Mcnattyp
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I recently bought a 100 year old home in Portland, OR and need to install a washer/dryer in the house. I will not employ a plumber to help. I have so far been planning to put the set in the basement, but I have questions regarding hookups.
I have an older-style Maytag Neptune (like 1999 or so) and have not purchased a dryer, but it will be a used, older model.
The main sewer drain is probably original, made of what appears to be cast iron. My basement is dug-out dirt, about 7 feet tall. The main sewer pipe comes up straight vertically from below the 7 foot grade and then splits off at about 6 feet into multiple y-splits to accomodate the toilet, shower, bathroom sink and kitchen sink. The y-splitters are some iron (or the same material as the original pipe) and some newer black plastic.
I am not concerned about the hot/cold hookups - they are pretty straightforward. But I do have questions about the sewer hose.
If I put the washer on the 7 foot grade, the flow of sewer water from the washer would go up the currently attached built-in hose, into a standpipe, down the standpipe, then up (!!) 6 or more feet to join the existing sewer. I don't want to mess with the cast iron sewer piping if possible, and would rather add-on another y-splitter on the black plastic sewer from, say, the kitchen sink.
Am I going to need some kind of sump pump at the bottom of the standpipe? Can I make this work as proposed? Or does the standpipe have to flow downhill from the mouth?
I will happily explain my situation further if anyone asks for clarifications.
Thanks in advance.
Nat Papovich
I have an older-style Maytag Neptune (like 1999 or so) and have not purchased a dryer, but it will be a used, older model.
The main sewer drain is probably original, made of what appears to be cast iron. My basement is dug-out dirt, about 7 feet tall. The main sewer pipe comes up straight vertically from below the 7 foot grade and then splits off at about 6 feet into multiple y-splits to accomodate the toilet, shower, bathroom sink and kitchen sink. The y-splitters are some iron (or the same material as the original pipe) and some newer black plastic.
I am not concerned about the hot/cold hookups - they are pretty straightforward. But I do have questions about the sewer hose.
If I put the washer on the 7 foot grade, the flow of sewer water from the washer would go up the currently attached built-in hose, into a standpipe, down the standpipe, then up (!!) 6 or more feet to join the existing sewer. I don't want to mess with the cast iron sewer piping if possible, and would rather add-on another y-splitter on the black plastic sewer from, say, the kitchen sink.
Am I going to need some kind of sump pump at the bottom of the standpipe? Can I make this work as proposed? Or does the standpipe have to flow downhill from the mouth?
I will happily explain my situation further if anyone asks for clarifications.
Thanks in advance.
Nat Papovich