WASHING MACHINE WASTE - Plumbing Tips

This video will tell you how to install a washing machine waste. From drilling a massive hole through the wall to glueing up the PVC solvent weld fitting and creating a water tight seal.
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[@OldRaver]

Whenever someone tells me 'of course 'you' can't do that, a plumber would have to', I instantly think 'Doesn't look too hard!' And that is probably why I have flooded inside my kitchen cupboards and my patio today 😂😂😂😂😂 Currently fighting the urge to go buy Rothenburger pipe cutters and a big old diamond bit!!! (Plumbers are hard to find around here at short notice, and I need some clean pants!!) 😂😂

[@BritishBoy1971]

That drilling through the wall reminded me of my weekend up London with my old mate, Basil. 😉 You are a diamond geezer James, thanks for another great video! 👍

[@rishahid]

Plumberparts mate, what I like about videos is you work in a more realistic way rather ideal. Great job !

[@jvaldeuxo]

Thanx man. I had an existing waste set up in my new/very old house. The water was constantly backing up during the rinse and spin cycles and I'd have to shop vac it all up. After watching your video I realized it was because the waste pipe was only 30 inches off the ground. Thanx for your help! It's working great now.

[@MK..1558]

Very helpful. Thank you so much for this video Well explained and straight to the point

[@wolflair3329]

Well your vid did the trick and saved me a small fortune haha cheers PP

[@Telthecelt]

That was really useful and entertaining. We had a huge flood tonight from the washing machine drain. Looks like the guy who did the job didn't have a long enough upright piece so had joined a couple of bits together with a joining piece. Some bonding material that hasn't lasted has given way and it's leaked water all over the room.Seems to have been leaking a wee while unseen already for weeks maybe. My job tomorrow is to re-do that myself. Might even have bits in the loft, otherwise, it's 'You Can Do It If...' Subscribed in case I get into soapy bubble...

[@PrinceBarin77]

This guy :) Best on the net. Thanks dude, super helpful.

[@hollyhawk8682]

Great video mate... hope you do a load more!

[@naida6958]

Will try it thankyou for a great video x

[@thirunavookarasuonthriar9020]

Good video, you made it look so easy. Now I got a better idea of what to do.Thanks.

[@plumberparts]

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[@nikc888]

Loving those cutters

[@taritastic1]

Top man!!!! love watching your videos! great help appreciate the time you take out to help others...!!! Legend!!!

[@plumberparts]

Cheers mate! No worries!

[@jacobitejake]

Couldn't agree more!

[@plumberparts]

Cheers guys!

[@diykhan]

Great stuff 👏

[@dermotdonnelly5495]

Great video. I never apply the solvent cement to the waste fittings on the outside. If there is a blockage later it makes it so much easier to clear if you can partially dismantle the pipes. If there is a slight leak on the outside so what?

[@TheDickPuller]

Same here in Scotland mate, most of our modern houses are 'Timer Frame' build with CLS, but with all the insulation Stud Finders are crap, just cut a hole in the Plasterboard/Sheetrock first & have a poke inside before you start drilling.............Job Done!!

[@CurvedSlightly]

Diamond core bits work by mezmerizing the molecules of the wall with the prettiness of their shininess, It's true, I readed it on wikipedia.

[@Telthecelt]

Haha! Like it. Always go by social media advice and Wiki! :)

[@Briizzie]

Hi James, Thanks for all the great videos I find them so helpful. If only to see how someone else does things. I am plumbing in South Africa. I have a client who has both dishwasher and washing machine outlets that meet in the wall (by a T instead of a Y). This set up has worked for years but now the new tenant says that after 3 months the dishwasher outlet over flows when the washing is used. This just happened all of a sudden. I have tried blasting the line out with a garden hose and I can even open the washing machine pipe directly down the waste to around 60/70% of opening the valve but when the washing machine runs it floods the kitchen. Can you advise anything else? I really don't want to break open the walls to put a new Y piece in but I will if I have to. Cheers for now Brian

[@jamed2017]

I compromised in the end with Dewalt 14.4v XRs. Happy with my choice.

[@mardiahmusa4035]

Amazing driller

[@SundayLunch]

Class thanks

[@101nagen]

well done you can spell. I hope I helped in making you feel that little bit better today

[@rockenrilijus]

He actually said centimetres 👍

[@dilligaf2386]

Great video bud. I've put a washing in my garage next to my boiler can I put the washing machine waste into the 42mm waste pip that my small condensate pipe from my boiler goes into to save me drilling another hole in the wall ?????

[@taitlawrence]

Is there a max distance you can run the 40mm between the trap on the stand pipe and where you connect into the waste as it's pumped from the WM?

[@alexlancaster7681]

Do you glue the fitting also because I have been told to glue the end of the pipe and the fitting it's self?

