Hey guys! I have a unique situation and I'll do my best to describe it. I have an older Cape style home, when we moved in 3 years ago, the washer hookups were on one side of the basement and the dryer is on the other. I would like to put them together side by side. But to do so, I need to move the washer over to the dryer because that will be in the utility room once the basement is refinished. Now the questions:
I have town sewer and the outlet pipe does not go under the slab, it exists about 3-ft above the slab through the foundation wall. Since the washer drain already existed, I just want to extend the pipe 15 ft along the wall. When I do this, I will be at 4.5 feet about the floor to where I need the washer to be. Washer manual says its needs a 1.5 discharge pipe and a max height of 5-ft. Given that, how am I suppose to construct a standpipe? I certainly can't make the 18-inch number that I think the code says.
That being said, if I remove the p trap, do I still need to vent that line? Do I really need the p-trap (I assume I do for plumbing code) I can install the vent basically 2-ft downstream of the p trap via a tee and I can then run through the floor joist and connect to the stack.
I don't have to worry about siphoning, but I am concerned about this standpipe. Another thing the washing machine instructions state is to not seal the pipe that the hose connects into? If I don't do that, water will surely dump out of the short stand pipe that is there now.
Sorry for the long post, I just tried my best describe everything. Let me know your thoughts. Thanks in advance!
Joey
I have town sewer and the outlet pipe does not go under the slab, it exists about 3-ft above the slab through the foundation wall. Since the washer drain already existed, I just want to extend the pipe 15 ft along the wall. When I do this, I will be at 4.5 feet about the floor to where I need the washer to be. Washer manual says its needs a 1.5 discharge pipe and a max height of 5-ft. Given that, how am I suppose to construct a standpipe? I certainly can't make the 18-inch number that I think the code says.
That being said, if I remove the p trap, do I still need to vent that line? Do I really need the p-trap (I assume I do for plumbing code) I can install the vent basically 2-ft downstream of the p trap via a tee and I can then run through the floor joist and connect to the stack.
I don't have to worry about siphoning, but I am concerned about this standpipe. Another thing the washing machine instructions state is to not seal the pipe that the hose connects into? If I don't do that, water will surely dump out of the short stand pipe that is there now.
Sorry for the long post, I just tried my best describe everything. Let me know your thoughts. Thanks in advance!
Joey