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    arlcruise Posts: 9, Reputation: 1
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    Apr 23, 2007, 11:08 PM
    Washing machine drainage
    I was wondering if you can drain directly outside, into say a garden bed, instead of into a drainage system. Such as a pipe that goes outside and down to the ground level and drains into the flowerbed.
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    Apr 24, 2007, 04:58 AM
    Check your local codes. It's against code in my area to discharge gray water into a ditch or out on the ground. Regards, Tom
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    Apr 24, 2007, 06:15 PM
    Many washing machine pumps have limits to their vertical cababilities
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