dreal1
Oct 14, 2010, 06:14 AM
3/4 in comes out of slab and 90's over into 2 in. I added laundry tub and little giant pump to move water along since gravity won't do it but now I get a laundry water backing up at sink. It drains quickly once rinse cycle and pumps are done. When I had washer draining directly into the 3/4in drain this problem didn't occur.
yes there's an existing 3/4 in line in the slab that runs up out the slab beneath the kitchen sink and 90's into the 2 in drain. Before I put in the laundry tub I connected the washer discharge hose directly onto the 3/4 in. the washers pump would move the water out on its rinse cycle. Don't know the original purpose of such a "drain". My furnace/ac unit has its own discharge through the wall to the outside.
OK. I'm on a slab levitt ranch. This 3/4 in line goes into the slab at the laundry rm and comes up under the kitchen sink. It then elbows over into the 2in for the kitchen sink. I had the washer's discarge hose connected directly to the 3/4in. The machine's pump on rinse cycle would move the water out. I put in a laundry tub and have the washer hose empty into it, but gravity alone won't move the water down the 3/4in and up at the other end into the 2in. So I put in a little giant utility pump bushed the discharge down to 3/4 with pvc and connected to the 3/4 with hose. So now when the washer empty itself not the tub the pump moves the water out but now I get some of it backing up into the kitchen sink. The back=up is brief and the water moves out quickly once pump is done. But I want to keep that from happening. Thanks
yes there's an existing 3/4 in line in the slab that runs up out the slab beneath the kitchen sink and 90's into the 2 in drain. Before I put in the laundry tub I connected the washer discharge hose directly onto the 3/4 in. the washers pump would move the water out on its rinse cycle. Don't know the original purpose of such a "drain". My furnace/ac unit has its own discharge through the wall to the outside.
OK. I'm on a slab levitt ranch. This 3/4 in line goes into the slab at the laundry rm and comes up under the kitchen sink. It then elbows over into the 2in for the kitchen sink. I had the washer's discarge hose connected directly to the 3/4in. The machine's pump on rinse cycle would move the water out. I put in a laundry tub and have the washer hose empty into it, but gravity alone won't move the water down the 3/4in and up at the other end into the 2in. So I put in a little giant utility pump bushed the discharge down to 3/4 with pvc and connected to the 3/4 with hose. So now when the washer empty itself not the tub the pump moves the water out but now I get some of it backing up into the kitchen sink. The back=up is brief and the water moves out quickly once pump is done. But I want to keep that from happening. Thanks