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I am moving the clothes washer.
The new location is against an Outside wall.
Can I simply drain the washer hose up and out and back to the ground outside or is something else needed?
Hey Bill, You can not discharge gray water out on the ground. You will be cited by the Health department if you do. However, since the washer pump discharges with much force and pressure, you can extend the washer hose back to the washer stand pipe or drain it into a basement floor drain. Be advised that if the washer hose is higher then the rim of the washer you will have to install a check valve close to where the hose exits the washer so the discharge doesn't drain back into the washer when the pump stops. Good luck, Tom
Thanks for your quick response Tom.
Instead of running the drain hose back to the drain (some 50 feet) how about installing some kind of 'catch basin' in the ground outside the new washer and running the hose to it?
Please explain your concept of a catch basin. You can't just dig a hole in the ground and drain into that. Where would this catch basin drain to when it fills up? How much gray water are we speaking of and how big would you make the basin? Also you will have to have a air-gap or a backflow preventer, (check valve) on the discharge line. Regards, Tom
Good morning Bill, OK! We now have you pumping the discharge into a 300 gallon holding tank. When the tank fills up how will you dispose of the excess and where will it go? You're now going to have to dig in a dispersal, (filter bed) field. That's one solution. Let me offer another, less expensive and with less digging.. First install a backflow preventer,(check valve) next to the washer in the hose. Discharge the washer hose into a small commercial cast iron or steel catch basin, ( I can furnish you links to catch basin sites if you wish), or you could bury a 55 gallon drum with a inlet cut in at the top and a outlet six inches below it. Depending on the pipe size, (2" minimum) cut in a drainage tee or a combination wye and 1/8 th. bend in your sewer line and pipe to it. Does that sound like it would work? Cheers, Tom
You are supposed to drain any water that you can from the inside, outside to your lawn!!!!! Our whole country is in a drought!
To Bill_Houraney
way to go on your idea to drain your washer out side. Just make sure that you put a long enough hose so that you can move it around a little bit on different washing days so as to not create a big puddle of stagnant water (no body wants that). Keep up the good work Bill!
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