Good Morning all, Got a question for you.
I have a washing machine that empties in to a laundry tub.
the laundry tub then drains down in to main stack. on the floor about 3 feet away is a floor drain. When the wifey-poo does laundy and the machine empties, I get water coming back up from the floor drain for a min. or two. then it all drains back down the way it is supose to.
Now I have cleaned out all the drain pipes, and even called in mr. roter router to clean the pipes but it still backs up.
I was going to install asome type of back water flow preventer valve but, the threads on the floor drain are shot and I can not find one that can be caulked into place or mortered or whatever.
I am getting sick and tired of my wife yelling at me to fix this, Do you think it is time to call some one out and have the threads recut on the pipe and then install the valve or should i just put a cap over it and caulk it in place... Yeah that is not really the correct way to fix it but I can't fig. out what else to do.
Thanxs
Earl
I have a washing machine that empties in to a laundry tub.
the laundry tub then drains down in to main stack. on the floor about 3 feet away is a floor drain. When the wifey-poo does laundy and the machine empties, I get water coming back up from the floor drain for a min. or two. then it all drains back down the way it is supose to.
Now I have cleaned out all the drain pipes, and even called in mr. roter router to clean the pipes but it still backs up.
I was going to install asome type of back water flow preventer valve but, the threads on the floor drain are shot and I can not find one that can be caulked into place or mortered or whatever.
I am getting sick and tired of my wife yelling at me to fix this, Do you think it is time to call some one out and have the threads recut on the pipe and then install the valve or should i just put a cap over it and caulk it in place... Yeah that is not really the correct way to fix it but I can't fig. out what else to do.
Thanxs
Earl