Drain Outside Basement Door Clogged

Find a clean out plug located on a large drain pipe in areas such as your basement crawl space garage or near the foundation of your house.

Drain outside basement door clogged.

When it rains hard water comes into the basement under the door. Leaves dirt and heavy rainstorms can be too much for the outside drains to take. And it s clogged broken or what i don t know. Another thought was to install an small exterior sump pump that is inset into the concrete floor of the landing outside the door but even that would have a drain cover that would potentially get clogged.

One thing that i noticed right outside my basement door in the yard is that the drain that i guess prevents flooding when it rains is quite clogged. It was called cutting a door in a concrete foundation during this project i suggested to the client the necessity of installing basement entry drain. I went to home depot and rented a rotor snake but that just got caught in dirt and mud and some water went down but then it rained and the water just sat there. Several things clog a basement floor drain such as tree roots hair toilet paper sanitary napkins grease chemical cleaners and other objectionable objects.

While a blocked outside drain can happen any day of the year it occurs most commonly during the fall season. Remove the plug with an adjustable wrench. Luckily the water drained almost instantly and the crisis was averted. But if you ve tried this quick fix there must be serious underlying issues.

Outdoor drain clogged with mud. How to unclog an outside drain. Depending on how severe the clog and what type of pipe you re dealing with unclogging your yard drain could go a few different ways. Just to give you an example of what i am talking about the steps to the basement look like this.

This isn t my basement but it s pretty identical. If you have a pvc drain pipe you can try using a drain auger or sewer cleaning machine. Stand clear as you remove the plug and as you work on the clog. When a blocked outside drain is most likely to occur.

I have a drain which is right outside the backdooor to my basement. You can also pour 1 cup 208 g of baking soda into the drain then pour 1 cup 240 ml of vinegar to the drain to start a reaction that will unclog the drain. One thought was to completely replace the basement door for something watertight. Because more often than not clogged drains can be cleared with baking powder and vinegar solution.

On june 4th 2009 i posted on a project i had done a few years ago. I was able to get the snake in there about 30 feet and then it would go no further. Waste water may drain out when you open the cleanout and when you break the clog. Likewise just like any drain pipe an outside drain pipe can break or get root infested.