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Installing Laundry Sink in basement, do I need a sink pump? gbrickner 02-17-2007
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Posted by on February 17, 2007, 5:55 pm


I would like to put a laundry sink in the basement (w/ the washer and
dryer which is already there) but need to figure out how I am going to
drain the sink. I thought I could just piggy back onto the washer,
use the same water and drain. I then realized that the bottom of my
sink will be about six inches lower than the top of the lowest point I
can make the drain intake. If my theory is correct, the sink will
drain to this point and stop since water naturally levels. I'm not a
physics expert but is there a way around installing a pump for just
six inches? I thought maybe?? a check valve would work, but somehow
doubt it..... My main reservation agaist the pump is the cost - ~
$200. I had hoped this would be a cheap and simple project. Any
ideas are greatly appreciated.


Posted by RBM on February 17, 2007, 6:06 pm


How about a six inch platform to set the sink on?


>I would like to put a laundry sink in the basement (w/ the washer and
> dryer which is already there) but need to figure out how I am going to
> drain the sink. I thought I could just piggy back onto the washer,
> use the same water and drain. I then realized that the bottom of my
> sink will be about six inches lower than the top of the lowest point I
> can make the drain intake. If my theory is correct, the sink will
> drain to this point and stop since water naturally levels. I'm not a
> physics expert but is there a way around installing a pump for just
> six inches? I thought maybe?? a check valve would work, but somehow
> doubt it..... My main reservation agaist the pump is the cost - ~
> $200. I had hoped this would be a cheap and simple project. Any
> ideas are greatly appreciated.
>



Posted by Gary on February 17, 2007, 7:18 pm



> How about a six inch platform to set the sink on?
>
>
>>I would like to put a laundry sink in the basement (w/ the washer and
>> dryer which is already there) but need to figure out how I am going to
>> drain the sink. I thought I could just piggy back onto the washer,
>> use the same water and drain. I then realized that the bottom of my
>> sink will be about six inches lower than the top of the lowest point I
>> can make the drain intake. If my theory is correct, the sink will
>> drain to this point and stop since water naturally levels. I'm not a
>> physics expert but is there a way around installing a pump for just
>> six inches? I thought maybe?? a check valve would work, but somehow
>> doubt it..... My main reservation agaist the pump is the cost - ~
>> $200. I had hoped this would be a cheap and simple project. Any
>> ideas are greatly appreciated.
>>
> this is how I did it sink:down to trap over to " t " spliced
> into washer drain at a level just below sink bottom



Posted by David Martel on February 17, 2007, 6:41 pm


g,

I'm not clear on what you mean when you write " the top of the lowest
point I can make the drain intake". The washer should go to pipe which has a
trap. Is your sink lower than this trap?

Dave M.



Posted by on February 18, 2007, 12:55 pm


> g,
>
> I'm not clear on what you mean when you write " the top of the lowest
> point I can make the drain intake". The washer should go to pipe which has a
> trap. Is your sink lower than this trap?
>
> Dave M.

Yes it is and I cannot raise the sink on a platform since my wife is
short and woud not be able to reach the bottome of the sink.



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