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If you splice on more hose you can overload the washing machine pump. If the standpipe is not tall enough then the machine might pump fast enough to cause it to overflow where you stuck the drain hose in. Twelve inches high does not allow enough weight of water and allow for variations in output flow and still assure smooth drainage.
The house did come with one of those plastic drain pans for the washer, but it's a piece of junk. It sometimes moves around with the washer and causes the drain pipe to come out of the floor drain. We just had the washer repaired, and the repairman forgot to put the drain hose back in the drain. When my wife did the washer, guess what happened.
The drain from the trap of a fixture to a junction with any other drain pipe. FIXTURE BRANCH. A drain serving two or more fixtures that discharges to another drain or to a stack. The fixture drain for the standpipe serving an automatic clothes washer shall connect to a 3-inch (76 mm) or larger diameter fixture branch or stack.
The washing machine hose must not be extended by splicing and must fit loosely in the drain pipe assembly. Otherwise you can damage the washing machine. If you get overflow then the drain pipe needs to be upgraded or there is a clog.
In my basement, I currently have a Washing machine and dryer. In the same room, there is a small hole that my water system sometimes drains into [image available here]. The problem is that sometimes this hole backs up and I end up with water on the floor (up to about an inch).
I would like to replace a washing machine drain pipe which is 1.5" wide to a 2" wide pipe... hopefully to prevent back washing from the drain pipe. Should I replace all the metal pipes shown in the pictures, which are in the crawl space immediately below the wash room, or is it best to just replace the final 1.5" pipe (seems to be about 4' long ...
Your question is a little vague. Pictures of the area might help get a response. Obviously you are going to have to relocate your washer drain to accommodate a center drain shower floor. I think the recommend a 2 inch PVC pipe for this. Your washer drain pipe may already be 2 inches bout some are 1.5.
I just bought a new LG top loading washer. My house has a laundry tub, not a standpipe. The washer was installed with a light-weight "plastic" hose and without a way to clip it to the laundry tub.
Should be an easy project to pull the paneling and run the lines through the brick. But was wondering about the washing machine drain. If I drill a 2" hole through the brick and install a 90 to the top of the drain pipe can I just run the rubber drain hose through the brick and into the 90?
Generally the drain hose must be at least the same diameter as the outlet drain nipple of the washing machine although I think that 1-1/2 inches is okay in all cases. Do not use smaller hoses such as 1 inch or less even if they are labeled as "drain hoses."