I have a floor drain that seemed to be working fine but smells bad and has sewer flies.
The drain is a square basket that's all one piece, so I cut out the grate portion.
What I saw was pretty weird. It seems to be a clay pipe completely clogged, and the water just flows over the top and goes who knows where. There seems to be a metal flange of some sort around the top of the clay pipe. then there's just a half inch gap that I can't really see into.
So its as if the drain basket is just hovering above the pipe and the water is spilling into that hollow and going who knows where.
I'm sure this isn't by design? Seems like this would be a major issue since the drain is used for a laundry machine and sink. I bought the house 3 years ago.
Has anyone seen a setup like this?
The drain is a square basket that's all one piece, so I cut out the grate portion.
What I saw was pretty weird. It seems to be a clay pipe completely clogged, and the water just flows over the top and goes who knows where. There seems to be a metal flange of some sort around the top of the clay pipe. then there's just a half inch gap that I can't really see into.
So its as if the drain basket is just hovering above the pipe and the water is spilling into that hollow and going who knows where.
I'm sure this isn't by design? Seems like this would be a major issue since the drain is used for a laundry machine and sink. I bought the house 3 years ago.
Has anyone seen a setup like this?
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