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sm_jamieson
Sep 3, 2012, 6:28:58 AM9/3/12
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Just found this somewhere:
The machine’s flexible hose is for disposing of waste water. It must discharge into a waste pipe or trap above the level of the top of the drum. The option is to hook the hose into the top of an open standpipe with a P-trap and the bottom. The waste pipe should through the outside wall to a hopper head or gully. An air gap at the top of the standpipe is important to stop back-siphonage of dirty water into the machine.
Manufacturers will recommend that you use a standpipe and insurers and water companies often insist on it being in place. But if you find it easier to position your washing machine next to a sink you can change the sink trap to a washing machine trap, saving space.
1. Whats this bit about insurance companies and manufacturers wanting a stand pipe ?
2. The washing machine outlet must discharge at a level higher than the drum ?
My washing machine pipe is formed into a U to create a trap, then straight into a soil pipe via one of those 4-way waste manifolds. Much lower than the drum all the way, and no problems.
Is this info rubbish, or is there something I should know about ?
Simon.
The machine’s flexible hose is for disposing of waste water. It must discharge into a waste pipe or trap above the level of the top of the drum. The option is to hook the hose into the top of an open standpipe with a P-trap and the bottom. The waste pipe should through the outside wall to a hopper head or gully. An air gap at the top of the standpipe is important to stop back-siphonage of dirty water into the machine.
Manufacturers will recommend that you use a standpipe and insurers and water companies often insist on it being in place. But if you find it easier to position your washing machine next to a sink you can change the sink trap to a washing machine trap, saving space.
1. Whats this bit about insurance companies and manufacturers wanting a stand pipe ?
2. The washing machine outlet must discharge at a level higher than the drum ?
My washing machine pipe is formed into a U to create a trap, then straight into a soil pipe via one of those 4-way waste manifolds. Much lower than the drum all the way, and no problems.
Is this info rubbish, or is there something I should know about ?
Simon.
David WE Roberts
Sep 3, 2012, 8:33:23 AM9/3/12
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"sm_jamieson" <sm_ja...@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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Just found this somewhere:
The machine�s flexible hose is for disposing of waste water. It must
The one issue with some washing machines is that if you have the highest
point of the outlet pipe lower than the fill level of the water, they start
to empty during the fill cycle and then just sit there pissing water down
the drain.
More likely to be a problem with older machines which use more water than
modern ones.
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Andrew Gabriel
Sep 3, 2012, 3:46:07 PM9/3/12
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In article <6807dbb5-5534-433b...@googlegroups.com>,
The discharge point can however be lower.
> option is to hook the hose into the top of an open standpipe with a P-trap
> and the bottom. The waste pipe should through the outside wall to a hopper
> head or gully. An air gap at the top of the standpipe is important to stop
> back-siphonage of dirty water into the machine.
True, and pushing the hose in too far so the end is under the u-trap
water level is not good.
> Manufacturers will recommend that you use a standpipe and insurers and wate
> 2. The washing machine outlet must discharge at a level higher than the dru
> m ?
> My washing machine pipe is formed into a U to create a trap, then straight
> into a soil pipe via one of those 4-way waste manifolds. Much lower than th
> e drum all the way, and no problems.
The pipe must loop up higher than the highest water level in the drum
(plus a margin), or the machine won't be able to fill to that level,
as it will run out the waste pipe. The highest water level in the drum
is always below the drum centre (the drum bearing seal is not designed
to be submerged). The highest fill levels tend to be the rinses, and
on some machines, the wool wash program (since woollens mustn't be
repeatedly lifted out and dropped back into the water).
Washing machines don't close off the waste pipe, they rely on having
to pump over a raised section of the pipe when they need to empty out.
> Is this info rubbish, or is there something I should know about ?
There's some truth to the info, but it's not a good complete
unambigous description.
Your setup cannot be as you describe, as the machine would never fill.
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sm_jamieson <sm_ja...@hotmail.com> writes:
> Just found this somewhere:
>
> The machine's flexible hose is for disposing of waste water. It must disc
> harge into a waste pipe or trap above the level of the top of the drum. The
That's not quite true - it must be looped up above the max fill level.
> Just found this somewhere:
>
> The machine's flexible hose is for disposing of waste water. It must disc
> harge into a waste pipe or trap above the level of the top of the drum. The
The discharge point can however be lower.
> option is to hook the hose into the top of an open standpipe with a P-trap
> and the bottom. The waste pipe should through the outside wall to a hopper
> head or gully. An air gap at the top of the standpipe is important to stop
> back-siphonage of dirty water into the machine.
water level is not good.
> Manufacturers will recommend that you use a standpipe and insurers and wate
> r companies often insist on it being in place. But if you find it easier to
> position your washing machine next to a sink you can change the sink trap
> to a washing machine trap, saving space.
>
> 1. Whats this bit about insurance companies and manufacturers wanting a sta
> nd pipe ?
No idea. What makes you think that what you found has any validity?
> position your washing machine next to a sink you can change the sink trap
> to a washing machine trap, saving space.
>
> 1. Whats this bit about insurance companies and manufacturers wanting a sta
> nd pipe ?
> 2. The washing machine outlet must discharge at a level higher than the dru
> m ?
> My washing machine pipe is formed into a U to create a trap, then straight
> into a soil pipe via one of those 4-way waste manifolds. Much lower than th
> e drum all the way, and no problems.