[@sharonburns6595]

39 inches north a must from the drain located on the back of the washer where the flexible drain pipe connects.

[@Angel_268]

Great video how do you still up around the hole where the pip comes out of the wall

[@temujinkhan6326]

Plumbers are people too what they can do we not plumbers can learn. What I do know is that plumbers, electricians like car repair shops think we are all stupid and cant figure anything out ourselves.

[@SurinderSingh-mu2oj]

Just that a person doing same things years over years in a locality can do things in fraction of time and can procure right tools and materials from right places. Sure everyone started as novice some day.

[@99dosanjh21]

When drilling using the core set for example when coring for a combi boiler flue terminal, would it be the same principle. Hammer first then when the diamond has reached the wall take it off?

[@mej974]

Hi mate, do you repair boilers?? Just a basic breakdown with fault finding logic sequence video would be useful. Regards James

[@brokenswisswatch]

Hi! Love watching the vids top quality entertainment! Question, I have done pretty much the same thing but I'm getting funky smells everytime the washer pump runs. Is there a connection I can use instead of just putting the washer waste hose in the pipe? Cheers

[@Telthecelt]

Just wondering if you definitely have a water trap at the bottom of the pipe.

[@telx2010]

Top tip: When core drilling use a decent drill that has a clutch. I learnt this the hard way after turning into a cartoon character when the core bit snagged.

[@Telthecelt]

This did literally have me laughing out loud!

[@CurvedSlightly]

Dude! I want a core drill that big too! Don't know why, but I do!

[@delkershaw3275]

typical plumber , half a job ( trust me i will finish off the job lol ) only kidding mate

[@fixedoddsbetting]

I couldn't find pipe shears in the Amazon store. Only a plastic pipe cutter that was discontinued. Heads up for you. Hold tight!

[@Jbooth96]

Does the flexy washer pipe need to go into an open pipe? Or can it be connected to a hose connector onto the end of the waste pipe inside??

[@1603alibaba]

Hello, I am going to plumb a washing machine into an outhouse . The nearest drainage is at the back of the house about 4 feet away from the machine across pathway from the outhouse . I obviously need to run the waste pipe up and across to the house then down to the drain . I am concerned that the machine will not have enough pumping power to move the waste water up , across to house and then down and may run back choking the machine up . Any help here would be great . Great video by the way . Regards Alastair

[@spelunkerd]

Here in North America our inside walls are made with 2X4 or 2X6 studs, often with hidden wires and piping inside. So, on this side of the water I would use a stud finder and make a small hole first, to be sure I wasn't drilling into a wire that could easily be pushed aside. It's interesting to see that your waste water goes into an outside storm drain -- I've never seen that before.

[@melissamilligan]

Illegal here I think in the states in most jurisdictions

[@iwantagoodnameplease]

Very few places in the UK have separate storm and sewer drainage. A lot of the sewer systems exist from before civilisation figured out it was a good idea to keep those separate.

[@fireblade8905]

Subscribed to you

[@markyp29]

Can the standpipe be fitted behind the adjacent base unit? I don't have enough room behind the washing machine.

[@esergungor114]

Hi Mate, i have a quick question, we are building a new house,i have a question about washing machine drain.can we run the draining pipe in the floor? There will be bathroom sink across the corridor, it will connected to the sink waste via piping under floor? Is that possible? thx

[@SurinderSingh-mu2oj]

Is it okay to lift machine drain pipe above the machine drain outlet(where drain pipe connects)? Unless there is pump for drain this will not work. Why cannt it be drained at level lower

[@vitalicatlakss378]

Hi. That is the video I was looking for to prove my meneger that it's possible. He's concerne was about the frost. Could someone tell if there's any rool or regulations for putting pipes outside and how the frost can affect the waste pipe.

[@ianmackay17]

What tool did you use to drill through wall please

[@markpaul1154]

Old video, but make sure the gulley is a waste water gulley. properties built after 1995 usually have a separate waste water system and run off system for gutters etc. Banal, probably, but is a £50,000 fine if you get it wrong.

[@DWAIN61]

I haven't got a core drill. I'm thinking of doing a ring of 12mm holes and chiseling the rest, then filling with mortar, not that pretty but effective.

[@kennethcooper2000]

How would you connect washing machine waste into a septic tank from the separate garage?

[@CJUrbex]

im not sure if dishwashers are different? but i cant have my waste pipe from the dishwasher going straight up as the water just gets backed up and the machines floods out and turns off so ive had to get rid of the up pipe and U bend and plum it straight into the waste pipe which is on the same level so the water dosent have to travel upwards

[@jackhopkins9618]

I have a little bit of a query. Im a landscaper, and Im about to do a patio for someone. Basically, the patio is the lowest part of the garden, and is next to the house, so the furthest edge has a retaining wall, I am therefore falling the patio towards the house with an aco drainage system against the house as the client also wants no step from their rear sliding doors, so in order to be that high up on the damp course, an aco is definitley needed. However, against the house there is a waste pipe from the kitchen like in your video. Is there a way around this? Would i be able to take the pipe apart, drill a hole through the aco, then re connect the waste pipe so as it directs straight through the aco? then any rain water passing through the aco would just pass around the kitchen waste pipe? if that makes any sense what so ever?

