I have been living at this house for over 20+ years. Last year, it was the first time where the drain to my washing machine clogged and for days, I did not understand why as this has never happened. Later, I found the usage of a drain bladder to clear the blockage. It has been a year of normal washing until this week, it clogged again. Of course, I have used the drain bladder again. But I wonder is this from the pandemic and everyone is working from home, causing the drains and sewages to be over worked? Or is there more to this? Again, it started last year.

Yesterday I was cleaning out our drain line (kitchen sink and basement washing machine) which I have done ~quarterly for the past couple of years. I was using my Drain Cleaner I got from Harbor Freight: [url=https://www.harborfreight.com/50-ft-compact-electric-drain-cleaner-68285.html]harborfreight.com/50-ft-compact-electric-drain-cleaner-68285[/url] The drain was cleared and when I ran the washing machine no water came up from the floor drain, but I did notice a small water rivulet coming from the pipe where it goes into the basement floor. [img]https://cimg1.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.doityourselft.com-vbulletin/732x975/stack_13599d5331ac712b4fc8d11417d64811c1babc2c.jpg[/img] I was running the drain cleaner from an entry point to the left (the horizontal pipe). My questions are: 1. What did I do wrong? Or is this just an old pipe thing. 2. Can I fix this myself? 3. If so, any pointers regarding what terminology I would search?