I live in an old house from the 1950’s. The basement has been flooding for a while now. We’ve used a snake various times but lately it doesn’t work. We’ve noticed that it floods everytime the washing machine empties. Please help, and don’t tell me I have to remove the floor.

Double check that the hose is not crimped or clogged.
I had the same thing suddenly start happening. We would snake the pipe and everything would seem ok then we would push the machine back in place and it would work for a bit slowly over time the machine gets moved back more and the hose would crimp again and the flooding would start again.
Then we would pull the machine from the wall snake again put back in place and all is well.
All this time we thought it was the snake that was helping but it was not. It was just that we were freeing up the hose. Giving it room to flow again.
We actually had to replace the hose and get a different shape that would not get pinned / crimped between the machine and pipes or wall.

Hope your problem is as simple as mine was!

3 Responses

1. Rebel Says:
   May 2nd, 2010 at 8:40 am

   Check your machine that the pipe at the back that takes water out machine could be faulty and need replacing don’t see why your floor could be fault
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2. all facts Says:
   May 2nd, 2010 at 9:29 am

   Double check that the hose is not crimped or clogged.
   I had the same thing suddenly start happening. We would snake the pipe and everything would seem ok then we would push the machine back in place and it would work for a bit slowly over time the machine gets moved back more and the hose would crimp again and the flooding would start again.
   Then we would pull the machine from the wall snake again put back in place and all is well.
   All this time we thought it was the snake that was helping but it was not. It was just that we were freeing up the hose. Giving it room to flow again.
   We actually had to replace the hose and get a different shape that would not get pinned / crimped between the machine and pipes or wall.

   Hope your problem is as simple as mine was!
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   My brother was the one who troubleshooted that. He does Handy Man Stuff and Construction.

3. sugarquill Says:
   May 2nd, 2010 at 10:16 am

   There must be a leak in the drain pipe of your washer. You could try fixing the leak or try redirecting the drain hose to a bathroom drain pipe. In this case you may need the help of a plumber. But it sounds like your home really needs some fixing.
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