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Washing machine drain pan installation NoSpam99989 03-14-2007
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Posted by on March 14, 2007, 3:51 pm


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. I also have no drain in the house I
can allow the pan's drain line to empty into.

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.

I'm sure there must be good solutions to this, but I have no idea what they
are.

Thanks for any help.

Posted by Charles Schuler on March 14, 2007, 4:05 pm



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Posted by on March 17, 2007, 2:02 pm


@aol.com says...
> A washing machine drain pan drain pipe normally does not have any water
> flowing through it. Items connected to the household waste drain system
> then it must have a trap to prevent sewer gas from entering the home. In
> the case of the drain pan, a trap will not function because the water in
> the trap will eventually evaporate and sewer gas will come into the home.
>
> Another option is just to drain to daylight. This will admit a steady
> stream of cold (or hot) air into the house. (This method does have the
> advantage of alowing the drain to be located so that any water flow will be
> noticed.)
>
> What is a solution that solves both of these issues?


Figure out some other fixture that can use a common trap with the drain
pan. I've seen one installation where the drain pan used the same trap
as the washing machine's standpipe, but some plubming codes won't allow
a laundry trap below floor level, so then you'd have to elevate your
drain pan above the trap.



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Posted by mm on March 14, 2007, 7:30 pm


On Wed, 14 Mar 2007 15:51:16 -0400, NoSpam99989@aol.com wrote:

>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.

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?

> I also have no drain in the house I
>can allow the pan's drain line to empty into.
>
>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.
>
>I'm sure there must be good solutions to this, but I have no idea what they
>are.

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.

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.


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:
>
>>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.
>
>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?
>
>> I also have no drain in the house I
>>can allow the pan's drain line to empty into.
>>
>>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.
>>
>>I'm sure there must be good solutions to this, but I have no idea what they
>>are.
>
>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.
>
>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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