sm55
New Member
Hi,
My house was built in 1950, and recently we had an inside perimeter drain system and sump pit / pump installed to deal with water issues after heavy rains (hyrostatic pressure pushing up through small cracks in the the basement floor and water where the wall and floor meet).
The new drain / sump system appears to be working great and as expected.
I did notice something that alarmed me a little, and now I'm looking for an explaination. When the washing machine empties into the laundry tub, the water fills about halfway up due to the speed of the pump out, and then the laundry tub drains out within a minute or so. Nothing appears clogged or slow about the laundry tub drain.
But about 1 or 2 minutes after the water drains from the laundry tub, I see some suds and water coming into the sump pit. It does not look to be the same volume of water that emptied from the laundry tub, but it does appear to be from the laundry drain.
The laundry drain goes directly into the basement floor under the tub. I put a hand snake down the drain about 10 feet and did not pull out anything. I also used one of those water jet tubes in the laundry drain, and ran it for several minutes. All appears clear.
But here is the twist - If I just run the water faucet into the laundry drain, and when I used the water jet in the drain - I see no water coming into the sump pit. For some reason, the small amount of water coming into the sump pit it seems to happen when the washer empties into the tub.
Has anyone seen anything like this, and should I even be concerned about it?
Thanks - SM
My house was built in 1950, and recently we had an inside perimeter drain system and sump pit / pump installed to deal with water issues after heavy rains (hyrostatic pressure pushing up through small cracks in the the basement floor and water where the wall and floor meet).
The new drain / sump system appears to be working great and as expected.
I did notice something that alarmed me a little, and now I'm looking for an explaination. When the washing machine empties into the laundry tub, the water fills about halfway up due to the speed of the pump out, and then the laundry tub drains out within a minute or so. Nothing appears clogged or slow about the laundry tub drain.
But about 1 or 2 minutes after the water drains from the laundry tub, I see some suds and water coming into the sump pit. It does not look to be the same volume of water that emptied from the laundry tub, but it does appear to be from the laundry drain.
The laundry drain goes directly into the basement floor under the tub. I put a hand snake down the drain about 10 feet and did not pull out anything. I also used one of those water jet tubes in the laundry drain, and ran it for several minutes. All appears clear.
But here is the twist - If I just run the water faucet into the laundry drain, and when I used the water jet in the drain - I see no water coming into the sump pit. For some reason, the small amount of water coming into the sump pit it seems to happen when the washer empties into the tub.
Has anyone seen anything like this, and should I even be concerned about it?
Thanks - SM