Then turn off the shower and dump the washer water and see if the water in the floor drain comes up higher.
Floor drain backing up after shower.
Try filling the washer and after it is full turn turn it off and turn on the shower and let it run until it is backing up the floor drain.
Is the basement finished.
A sewer drain clog can be a serious problem that may qualify as a plumbing emergency and a potential health concern.
A backup of this nature may indicate a clog in the main sewer line that all of your plumbing drains into so sinks and washers eventually will back up too.
There s nothing worse than finding yourself ankle deep in a pool of murky soapy lukewarm water after taking your morning shower.
Without a route to the main sewer system or septic field wastewater may have nowhere to go but to back up into your fixtures or up through floor drains.
Sewage backing up from the toilet into the shower is obviously a problem you must fix immediately.
Plunging toilets and removing blockage from p traps won t resolve the issue of a toilet backing up into a shower.
Because a floor drain is located at the lowest point in a drain system it is the first place a backup will be visible but not necessarily the point of the clog.
You will then know for sure if the blockage is b4 or after the washer tie in.
Problems with either or both of the interior drain pipes and the exterior sewer system are among the causes of a toilet backing up into a shower.