Torrence Evans
New Member
Hey, I’ve recently purchased a home in Georgia and I’m currently finishing the bathroom in the basement. I️ have all water lines tied in and all drains tied in and toilet set. No leaks it was my first time ever even trying to plumb so I was extremely happy. The happiness came to an abrupt halt when I flushed the toilet and all the water backed up into the toilet. These were all capped off new stub outs so the chance of clog are minimal I would assume. I ended up having to suck the water out with my shop vac the next day, water level never went down. Same with the sink. The main drainage line goes out the front of the house right under the basement ceiling so I was told that I would need a pump to push the waste up to the main line. After hours and hours of internet searching I found videos where they submerged the waste pump in a gravel pit, the thing is, underneath the stairs there is a pit with gravel and a 2 in pvc stubbed up out of it, and above the pit there is a 2 in pipe stubbed down off the main drain line all right behind where the bathroom is. My question is, could there already be a pump in the pit? If not where is the stub up coming from? And I’m almost certain that drain pipe stubbing down is for main line access . I will accompany this post with pics. Thanks