Floor drain/washing machine problem

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The floor drain is irrelevant, your drain line is backing up somewhere (restriction) and the water is simply coming out of the floor drain...simple physics and path of least resistance.

My guess is lint has piled up in the p trap, very common, or you have blockage somewhere down the line.

You do have a line clog. It should never get to the floor drain.

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How old are the drain lines? There is either s clog or a collapsed line. The age of the home might help narrow it down...

then you have the good ole cast iron pipes which coud lead you down a thousand rabbit holes.

it could be as simple as built up sh$t, which is famous for clinging to the walls of those old pipes, or tree root obstruction. It could be a vent problem as mentioned earlier, or a clog.

You could simply run a various assortment of draino products which are always a temporary solution, or pay a plumb contractor to scope your line with a video camera, usually run you around $300 just for the scope and location of problem.

hope this helps

First you need to have a plumber determine if it is a clog or a collapsed line. If it is a collapse and you have sudden and accidental damage and not long term damage (to the flooring, walls, etc) then your homeowner's policy will probably have coverage those repairs and accessing the lines to repair. If the damaged line is in the yard not near as big a deal, but if it is under the slab there are a couple of ways to fix. Bust through the slab, reroute the line or tunnel under the slab to repair.

I'm curious about how the drain would react with the given potential problems. Or, is it just a matter of the pipe not being able to handle the force and amount of water coming out of the washing machine?

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It's in the slab and it's a very old home.

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It's quite possible the line is too small to handle modern machine/pump.

Today it's required to have a 2" trap and line. You may have a 1 1/2" line. If so contact a plumber.

You may try raising your riser from your trap, 36" is required but going higher may help you.

The mouth of the pipe is 2 in, I assume the rest of the pipe is.

Has this problem started overnight or has it slowly onset to today's problem?

I think if it was a vent problem all your drains would be draining slow...esp if your house has one vent line which I bet it has. Common sense on ur part can rule out or in tree roots, which would be systemic problem to whole house, or one drain line backing up and all other drains working fine. Sure would like to see schematic of house and plumbing drops I could help u more.

It's really common sensical, there's no magic weegie stuff happening under the slab...if you know where your sewer line exits the house to go to municipal line, all other stuff feeds to a central trunk line and out the house it goes