It also has a mechanical room in which the main water supply enters the house and a geothermal heat pump 80 of the plumbing is in this room.
My basement has no floor drain.
So when a basement needs a dehumidifier and there is not a floor drain to run the hose into there is a problem.
Floor drains are most often installed during original construction often in the utility area to drain away excess water in the basement.
You have a water trap under a floor drain laundry tub or wash basin that has dried out from lack of use.
Problem is the room has no drain.
Even though i talked about a very serious issue that is impossible to be solved by an amateur this text should be used to inform and educate oneself.
The plumbing info on july 9 2013 at 3 42 pm it will certainly help in the area where you install the pit and pump but it is just a band aid.
Will your basement floor drain always remain clogged.
The unique solution here is that a condensate pump commonly used to pump condensate from a furnace or air conditioner up hill to a laundry tray drain or some other proper drain is being used here to pup the water from the dehumidifier to the laundry tray.
Basement drain backing up.
Basement floor drains don t get a lot of attention until the sewer backs up or the basement smells like an outhouse.
I have a 1 1 2 story home with block foundation built in 1950 that appears to have no basement drain.
Unclog basement floor drain without using a plumbing snake.
Finding the source of the basement smell.
If there are no functional foundation drains will installing a sump pump help keep water out of the basement.
Here s what you need to do to 1.
Fixing backed up basement sewer line is very complicated and requires the tools that no one has just lying around their house.
Many basement floor drains tie directly to the home s sewer system but in some communities local building codes require floor drains to run to a sump pit where a pump lifts the water to the exterior surface of the house.
Room 2 bedrooms etc.
But what if you don t have an auger or plumbing snake.
Start the process by turning on the backflow preventer and removing the cap of the trap.
I get a bit worried that with all the plumbing and no drain a leak or broken water line could spell really bad news.
Water in any trap under unused drains will eventually evaporate.
It looks like there has been no water damage in the resent past so maybe i have nothing to worry about.
Floor drain in basement has been capped.
I have a finished basement rec.
When i bought the home last fall and pulled up the carpeting in the partially finished basement to put down dry core and a vinyl flooring we expected to find the drain at that time.
The pump i am talking about in the basement is not a sump pump it is only a pump for the washer waste water.
