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Posted by on March 14, 2007, 11:57 pm
No, this is new construction and there is no provision for a drain pan at
the moment. I am trying to decide hoe to install it.
>On Wed, 14 Mar 2007 15:51:16 -0400, NoSpam99989@aol.com wrote:
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>>I need to install a wash machine drain pan. The drain will not be tied
>>into the waste water system because the water would evaporate from the trap
>>and allow sewer gas to enter the home.
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>You're saying you have a trap now, that works and.... you meant to
>say the water would evaporate from the planned drain *PAN*, right?
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>> I also have no drain in the house I
>>can allow the pan's drain line to empty into.
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>>Thus, it seems the drain line needs to go directly outside and end
>>somewhere where it will be noticed if water is flowing out of it. The
>>problem is I don't want to create a lot of cold air flow into the house
>>through this drain.
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>>I'm sure there must be good solutions to this, but I have no idea what they
>>are.
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>I wish I could help. When I lived in an apartment, I had a scatter
>brain roommate, Bobbi, and I told her that she couldn't use the
>washing machine unless she stayed in the kitchen the entire time. Of
>course she left the kitchen and the Whirlpool washing machine
>overflowed. But what is strange is that this was the only time in 4
>years that it overflowed. I don't know why I thought there was a
>risk, or how she made it happen.
>
>But not enough water to leak downstairs.
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>She also dropped the oven shelf on the vinyl kitchen chair, leaving
>parallel burn marks; got indelible eye makeup all over the white sheet
>I lent her; rented an apartment on Sutton Place that she couldn't
>afford and gave a cash deposit without getting a receipt; and borrowed
>the bunny-mother's keyring to get into a closet, then left with all
>her keys so she couldn't get her car out of the garage to go home.
>
>>Thanks for any help.
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