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If you have clearance above the water heater, you could raise the level with a few concrete patio blocks so it could drain down to the shower drain. … If using a shower drain, this assumes you can tap into it above the trap. Plumbing it into the washer drain might be tricky because you would need a pump to lift the water to the drain inlet. …

One of two problems, burned out drive belt or burned out motor. This could be fixed by a DIYer, but need to know what level of mechanical ability you have. Take off the front panel and take a look as …

Regardless of what type of soils surround the trench, the back fill for the drain must be pea stone or gravel. If you use solid pipe, how is the water going to enter the pipe to be drained? … Solid pipe would be fine for a floor drain etc, but by definition, a French drain is a continuous porous downhill drain. …

Obviously, if your washer is set on a platform, you will need to adjust the height of the drain inlet to be above the washer. … I caution you however, if the diverter valve slows the drain flow at the current drain diameter, you may need to increase the pipe/valve diameter size to avoid back-up and overflow. …

But basically, adding a French drain or perimeter drain tile should help your situation. After your trench is dug, be sure to line it with several inches of gravel/crushed stone. … Wrap the pipe in common landscape cloth before backfilling with crushed stone to prevent the drain pipe from filling with sediment. …

You're right in that the liquid drain cleaners are not real effective on this kind of blockage. … If you cannot run a snake through the trap and beyond, some disassembly of the drain system my be necessary to reach the problem area. …

Try using some pump pliers and tighten them a bit mor than hand tight. If that doesn't work, replace the main joints with PVC components that glue together. The only joint that should have a compress …

It is obvious to me that the main sewer line is restricted somewhere between the house and town line. In areas that allow storm drains to be coupled to sewer lines, it is important that these lines ru …

Your dishwasher is draining into the side drain adapter on your garbage disposer. this was a common practice for many years. … Only fix is to install a new separate trap and drain for the washer. Good luck. …