Hello
this is my first posting here . I think i have gotten myself into a quandary.
I know a very very small bit about plumbing. I was able to connect new lines to the kitchen i put in back in 2016. I live in an apartment and have a "portable" washing machine. it's not really "portable. it is pretty good size despite having a fairly small drain hose.
I have been connecting it to the kitchen sink to fill and running a long drain hose to the kitchen sink to drain.
the current drain hose is about 12 feet long. I am concerned that this might not be good for the machine over time.
I have started embarking on connecting a washing drain to the exhisiting pipe that goes to the main drain. so far so good.
i decided to keep the pipes to the back of the wall so I will have more room in the cabinet. . this created an issue with the pipe not coming being "straight" or parallel to the wall on what will be the washing room side. ( i also decided to work inside the cabinet instead of trying to pull it out from under the countertop .-not sure that was smart.) I thought it would be easy..attach the Y to drain line and the attach the other pipe and take it through the wall.
my question is.
1. if i scratch this plan and just seal up the wall will draining the washer through 12 to 15' of drain tube harm the pump?
2. does it really matter if the pipe coming out of the wall that the drain stand pipe will attach to is parallel with the wall? other than visual appearances? because when i move they will tear everything out and remodel this whole place.
I am really trying to get the easiest and most efficient way to be able to use the washing machine and get the wall back together as soon as i can. i dont have the stamina i used to for these projects. seems fun when i start but until the neck pain gets aggravated.
also I am thinking about running a hot and cold line to that room but i dont have much room in the wall to squeeze pipes through. so maybe i just use the kitchen faucet and the fill hoses for now.
I will try to attach a picture in a few mins.
thank you
I keep being hard on myself for attempting to do this but it would be so nice to have the washer all contained in one area without hoses running from room to room. It feels like I have gotten in way over my head with this. wasn't expecting to find the small galvanized water supply lines in the wall next to the drain.. was hoping to put in a nice little h/c and drain laundry box recessed into the wall..but my plans took a turn .
i am still tempted to try to run some water supply lines through the 2x4s and over to the right side wall space. is that a good idea? or should i just keep connecting it to the kitchen faucet?
in the image you can see how the drain tube has a bit of an angle. I am thinking this wont hurt anything and it is probably ok to go ahead and put on the p-trap and drain standpipe?
I will greatly appreciate any encouragement and help anyone has to offer. thank you
I appreciate any encouragement and or help available.
also attaching an image of the inside of the cabinet where I put the Y and added the drain (top ) section for the washing machine. I did a hack job on the cabinet it would have been better to take it out. . hindsite is 20/20.
this is my first posting here . I think i have gotten myself into a quandary.
I know a very very small bit about plumbing. I was able to connect new lines to the kitchen i put in back in 2016. I live in an apartment and have a "portable" washing machine. it's not really "portable. it is pretty good size despite having a fairly small drain hose.
I have been connecting it to the kitchen sink to fill and running a long drain hose to the kitchen sink to drain.
the current drain hose is about 12 feet long. I am concerned that this might not be good for the machine over time.
I have started embarking on connecting a washing drain to the exhisiting pipe that goes to the main drain. so far so good.
i decided to keep the pipes to the back of the wall so I will have more room in the cabinet. . this created an issue with the pipe not coming being "straight" or parallel to the wall on what will be the washing room side. ( i also decided to work inside the cabinet instead of trying to pull it out from under the countertop .-not sure that was smart.) I thought it would be easy..attach the Y to drain line and the attach the other pipe and take it through the wall.
my question is.
1. if i scratch this plan and just seal up the wall will draining the washer through 12 to 15' of drain tube harm the pump?
2. does it really matter if the pipe coming out of the wall that the drain stand pipe will attach to is parallel with the wall? other than visual appearances? because when i move they will tear everything out and remodel this whole place.
I am really trying to get the easiest and most efficient way to be able to use the washing machine and get the wall back together as soon as i can. i dont have the stamina i used to for these projects. seems fun when i start but until the neck pain gets aggravated.
also I am thinking about running a hot and cold line to that room but i dont have much room in the wall to squeeze pipes through. so maybe i just use the kitchen faucet and the fill hoses for now.
I will try to attach a picture in a few mins.
thank you
I keep being hard on myself for attempting to do this but it would be so nice to have the washer all contained in one area without hoses running from room to room. It feels like I have gotten in way over my head with this. wasn't expecting to find the small galvanized water supply lines in the wall next to the drain.. was hoping to put in a nice little h/c and drain laundry box recessed into the wall..but my plans took a turn .
i am still tempted to try to run some water supply lines through the 2x4s and over to the right side wall space. is that a good idea? or should i just keep connecting it to the kitchen faucet?
in the image you can see how the drain tube has a bit of an angle. I am thinking this wont hurt anything and it is probably ok to go ahead and put on the p-trap and drain standpipe?
I will greatly appreciate any encouragement and help anyone has to offer. thank you
I appreciate any encouragement and or help available.
also attaching an image of the inside of the cabinet where I put the Y and added the drain (top ) section for the washing machine. I did a hack job on the cabinet it would have been better to take it out. . hindsite is 20/20.
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