Kitchen sink/dishwasher drainage problem
Posted: Tue Nov 03, 2015 10:56 pm
Hello!
I have been an avid reader of this board for quite some time, and now I have a problem of my own that I would like to share. If anybody has any input, I would very much appreciate it. I am just an ordinary homeowner (a woman at that) with no home repair experience whatsoever, so I'm really just looking for an explanation of what might be causing my problem, not necessarily step-by-step instructions of how I can fix it (unless, of course, it's a simple solution). I have a handyman who does all my repairs, but I know his expertise is regular homes, not mobile homes. With mobile homes being a little different, I would like to get the opinions of the mobile home experts on this board before I approach my handyman. And who knows, maybe it turns out there's a simple solution to my problem that even a home repair novice like me could manage to handle
My kitchen has a double sink, one of which has a garbage disposal. For the last week or so, when my dishwasher drains, the non-garbage-disposal sink makes gurgling sounds and then the water that drains out of the dishwasher backs up and starts coming up both sink holes. The water then drains slowly. Sometime during this whole process, water also comes out of the check vent under the sink. Not a horrendous amount, but enough for me to find a small puddle inside the cabinet.
My question is, how can I determine if maybe a clogged check vent is causing this? If it's not the check vent, what else could be causing this to happen?
I'm attaching a picture of the inside of my cabinet. My kitchen was completely remodeled (including dishwasher, garbage disposal, sink itself, etc.) earlier this year, so what you see in the picture is not the original plumbing but the after-remodel plumbing. Maybe some of the plumbing wasn't installed correctly for a mobile home and that's what's causing the problem?
If it matters, my home is a 2001 Fleetwood Suncrest, and I'm hooked up to a public sewer system, not to a septic tank. My dishwasher does not have an air gap, but I do have a high drain loop.
I have been an avid reader of this board for quite some time, and now I have a problem of my own that I would like to share. If anybody has any input, I would very much appreciate it. I am just an ordinary homeowner (a woman at that) with no home repair experience whatsoever, so I'm really just looking for an explanation of what might be causing my problem, not necessarily step-by-step instructions of how I can fix it (unless, of course, it's a simple solution). I have a handyman who does all my repairs, but I know his expertise is regular homes, not mobile homes. With mobile homes being a little different, I would like to get the opinions of the mobile home experts on this board before I approach my handyman. And who knows, maybe it turns out there's a simple solution to my problem that even a home repair novice like me could manage to handle
My kitchen has a double sink, one of which has a garbage disposal. For the last week or so, when my dishwasher drains, the non-garbage-disposal sink makes gurgling sounds and then the water that drains out of the dishwasher backs up and starts coming up both sink holes. The water then drains slowly. Sometime during this whole process, water also comes out of the check vent under the sink. Not a horrendous amount, but enough for me to find a small puddle inside the cabinet.
My question is, how can I determine if maybe a clogged check vent is causing this? If it's not the check vent, what else could be causing this to happen?
I'm attaching a picture of the inside of my cabinet. My kitchen was completely remodeled (including dishwasher, garbage disposal, sink itself, etc.) earlier this year, so what you see in the picture is not the original plumbing but the after-remodel plumbing. Maybe some of the plumbing wasn't installed correctly for a mobile home and that's what's causing the problem?
If it matters, my home is a 2001 Fleetwood Suncrest, and I'm hooked up to a public sewer system, not to a septic tank. My dishwasher does not have an air gap, but I do have a high drain loop.