This happens because of the waste produced in your home or waste from the public sewer system.
The floor of my basement is backing up.
That water can back up into the house in a flooding rain because the city sewer is overwhelmed.
And while it is commonly held that a sewer drain backs up largely because there is a blockage or break in the sewer line some homes have floor drains attached to the storm sewer system.
There s water in the basement.
That is to say the drain and trap dry out then let in sewer gases.
So your basement floor drain is backing up and flooding.
That s because as the lowest drain in your home the floor drain will be the first place that wastewater can go when it can t flow to the main drain and sewer line.
A basement drain backing up is also one the most difficult clogs to diagnose as water seeks the lowest level to escape.
Therefore the source of the clog may is usually not the basement floor drain itself.
A floor drain back up in your basement is almost never due to the floor drain.
If you are experiencing basement floor drain backing up that means that the house drain under the basement floor drain is full of water.
Clogs in any of your home s drain lines can cause backups in your basement floor drain.
Drains in the basement floor are often forgotten and neglected until water begins to gurgle back up instead of flowing out as it should.