[@TheBreaster]

Is the small trap on the inside wall necessary and if so what's the purpose of it as have seen lots just elbowed straight out with no trap ? Great videos Thanks

[@xxwookey]

Yes, it stops lots of air getting in through the big hole you made in the wall. (And beasties and smells).

[@PrimalMiltos]

It drains freely outside, do you still need a trap inside?

[@BasicPoke]

Thanks for the video. I want to stop running the washer into the septic. Problem is the washer is about 15 feet from the outside wall. Only place to run a pipe is thru the 4" drier vent. Any ideas?

[@plumberparts]

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[@javierulloa9907]

The drenage pine of a washer can be install into a drenage toilet

[@wulliebhoy5015]

Ive just discovered my washing machine waste water runs into a soak away in the garden thats now blocked and filling up....any ideas or help please, not long moved in and its a nightmare....theres no drain that i can see to divert the water

[@dn11aquatics]

Can your outside waste pipe run uphill??

[@paidoluca]

What you did with the external tap? it's to avoid to get frozen? Do you have a video explaining about that protection?

[@xxwookey]

Yes. It's just insulation around the pipe to the external tap.

[@CurvedSlightly]

Those clips look increds, where are they off?

[@jumpinjedi123]

my washing machine drains into a underground dry well. I have a panty hose over the pipe that the washing machine pipe flows into, rubber band it on, to catch the lint etc. so it does not clogged up my "home made", barrels, dry well. but the water keeps coming out of the top. what am I doing wrong. I used to change the panty hose, once a week, but it keeps over flowing even if I change it. there are no videos showing open plumbing pipes from washer to outside down in the ground to barrels or whatever. is it because there is a vacumm of some kind and that's why it doesn't go down.....

[@iandouglas451]

yes that's helpful - i guess you are in australia? where i am in the uk is a chalk area so drain pipes get clogged, my worry is therefore keeping a system like that clear, i notice there are no rodding eyes, that would be a must for me otherwise it would pretty much have to come apart to clear.

[@plumberparts]

Mate! Everyone thinks I'm an Aussie! It's because I'm from Cambridge area UK and play loads of cricket! Generally in the UK even in a heavy limescale area this system is fine. Cheers mate! SUBSCRIBE! ➡️👉 kzbin.info ➡️👉FOLLOW US ON TWITTER 🐤👉 twitter.com/plumberparts 👈🐤

[@iandouglas451]

OK apologies - can you say, do dishwashers emit less sludge than washing machines please?

[@SC-vi4xi]

My Dishwaher and Washing machine are together in the Utility Room away from the sink, do I use 2 pipes and 2 holes through the wall or is there an easier way that I only need 1 pipe through the wall?

[@xxwookey]

Yes, connect them both together (T-piece) before going through the wall. Minimising number of holes in the walls is good. Less work, looks neater on outside and improves thermal efficiency (each pipe hole is a thermal bridge and potential airtightness gap).

[@SP330Y]

@plumberparts I have a nightmare of a job to do, fitting a dishwasher in, here's the story. Where it goes under the kitchen worktop, the dishwasher wont fit flush back against the wall as at the bottom of the wall is the rising main stop cok tap and that sticks out right into the back of the dishwasher, then the existing drainage is plumbed into the 4 inch down pipe from the toilet and that protrudes that much this is also stopping the dishwasher from fitting flush, more yet.... aswell as that the 2 flexi pipes that connect from the rising main and hot water that link to the sink are in the way. I have to move the stop cock or turn it around (and its ceased) move the 2 pipes to the sink taps supply, relocate totally the drainage to another location, and the outside drain is 3 metres away around a corner!! Quite a big job all this just so the dishwasher will fit flush under the counter

[@OldRaver]

SP330Y be easier to get wider counters 😂😂😂😂

[@SP330Y]

The jobs done now,i replumed everything,moved the stop cock etc and re routed a new drainage pipe to a different place and blanked off the old drainage connection,its great now

[@Telthecelt]

@@SP330Y A sense of achievement when it all works.

[@barryroberts6470]

Do you need that trap for the washing machine waste water? I can understand having one for the sink etc because of sewer fumes, but why the washing machine? Thanks. Barry.

