Can a washing machine be plumbed into a sewer line.?
My washing machine pump recently stoped working. My husband now wants to plumb it into our sewer drain, We are just curious if this is possible.
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- so you are talking about bypassing the old pump? The pump is what controls the water flow out of the machine.. If you bypass the pump then nothing holds the water in the machine so it would not work.
- yes, but you heed an air break( dont hard pipe the machine in, get the hose and shove it down the 2" pipe and aput a trap before the main line this is asuming you are talking about a sump pump not the internal wahing machine pump
- Possibly - you have to be careful regarding the venting as you don't want sewer gas coming back into your house. I'd strongly consider a new washer. I recently spent the extra dollars and got one of the new high efficient front loaders: love it - saves water, soap, electricity and spins more water out of the clothes so it saves drying time too.
- Without a working pump, how will the tub inside the washer drain correctly? They aren't that expensive anyway.
- most washing machines are already drained into your sewer line but yes you can If you have a septic tank system I would run a drain line out into your back yard if you have room and not connect it to the septic tank as soap kills bacteria in the tank
- Sewer gas, and the washer will never fill. The water will siphon out.
