2-----which is the drain in question.

[speedball1]

If your blockage's downstream from #2 then that's the place I'd snake from. Let me know how you make out. Good luck, Tom

[conrad215]

I bought a 50 ft snake & snaked #2. All the sudden a big woosh & it all went down. I pulled the snake out & it brought a TON of baby-wipes. Must have been my 3 year old, although she's usually good with toilet tissue.
Thanks a lot for the advise, I clearly am NOT a plumber.
C-

[speedball1]

NOTHING should go into a toilet that doesn't come from a human. Thanks for the update. Tom