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silkcity
Citizen
Username: Silkcity
Post Number: 168
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Sunday, December 7, 2003 - 10:12 am: |     |
What does this mean that water is flowing back into the house thru the lowest drain? It's not clean water and there's lots of it coming in thru basement shower drain. i am really panicked! thanks, marcia |
jfburch
Citizen
Username: Jfburch
Post Number: 1134
Registered: 6-2001
| | Posted on Sunday, December 7, 2003 - 12:49 pm: | |
Ugh. It might mean some nearby sewer drains are blocked with leaves/snow and backing up.
A previous owner of my house removed the basement toilet after a particularly bad sewer backup that affected the whole neighborhood when the snow fell and the curbs were full of leaves.
Not sure what you can do in the immediate term. |
tourne
Citizen
Username: Tourne
Post Number: 252
Registered: 1-2003
| | Posted on Sunday, December 7, 2003 - 8:32 pm: | |
Call the Maplewood DPW immediately, or Police to get them on the weekend to report a possible blockage in the sanitary(sewage) sewer in the street. |
Michael K. Mc Kell
Citizen
Username: Greenerose
Post Number: 132
Registered: 9-2003
| | Posted on Sunday, December 7, 2003 - 9:44 pm: | |
This does sound like a pooh issue.
Is the home on the bottom of a hill?
Call and address this a.s.a.p. The thaw this week will bring much more unwanted water.
Michael K. Mc Kell
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bobk
Supporter
Username: Bobk
Post Number: 4006
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Monday, December 8, 2003 - 4:24 am: | |
In MW we have storm sewers for ground water runoff and sanitary sewers for waste. To the best of my knowledge they are not connected. Because of this I doubt the snow storm is to blame.
Torne is probably correct. There is somesort of blockage in the sanitary sewer, possibly in your connection to the sewer. Roto-Rooter time? |
silkcity
Citizen
Username: Silkcity
Post Number: 169
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Monday, December 8, 2003 - 6:04 am: | |
The town came and fixed it -- I greeted them like heroes and jumped up and down when it was fixed. The sewer was blocked. |
Michael K. Mc Kell
Citizen
Username: Greenerose
Post Number: 134
Registered: 9-2003
| | Posted on Monday, December 8, 2003 - 7:28 am: | |
Glad to hear.....
Michael K. Mc Kell
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