(plus a margin), or the machine won't be able to fill to that level,
as it will run out the waste pipe. The highest water level in the drum
is always below the drum centre (the drum bearing seal is not designed
to be submerged). The highest fill levels tend to be the rinses, and
on some machines, the wool wash program (since woollens mustn't be
repeatedly lifted out and dropped back into the water).
Washing machines don't close off the waste pipe, they rely on having
to pump over a raised section of the pipe when they need to empty out.
> Is this info rubbish, or is there something I should know about ?
unambigous description.
Your setup cannot be as you describe, as the machine would never fill.
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NT
Sep 4, 2012, 6:00:20 AM9/4/12
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unsealed, washing machines chuck out all sorts of muck on occasion,
and an unsealed connection is an invitation to flood.
NT
stuart noble
Sep 4, 2012, 7:09:43 AM9/4/12
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On 04/09/2012 11:00, NT wrote:
> On 3 Sep, 11:28, sm_jamieson <sm_jamie...@hotmail.com> wrote:
>> Just found this somewhere:
>>
>> The machine�s flexible hose is for disposing of waste water. It
> On 3 Sep, 11:28, sm_jamieson <sm_jamie...@hotmail.com> wrote:
>> Just found this somewhere:
>>
Bob Eager
Sep 4, 2012, 8:25:19 AM9/4/12
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On Tue, 04 Sep 2012 12:09:43 +0100, stuart noble wrote:
> On 04/09/2012 11:00, NT wrote:
>> On 3 Sep, 11:28, sm_jamieson <sm_jamie...@hotmail.com> wrote:
>>> Just found this somewhere:
>>>
>>> The machine’s flexible hose is for disposing of waste water. It must
> On 04/09/2012 11:00, NT wrote:
>> On 3 Sep, 11:28, sm_jamieson <sm_jamie...@hotmail.com> wrote:
>>> Just found this somewhere:
>>>
I put in an open standpipe 20 years ago, and it's never given any trouble.
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NT
Sep 4, 2012, 1:52:21 PM9/4/12
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> Better than it backing into the washing machine, IMHO.
> I put in an open standpipe 20 years ago, and it's never given any trouble.
you can say bye bye to your kitchen cabinets, carpets, some furniture
and appliances. It only takes a simple connector to do it properly.
Failing to do so is a false economy imho.
Before someone says insurance, claims too often result in enough
premium hike to get the full amount back again, and a load of
unnecessary hassle is just... unnecessary.
NT
Bob Eager
Sep 4, 2012, 2:21:49 PM9/4/12
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NT
Sep 4, 2012, 2:58:00 PM9/4/12
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NT
sm_jamieson
Sep 4, 2012, 2:59:16 PM9/4/12
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Maybe my machine has some kind of valve to stop it draining.
Simon.
SteveW
Sep 4, 2012, 4:11:43 PM9/4/12
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internal) part of the pipe will be at the bottom of the machine, but the
outlet pipe may feed up internally or externally before leaving the
machine high up - effectively giving you a fixed high point.
SteveW
PeterC
Sep 4, 2012, 4:54:30 PM9/4/12
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On Tue, 4 Sep 2012 11:59:16 -0700 (PDT), sm_jamieson wrote:
>> Washing machines don't close off the waste pipe, they rely on having
>>
>> to pump over a raised section of the pipe when they need to empty out.
>>
>>> Is this info rubbish, or is there something I should know about ?
>>
>> There's some truth to the info, but it's not a good complete
>>
>> unambigous description.
>>
>> Your setup cannot be as you describe, as the machine would never fill.
>>
> I've just checked and it is. From the outlet pipe its downhill all the way to the waste connection.
> Maybe my machine has some kind of valve to stop it draining.
> Simon.
The Miele that I installed (for somebody else) about 12 years ago could be
>> Washing machines don't close off the waste pipe, they rely on having
>>
>> to pump over a raised section of the pipe when they need to empty out.
>>
>>> Is this info rubbish, or is there something I should know about ?
>>
>> There's some truth to the info, but it's not a good complete
>>
>> unambigous description.
>>
>> Your setup cannot be as you describe, as the machine would never fill.
>>
> I've just checked and it is. From the outlet pipe its downhill all the way to the waste connection.
> Maybe my machine has some kind of valve to stop it draining.
> Simon.
run straight down to a drain as it had a valve of some sort. It could also
pump high enough to get the water out of a cellar to a drain, IIRC, 10'
above.
Most machines though will just siphon out if the pipe's not high enough.
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sm_jamieson
Sep 5, 2012, 4:17:11 AM9/5/12
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Simon.
Andrew Gabriel
Sep 5, 2012, 11:17:51 AM9/5/12
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In article <aama9f...@mid.individual.net>,
Not sure I'd agree there.
> I put in an open standpipe 20 years ago, and it's never given any trouble.
Only problem I've had with a standpipe was some tenants who managed
to pull it out, then run the machine several times, and then wait for
2 weeks before telling us there was a nasty smell in the kitchen,
by which time �5000+ of solid maple flooring was written off.
> I put in an open standpipe 20 years ago, and it's never given any trouble.
to pull it out, then run the machine several times, and then wait for
2 weeks before telling us there was a nasty smell in the kitchen,
by which time �5000+ of solid maple flooring was written off.
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