washing machine waste pipe

[Riley]

Deleted - apologies wrong thread

 

[CrazyFool]

Not sure why you haven’t gone with the pump option when we said the run was a bad idea

Not sure what you mean by pump option mate.

There were no advances to my last comment after I discovered there would be no notching involved and the perfectly placed standpipe outside so i thought that would be the way to do it.

I wanted the waste hose to connect directly to the outside standpipe but he decided to put a standpipe inside anyway, luckily no notching was required.

what remedial work do I need to carry out to make this work?
In theory the slope is perfect, if I shove the waste hose deep enough into the "standpipe" will the waste water be pumped straight out where I want it to?
From the physics perspective I can't see any need for the water to want to regurgitate upwards as the system is adequately vented with the right slopes.

Cheers again

 

[Riley]

And how long is the run

 

[Riley]

We need pictures

 

[CrazyFool]

The run between "standpipe" and outside main drain is about 3 meters.
From what I can tell the slope is sound.
The only issue is that the "standpipe" is level with the floor.

Cheers

 

[Riley]

So the plumber left it under the floorboards rather than giving you a tall pipe to plug your waste into? that doesn’t make any sense there’s more to this. Is this going on a cupboard that’s not been built yet or something? Why would he not just bring a pipe up and attach a suitable upstand? Do you have any sort of trap under the floor to prevent smells coming back?? If he’s done it wrong and it wasn’t what you were expecting get him back. But make sure you’re in this time to tell him what specifically you want

 

[CrazyFool]

Thanks for the reply buddy.

According to the wife, there was an upstand, but it was meant to be installed flush against the wall next to the white cold water feed.

The way he has positioned the upstand means that I won't be able to fit the washer in as the washer would have to be directly above the upstand. (Theres no space to fit it after the upstand)

The plumbers solution was to take the upstand out, raise the washing machine on legs and insert the flexible waste hose coming out of the washer directly into the hole in the floor.

I have no idea if he has fitted a trap without ripping the floor out :S

 

[Riley]

Simple answer is mate get them back you may not have a trap and additionally you are never going to know if it backflows and is overflowing under floorboards