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Comments (1)You need to unscrew the front cover on the lower half of the machine. On our he3t the drain opening is right in the middle. Please make sure you have a lot of towels! The water behind the clog will all come out when you unscrew the cover. HTH, NB...See MorePlumbing Washing Machine in 2nd Floor Closet?
Comments (0)WeÂd like to move our washer and dryer up to the second floor master closet. The closet is behind the bathroom, and we are getting ready to remodel the bathroom. So IÂd like to take this opportunity (when the bathroom is all torn up) to also install the washer and dryer. Can anyone point me toward some step by step instructions on how to tie in the plumbing for the washer into the bathroom shower drain line? The one tricky part is that my wife would like the washer and dryer to be on a closet wall that is opposite the wall that adjoins the bathroomÂso I would have to run the washing machine drain plumbing across the closet floor in the joists to get into the bathroom drain....See Morewashing machine connect to plumbing stack directly?
Comments (5)In order to properly answer your question we need to begin with some basic code definitions. TRAP-by code definition the trap is the U shaped section of the fitting that retains water to affect an air & gas tight seal between the fixture and the sewer line to prevent sewer gas from entering the structure. TRAP WEIR- just as the weir of a dam is the point on the spillway where water can overflow the dam, the trap weir is the physical point on the discharge side of the trap U section where water passing through the trap can spill out of the trap and into the trap tailpiece & drain line. FIXTURE ARM or WASTE ARM- While most people think of a fixture arm as the short section of pipe extending out of the wall where a sink trap is connected, that is not correct. The fixture arm is the total developed length of pipe from the trap weir to the vertical stack or vented horizontal drain line. Understanding that it is only one line, it then stands that the line must serve as both the drain & vent for the trap. Under the International Residential Code (IRC) the bottom of the fixture arm at the trap weir may not be higher than the top of the pipe at the vent opening, thus we can mathematically compute the maximum length of a fixture arm by dividing the diameter of the pipe by the pitch of the run. Example- The code standard for a bathtub drain line is 1-1/2" and all lines 3" or less are required to have a minimum pitch of " per foot thus the maximum length of the tub fixture arm would be 1.5" / .25Â = 6Â but be very careful here. Keep in mind that the top of the pipe at the vented drain cannot be lower than the bottom of the pipe at the trap weir so if you mistakenly run the line with a greater pitch, it will shorten the allowable length of the line and under no circumstances may you have a vertical offset. In addition, the code says, "Maximum developed length of pipe". (I have seen instances where you get a real hardnosed inspector and he/she will make you also compute the fitting losses. By example a 1-1/2" 1/8bend has a fitting insertion loss of 6" which means that while the 1/8th bend is physically only about 3" long, you have to compute it as 6"). The Uniform Plumbing Code (UPC) began with basically the same mathematical maximum as the IRC but then they de-rated the maximum lengths by about 40% thus we must either memorize the lengths or keep the code table at hand. UPC Table T10-1 1/14"ÂÂ2Â6" 1-1/2"Â..3Â6" 2"ÂÂÂ.5Â 3"ÂÂÂ..6Â 4" or larger 10Â The minimum length of a fixture arm when measured from the trap weir to the vertical riser, stack or vented horizontal drain is to be 2x the diameter of the fixture arm pipe. Now to answer your question; the tie in can be made at any convenient point on a stack or horizontal line, except, an un-vented fixture arm MAY NOT be connected to a vertical combined waste & vent stack if there is a watercloset (toilet) discharging into that stack at any point above. The solution would then be to install a separate vent on the line between the trap and the combined waste & vent stack. By doing so the line from the trap to the vent is classified as a fixture arm, but the line downstream from the auxiliary vent to the combined waste & vent stack is now classified as a vented branch and that may be connected to the stack but be careful here as well. The auxiliary vent must rise to an elevation at least 6" higher than the flood level rim of the highest fixture served by the combined waste & vent before you can tie the vent into the stack....See MoreBasement washing machine drain
Comments (1)The washer pump can easly pump to 8' above the machine if that is your question. Horizonaly,twice that distance is no problem. Hose is sold by the foot everywhere plumbing is sold....See Moreditnc
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