JKMemphis
New Member
Please forgive the ignorance that I have about plumbing. I look forward to learning from you.
I own a house built in the 1950s. It would appear a past owner tapped a washer drain pipe into some existing water pipe. That water pipe is MUCH smaller than normal. I think a plumber has said maybe half an inch? The whole pipe from the outside is not a lot thicker than my thumb.
There are other issues (it is placed down at floor level and there is no stand pipe at all) but the size of the pipe seems to be causing a lot of water to back up/stay in the washer and it tears up the pump in the washer. We have already replaced the washer once and the pump in the second washer one time and it is torn up again. There is no water left in the washer when the cycles are done but all clothes are sopping wet.
A plumber is saying that we will need to do multiple $$$ of jack hammering (on a slab) and repiping to replace the really small pipes and get things configured correctly.
Does this sound right? Are there no other options? Thanks for any advice you can give.
I own a house built in the 1950s. It would appear a past owner tapped a washer drain pipe into some existing water pipe. That water pipe is MUCH smaller than normal. I think a plumber has said maybe half an inch? The whole pipe from the outside is not a lot thicker than my thumb.
There are other issues (it is placed down at floor level and there is no stand pipe at all) but the size of the pipe seems to be causing a lot of water to back up/stay in the washer and it tears up the pump in the washer. We have already replaced the washer once and the pump in the second washer one time and it is torn up again. There is no water left in the washer when the cycles are done but all clothes are sopping wet.
A plumber is saying that we will need to do multiple $$$ of jack hammering (on a slab) and repiping to replace the really small pipes and get things configured correctly.
Does this sound right? Are there no other options? Thanks for any advice you can give.