MOVED HOUSE-WASHING MACHINE HELP
Hello,
I am moving house and I'll be honest have never installed a washing machine before! In my new house it looks as though there is a big grey pipe which I think would be the waste pipe. When I look at my current washing machine it has a much smaller grey waste pipe which runs under the sink and connects to the pipes under there. My question is-how do connect my small waste pipe to the larger one at my new home? Thank you
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Connecting a washing machine drain hose to a standpipe after moving house
- The problem
- The user was unsure how to connect the washing machine’s small grey drain hose to a larger grey waste standpipe at the new house.
- Likely cause
- No appliance fault was reported. The issue was uncertainty about correct installation of the drain hose into a standpipe.
- What fixed it
- The accepted advice was to insert the washing machine drain hose directly into the larger grey standpipe, but only by about 4 to 5 inches. A plastic shepherd’s crook should be fitted on the end of the drain hose to hold its shape and help prevent it falling out.
- Checks to try
- Confirmed the new house has a larger grey waste standpipe
- Compared it with the existing smaller washing machine drain hose
- Advice specified only about 4 to 5 inches of hose should be inserted into the standpipe
- Advice specified using the plastic shepherd’s crook on the drain hose
- Parts or tools mentioned
- Plastic shepherd’s crook
3 Answers
Hi. You just push the smaller pipe down the pipe. However, you should only push it about 5 inches down and you need the small plastic shepherds crook on the end of the drain hose to stop the hose falling out.
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If you don't know what I mean by the Shepherd's crook, look at the picture here - WASHING MACHINE DRAIN HOSE
The drain hose end should be inserted into the plastic part so that it forces the drain hose into a shepherd's crook. I would have about 4 inches of the end of the drain hose sticking out. That 4 or 5 inches is pushed into the grey plastic standpipe.
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There is a very crude drawing that I did showing the drain hose pushing into a standpipe, and also a photo of the shepherds crook on this page - Washing machine fills and drains at the same time
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