I have exact drain. How deep does the trap go. Mine is impacted with dirt and sand. Clog is hard and unsure of the depth and cavity of it trap that im worried im damaging the walls of the trap
The trap is about 6'' to 8" below the floor. Please be aware that some of the drains have a built-in check valve to block back flow. That can get in the way when attempting to clear a clog. It is difficult to guess the condition of the trap... Do be gentle...just in case. Sometimes, a bit of water and a (wet/dry) shop-vacuum will clear them. Good luck, Justin. ;-)
glasstronic took a threaded rod grinded to a point. First drain i worked it for hour or two. So decided two try the seco d drain. Luck with in 45mins. So then i knew the shape of the trap. Got the first opened up. Mine was rust and impacted dirt. Now im going to install check floats. THANKSfor the Info
I have this 100% exact same drain, but mine has a threaded cap installed on the galvanized pipe and welded shut. In old cities that are situated on a river, the floor drain(s) in the basement go through the city storm sewer drain. It was code back then, but not now because some morons dump paint and other chemicals down it. Anyways in times of flooding, the river's water levels rise, fill up the storm sewers and back up into your home through the floor drain.
Ay, this drain has that threaded cap, too. I've not attempted to open that, as the pipe seems to drain well. I'm not at all sure what current code is here regarding this. This house was built in 1960. I'm gonna' leave it as-is with periodic testing.
1950 for my house. There is scars on the floor going from the foundation wall to the floor drain so I think the weeping tile is connected to mine. But I'm not going to touch the drain even though there's been several times my basement flooded ankle-deep where the drain would have been useful to have.
Hello, I have a basement drain that looks exactly like this with a float ball. Whenever we use the shower, this drain backs up and the water rises above the drain. I know nothing about plumbing, and was planning on using a snake to unclog this, but that float ball prevents the snake from getting in. Any thoughts and how to solve this issue? Thanks
Yes. Snake the pipe from the shower drain, not the floor drain. The shower drain will have a J-trap, but with a bit of patience you can get a snake past that and on down to the blockage. That floor drain? It has shown that there is indeed a trouble downstream from it and the shower. Hope this helps.
my garage drain looks like this but I have a half ball shape cop over the pipe and below the drain graft.need to replace what is the name house built in 1969 and cast iron pipe . Please help anyone
+Steven King That has not happened; we're fairly high on the slope as the sewer goes. But we have had some slight backwash due to a (very) local blockage.
Never stared at a drain this long in my life. What just happened
Travis, I've no idea. Of the videos I've posted, THIS one gets noticed? CZcams should name their algorithms "Fredo".
glasstronic haha either way thanks for at least putting in the effort to explain and make a video! 👍🏻
Cool! Yip. Has to have a trap. Having a check valve is always awesome.
LMAO why i got recommended to watch it ? CZcams is on cocaine or what? LOL
I've no idea why this has gotten so many views.
Yeah, CZcams might be smoking something. ;-)
Mine is backing up along with the basement shower that never gets used and the drain outside
I’m having this same problem. Did you ever have a resolution?
I have exact drain. How deep does the trap go. Mine is impacted with dirt and sand. Clog is hard and unsure of the depth and cavity of it trap that im worried im damaging the walls of the trap
The trap is about 6'' to 8" below the floor. Please be aware that some of the drains have a built-in check valve to block back flow.
That can get in the way when attempting to clear a clog.
It is difficult to guess the condition of the trap... Do be gentle...just in case.
Sometimes, a bit of water and a (wet/dry) shop-vacuum will clear them.
Good luck, Justin. ;-)
glasstronic took a threaded rod grinded to a point. First drain i worked it for hour or two. So decided two try the seco d drain. Luck with in 45mins. So then i knew the shape of the trap. Got the first opened up. Mine was rust and impacted dirt. Now im going to install check floats. THANKSfor the Info
Very cool. :-D
Please don't let this guy do anymore videos on this subject Dam!
I have this 100% exact same drain, but mine has a threaded cap installed on the galvanized pipe and welded shut.
In old cities that are situated on a river, the floor drain(s) in the basement go through the city storm sewer drain. It was code back then, but not now because some morons dump paint and other chemicals down it. Anyways in times of flooding, the river's water levels rise, fill up the storm sewers and back up into your home through the floor drain.
Ay, this drain has that threaded cap, too. I've not attempted to open that, as the pipe seems to drain well. I'm not at all sure what current code is here regarding this.
This house was built in 1960. I'm gonna' leave it as-is with periodic testing.
1950 for my house. There is scars on the floor going from the foundation wall to the floor drain so I think the weeping tile is connected to mine. But I'm not going to touch the drain even though there's been several times my basement flooded ankle-deep where the drain would have been useful to have.
Hello, I have a basement drain that looks exactly like this with a float ball. Whenever we use the shower, this drain backs up and the water rises above the drain. I know nothing about plumbing, and was planning on using a snake to unclog this, but that float ball prevents the snake from getting in. Any thoughts and how to solve this issue? Thanks
Yes. Snake the pipe from the shower drain, not the floor drain. The shower drain will have a J-trap, but with a bit of patience you can get a snake past that and on down to the blockage.
That floor drain? It has shown that there is indeed a trouble downstream from it and the shower. Hope this helps.
@@glasstronic thank you very much, I will definitely give it a try!
my garage drain looks like this but I have a half ball shape cop over the pipe and below the drain graft.need to replace what is the name house built in 1969 and cast iron pipe . Please help anyone
Can't understand a word he says.
Does the city sewer back up into your house??
+Steven King That has not happened; we're fairly high on the slope as the sewer goes. But we have had some slight backwash due to a (very) local blockage.
Steven King mine does how to i get this fixed
Get to the damn point!!!
Hahahaha!