Washer machine in basement

[Ulbin3]

Ulbin 3 sounds like we have a failure to comunicate ! are you pumping because the trap is a few inches high? or because there is no waste line whatsoever in basement? If waste comes into the house 22 inches off floor above how would your toilets and bathtub drain? So you most certainly are not clear . please clarify as nothing looks obvious to me here

 

[Ulbin3]

 

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[Reach4]

Most washing machines can pump to 96 inches above the floor. So if it is function you are looking for, pumping to a high standpipe should not be a problem. Adding a pump will not increase function.

Now if a pump causes you to meet code somehow, I don't know about that. http://epubs.iapmo.org/NSPC/NJ2018/mobile/index.html#p=10

If you also want to add a toilet or bathroom for the basement, then you could go with a full sealed septic pit. That can handle the toilet waste in addition to laundry etc. That would need a vent to the roof.

 

[Terry H]

Yea after seeing it other then it not following code exactly it is your only choice and I think the inspector will be ok. The new ones have a good pump in them.

 

[Jeff H Young]

A picture tells a thousand words . and nulifys 10,000 words that aint what you said

 

[Jeff H Young]

If it worked befor what is your complaint?

 

[Ulbin3]

If it worked befor what is your complaint?

Code says the trap has to be 18" max off of the floor

 

[Jeff H Young]

Code says the trap has to be 18" max off of the floor

You said the house was built that way If you didnt change the plumbing then? If you have an inspector nothing wrong with being up front he might say put a trap as low as possible and an 18 inch stand pipe. unless you actually would prefer the pump