Hey guys, I purchased a small commercial ice machine (Hoshizaki KM-161BAJ) for my home (in FL). It holds 80 lbs of ice in the bin and makes up to 160lbs a day. This will be a nice addition as there is never any ice in our french-door refrigerator.
Melt ice will constantly drip from machine, but it also dumps a small water tank every 10 batches to get rid of any built up minerals... I think there is also a wash mode that will need a place for the water to drain. Ice machine is fed with 3/8" OD PE pipe, so I don't think the flow will ever be crazy...
I am planning on putting the ice machine in our laundry room on a wall where there is already a drain and vent for a laundry sink (washing machine does not use laundry sink). I was thinking I could simply cut into the existing 2" stack and add a reducing 1.5" santee, directly to a 1.5" p-trap and then add a short couple inches of 1.5" pipe to complete a small 'stand-pipe' for the ice machine. Stand-pipe would exit into a small outlet box, so everything would be in the wall and have a nice clean look. I am reducing to 1.5" as that is all that will fit in that stud space (and I think just barely), also I think 1.5" should handle the ice machine flow just fine (hopefully).
I am also planning on chipping out some of the slab (there is no 2x4 plate here currently) to allow me to get that p-trap as low as possible. The gravity drain on the ice machine is at 7.75 - 8.75" depending on leg adjustment, so the end of the drain for the ice machine has to be a bit below that (also remembering I need a small air gap).
Also: I think I will pout concrete or maybe just great stuff foam over the p-trap to make sure I don't get any condensation building up on the trap (from the cold ice melt water constantly being in there).
Anyone see any issues with this setup?
Alternatively, I thought about just buying a good condensate pump and dumping it in the laundry sink... I'm just nervous that the pump will fail at an inopportune time.... Thinking something like this.. Rate at 270GPH so that seems like it would be more than enough to keep up with the flow. https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000PH2IO4/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
Here is a pic I took a while back before the sheetrock was installed in my home. This is the currently plumbing setup.
Here is a plan I drew up of the drain I intend to add for the ice machine.
Any advice is much appreciated! Thank you!!
Melt ice will constantly drip from machine, but it also dumps a small water tank every 10 batches to get rid of any built up minerals... I think there is also a wash mode that will need a place for the water to drain. Ice machine is fed with 3/8" OD PE pipe, so I don't think the flow will ever be crazy...
I am planning on putting the ice machine in our laundry room on a wall where there is already a drain and vent for a laundry sink (washing machine does not use laundry sink). I was thinking I could simply cut into the existing 2" stack and add a reducing 1.5" santee, directly to a 1.5" p-trap and then add a short couple inches of 1.5" pipe to complete a small 'stand-pipe' for the ice machine. Stand-pipe would exit into a small outlet box, so everything would be in the wall and have a nice clean look. I am reducing to 1.5" as that is all that will fit in that stud space (and I think just barely), also I think 1.5" should handle the ice machine flow just fine (hopefully).
I am also planning on chipping out some of the slab (there is no 2x4 plate here currently) to allow me to get that p-trap as low as possible. The gravity drain on the ice machine is at 7.75 - 8.75" depending on leg adjustment, so the end of the drain for the ice machine has to be a bit below that (also remembering I need a small air gap).
Also: I think I will pout concrete or maybe just great stuff foam over the p-trap to make sure I don't get any condensation building up on the trap (from the cold ice melt water constantly being in there).
Anyone see any issues with this setup?
Alternatively, I thought about just buying a good condensate pump and dumping it in the laundry sink... I'm just nervous that the pump will fail at an inopportune time.... Thinking something like this.. Rate at 270GPH so that seems like it would be more than enough to keep up with the flow. https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000PH2IO4/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
Here is a pic I took a while back before the sheetrock was installed in my home. This is the currently plumbing setup.
Here is a plan I drew up of the drain I intend to add for the ice machine.
Any advice is much appreciated! Thank you!!