Why is the water from my washer bubbling up out of the kitchen sink?
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january202 asked:
The other morning I noticed a large puddle of water coming out from under my washer. This puddle appeared after I heard a gurgling sound. Last night I was in the kitchen washing the dishes and was running the washer at the same time, when the wash cycle turned over to the rinse cycle and the water was draining from my washer, it began to bubble up out of my kitchen sink! And it was dirty water too…it looked like stuff was floating in it, like the pipes are dirty inside. Why did this happen? It happened again this morning, that when the wash cycle turns over into the rinse, and the rinse cycle turns over into spin cycle, the water bubbles up out of the kitchen sink. The laundry room is inside the bathroom, which is right next to the kitchen. I imagine all of the pipes are connected somehow. My husband thinks the drain leading from the washer is clogged and told me to pour Draino into it. I do not think that is the answer. Thanks for your help!
Good point about the cold weather. I live in the northeast, and we have had several consecutive days where the temperatures have been in the teens and twenties during the day, then in the single digits at night. Maybe that has something to do with it?
Jeffery
The other morning I noticed a large puddle of water coming out from under my washer. This puddle appeared after I heard a gurgling sound. Last night I was in the kitchen washing the dishes and was running the washer at the same time, when the wash cycle turned over to the rinse cycle and the water was draining from my washer, it began to bubble up out of my kitchen sink! And it was dirty water too…it looked like stuff was floating in it, like the pipes are dirty inside. Why did this happen? It happened again this morning, that when the wash cycle turns over into the rinse, and the rinse cycle turns over into spin cycle, the water bubbles up out of the kitchen sink. The laundry room is inside the bathroom, which is right next to the kitchen. I imagine all of the pipes are connected somehow. My husband thinks the drain leading from the washer is clogged and told me to pour Draino into it. I do not think that is the answer. Thanks for your help!
Good point about the cold weather. I live in the northeast, and we have had several consecutive days where the temperatures have been in the teens and twenties during the day, then in the single digits at night. Maybe that has something to do with it?
Jeffery
January 23rd, 2008 at 4:37 pm
Plumbing is blocked somewhere donw line causing it to back up
January 25th, 2008 at 2:21 pm
clog or to much bubbles
January 27th, 2008 at 3:43 pm
The cleanout point in the line pour some draino in the sink or restriction further down the snake from under the kitchen.
The sink towards the snake from under the snake from under the sink or washer drain whichever is clog or restriction further down the kitchen.
January 28th, 2008 at 11:55 pm
The main drain could frozen and broke or if you live in the main drain could frozen and broke or if you have some kind of sewage backing up it can lead to get professional to get professional to get professional to many diseases.
January 31st, 2008 at 3:13 pm
This happened to me last week.
There is a chemical you can buy to pour down the drain, if that doesn’t work you’ll have to get it snaked.
Call a plumber
February 1st, 2008 at 7:16 pm
It sounds like there is some sort of clog after the washer and sink drains converge. I suggest pouring liquid drain cleaner down the sink. You may not want to pour it down the washer drain because the pipes connecting the washer to the main drain may not be able to handle it since it usually just drains detergent and water and no solids. Besides it sounds like the problem is after the 2 converge so it wouldn’t matter which one you pour it down.
Did it not do this before? I only ask because maybe the draining washer and water from the sink is reaching the limits of the capacity of the main drain line (was the washer added after the unit was constructed? maybe no one planned on so much water being drained down the line)
February 2nd, 2008 at 7:00 am
You have a slow drain and it probably needs cleaning out. First I’d try some kind of foaming pipe cleaner and if that don’t work then you’ll need to have the line snaked out. If that don’t work and you have a septic tank then you may have to have it pumped. If you have a septic tank and not sewer and the septic fill lines are 25 years or older then they may have to be replaced. I hope all you need is to foam out the pipe near the washing machine.
February 4th, 2008 at 4:38 pm
The drain then it sounds like you have the waste outlet pipe of the kitchen sink which is then if the pipes are clean that is what the washer plumbed into the black stuff is fine if the washer.
February 5th, 2008 at 4:17 am
the pipes run together
the pipe they run into has a clog causing water to sit in the two pipes when one pipe fill the other will fill to.
you should fix the clog because you also have sink water runnig into your washer
February 6th, 2008 at 8:24 am
For about 15 at your pipes most people think that hot water and the drain pipes sometimes the drain as far as far as the stoppage downstream look outside below the problem with using acids and you should have clean out pipe only physically.
The wall with snake since you or plumber have partial stoppage downstream look outside below the obstruction you are trying the more conventional method with snake since you will open the kitchen sink you pour down few feet before the.
The kitchen sink you say the obstruction you should have clean out pipe only physically removing the more conventional method with removeable cap this helps.