Nickyv
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HELP...
my wife and I purchased a house and after 1 1/2 years of living in the house we ran into a problem.
I always had an uneasy feeling on the issue with the utility room, laminate floors were warping a bit and i think I figured out why..
wife discovered a pool of water in the utility room and we located the water issue with the drain pipe for the washing machine, the water draining will overflow every once in a while. since we are not sitting over the washing machine box we never took note of the overflowing water. Plus, since the washing machine box was not sealed the water went behind the sheet rock, hence no pool of water on the floor.
once the mushy sheet rock was discovered I also discovered that the stud in the wall was cut out so that the P-Trap would fit and the installers placed 2- 22 degree joints just so that the drainage pipe would reach/fit in the middle of the washing machine box.
the question that I have is:
1- if I place a straight pipe replacing the pipe from the p-trap to the washing machine box should this alleviate the overflow? ( I will use a washing machine box that has a right side drain pipe placement)
2- would the 2- 22 degree joints in the pipe leading from the P-Trap to the washing machine box cause enough issues so that the water draining would back up every once in a while? we have no clue on the frequency of overflow, 1 in 5 maybe could be more or less.
I attached an image of the washing machine box and crooked drain pipe. (circled the 2 joints(connectors) in question)
my wife and I purchased a house and after 1 1/2 years of living in the house we ran into a problem.
I always had an uneasy feeling on the issue with the utility room, laminate floors were warping a bit and i think I figured out why..
wife discovered a pool of water in the utility room and we located the water issue with the drain pipe for the washing machine, the water draining will overflow every once in a while. since we are not sitting over the washing machine box we never took note of the overflowing water. Plus, since the washing machine box was not sealed the water went behind the sheet rock, hence no pool of water on the floor.
once the mushy sheet rock was discovered I also discovered that the stud in the wall was cut out so that the P-Trap would fit and the installers placed 2- 22 degree joints just so that the drainage pipe would reach/fit in the middle of the washing machine box.
the question that I have is:
1- if I place a straight pipe replacing the pipe from the p-trap to the washing machine box should this alleviate the overflow? ( I will use a washing machine box that has a right side drain pipe placement)
2- would the 2- 22 degree joints in the pipe leading from the P-Trap to the washing machine box cause enough issues so that the water draining would back up every once in a while? we have no clue on the frequency of overflow, 1 in 5 maybe could be more or less.
I attached an image of the washing machine box and crooked drain pipe. (circled the 2 joints(connectors) in question)
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