If you have a basement floor drain that's acting up ... dishes before putting them in the dishwasher (another drain that can get clogged). Prevention aside, when it comes to clearing a kitchen ...

RUTH COLEMAN, a schoolteacher in Somerset, Pa., came home to find her basement flooded. The whole house was tied into the floor drain, so when it was clogged, nothing in the house worked. She called ...

When water drains from the washer, it’s going into a hole in the basement floor. The sump pump kicks ... caused by the vent pipe on the roof being clogged? A: I have often seen the arrangement ...

I recently had a plumbing emergency in my own home. The main drain pipe under the basement floor got clogged with toilet paper. The culprit is a newer low-flush toilet in a basement bathroom.

Then gravel was spread over the earth of the basement floor to a thickness optimally ... but we both know it doesn’t take much to clog that drain. What the fellow described as the drainage ...

Discover how water may be entering your home and how to fix the problem. Basement flooding is a common problem that needs remediation before it leads to mold and mildew growth, rot, and further ...