"Doug" wrote in message
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Hi,
We just bought a house. It's an older house and the washing machine
drains right into a hole in the center of the floor. It appears that
sometimes that the water is taking longer to drain all the way through
so it's filling the area up where it's built to handle this and moving
on to other areas of the floor (and potentially going to cause water
problems with furniture and such in other areas in the basement).

Not sure of the right question to ask, but I'm curious as to whether or
not we could do something ourselves to maybe clean out the drain
(similiar to say using DrainO in a kitchen sink).

Also, roughly does anyone have any idea what kind of cost/time is
involved in making this so it doesn't drain into the floor but drains
underground some way?


Don't use draino at least not at first. If it fails, you end up with a
toxic soup you have to bail out. Use a snake and clean the drain that way,
its far more relaible and safe and cost about the same as a can or two of
draino. Its probably just a cake of lint in the trap or a little further
down. A plunger might also break up the clot.

As for moving the drain, it all depends on where the drain pipes are that
you would tie into. Generally drain pipes under a slab are difficult to
modify.