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2014年3月15日 · My basement drain is clogged, and for life of me, we can't figure out where the drain pipe leads. And what needs to be done to fix it. Long explanation: The basement floor has just one drain. It's in the middle of the room. It's basically a little bowl cut in the floor (a couple inches deep) and a 2 inch horizontal pipe leads away through the ...
Basement floor drain backs up from kitchen drain. Are they …
2018年11月12日 · It all comes together (downspouts and floor drains) and flows out of a big pipe on the side of a hill. Those 4 floor drains don’t have a trap. I don’t think any kind of a trap is used if the drain is for storm water and is not tied to the sewer system. Just mentioning that because you say several of your floor drains don’t appear to have ...
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2010年2月2日 · Scoop up as much of the water as possible in a bucket and discard it in a safe location. Also, don't turn on any taps until you are completely sure you have unclogged the floor drain. Step 2 - Locate the Access Point. Most basement drains are large and should already have an access port somewhere in the drain line.
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2006年8月29日 · Plumbing and Piping - Basement floor drain - During remodeling of my laundry room, I found a drain under the framed floor. Basically, the drain is about 6 inches beneath the floor. Can I plug this drain permanently and cover the floor with new tile? The basement has never flooded and the house doesn't have a sump pump.
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2010年2月1日 · A basement floor drain diverts standing water to avoid potential floods in basements. Because basements lie underground, they can often experience large amounts of standing water. A floor drain will minimize the damage that this water can cause. When installing a basement floor drain, you need to give its location some careful consideration.
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2005年11月27日 · Wells, Sump Pumps and Septic Sewage Systems - Installing a drain under the basement floor - The house was built in 1955. I would like to install a drain in the basement floor and connect it to the existing sanitary sewer. The reason is that I currently have a sum pump that is actuated rather frequently during a rainy
white fluff on basement floor around furnace
2002年4月2日 · I cleaned my basement floor with bleach & water after finding a white fluffy substance directly around the furnace on the basement floor (concrete). I then painted the floor and the paint is bubbling in that area because the white fluff is coming back under the paint. I do not get water in the basement and this fluff is only in that area.
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2009年9月10日 · When you reach the footer, dig to 5 or 6 inches down the side of it. This will reduce the water table (the level of collected water underground) below the level of your basement floor. Step 2 – Lay Your Drain Tile. Drain tile is essentially piping with perforations or holes punched into the top.
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2014年1月27日 · The house in question has sanitary drains inside and the perimeter weeping tile on the outside of the foundation. Pretty standard. Should the drain at the bottom of these steps tie in and drain to the perimeter weep, or travel into the house below the basement slab and connect with a sanitary drain in the floor of the basement?
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2002年4月8日 · In my old house in Michigan we had the following situation. The house was 80 years old (90 now) sometime through the years someone put in perimeter drain lines on the inside of the house footings. This appeared to have been done after the concrete floor was installed (as I understood it the house originally had a dirt basement floor).