[@picdriver]

A year on & not being a plumber...but I can think of another reason to have a water trap....without one you have a massive hole leading into your house via pipes...the water in the trap may act like a barrier to stop unwanted pests crawling into your kitchen...& maybe also stop draughts etc. Having said that..I've seen pipes with traps for sale where the washing machine hose attaches directly to the top of it...such as you would when connecting to your kitchen sink outlet.

[@xxwookey]

@@picdriver Correct. Without the trap the pipe is a great big hole to outside letting a lot of cold air in (and bugs, smells, noxious gases).

[@mondayschild3493]

I was thinking maybe brown or black waste pipe so it blends into wall better, rather than white and making a feature out of it.

[@jeanninef.5778]

I live in the great northeast. Our temps could drop below feezing during winter months. How do I plumb this outside so it doesn't freeze?

[@stuartmurphy9242]

The internal width of the pipe plus the temperature of the water as it is pumped from the machine should more than suffice in anything other than a blizzard

[@fightermma]

Some of the drainage pipe is missing so water goes on the garden not directly into the drain. The distance from the missing part of the pipe to the drain is not far so would only need a bit of pipe. What pipe do I need to get? Do I have to make some measurement on the pipe to help me get the right size pipe? Would I need a joint to connect the new pipe to the old one? Thanks.

[@plumberparts]

+Gorilla Strength Hi there. You'll need to measure and buy a coupling to join them. PP!

[@rumanuddin2282]

What size is the core bit?

[@simondavis5382]

No cover plates?

[@mmack3286]

Why would there be a need for a trap for the washing machine when the outside gully has a trap already? Is it just good practice? Cheers

[@tomclark2602]

+m Mack To stop the smell coming back out.

[@xxwookey]

Without it the pipe is a great big hole in your house letting cold air in/hot air out, plus access for bugs, smells etc.

[@jorgevela7673]

Why do you need a trap if is going it to a floor drain outside the home?

[@monkeydan33]

Does it matter how far washing machine Pipe goes into waste pipe?

[@nsoper19]

should the hole around the waste pipe be sealed at the edges to prevent any draft?

[@frankyhernandez4038]

Nathan Soper use an escutcheon

[@xxwookey]

Yes. He should have put a gasket on the pipe. These 'roflex' gaskets from proclima work well: www.ecologicalbuildingsystems.com/UK/Products/Product-Detail/pro-clima-ROFLEX-pipe-grommets Or at the very least builders foam. Bloody plumbers ruining your airtightness are the cause of massive amounts of heat-loss and unpleasant draughts.

[@Telthecelt]

@@xxwookey I think he did say he would put silicon around the pipe.

[@Telthecelt]

Didn't he say that silicon would be used for that?

[@mrqwerty123456]

Does it matter what height the waste of the washing machine hose is?

[@plumberparts]

Yes. Keep it no higher than the height on the washing machine itself as a rule! SUBSCRIBE! ➡️👉 kzbin.info 👈⬅️ IF YOU HAVEN'T ALREADY! 😎

[@markm2277]

mrqwerty123456 as high as possible right?? Same as the dishwasher.

[@johnbarnes4420]

Minimum height of waste should be 27 inches

[@johnbarnes4420]

Ideally if possible the washing machine waste should be connected to a washing machines trap on the sink outlet if the waste blocks up on a upstand trap it floods onto the floor when connected to the sink washing machine trap if the waste blocks the water comes up into the bowl and avoids a flood

[@johnbarnes4420]

Use waste bends and not elbows less chance of a blockage

[@TheDickPuller]

Now you have!!................LOL!!!!

[@jackfordmac]

Does it have to go out the wall? Can't it be connected the the same waste as the tap water? Thanks

[@OldRaver]

You need to get proper advice... but be warned, I just found out the guy who renovated my house did an utter bodge on the drainage, and I am now possibly going to have to have new drains laid (and my new patio and lawn dug up!) Sink/washing machine and dishwasher waste share the drain my gutters use. I need to somehow find out where this water goes to, because there is a chance it is polluting local rivers!!! (It's currently just gushing all over my patio because the drains are blocked and dodgy drainage guy charged me £250 for spending 1.5 hours not unblocking them!' Instead he gave me a £3k quote to dig up my patio and lawn and lay new drains direct into the drain at the bottom of my garden!!!) I'm still checking to see if this is a dodgy drains bloke trying to fleece me (single woman!) , but there is some truth in it. You are not allowed to have waste sink/washing machine/dishwasher/bathwater sharing drains from gutter downpipes because rainwater goes into rivers and streams untreated, whereas dirty washing up/washing mc laundry has to go to be treated. Lots of houses are misconnected (by cowboys and enthusiastic amateurs who don't know better!) www.whitegoodshelp.co.uk/dont-misconnect-your-washing-machine-or-dishwasher-to-the-plumbing/

[@AshioBashio]

My current washing machine waste is connected to the sink waste and the smell that comes up out of the sink when the washing machine is on is rank. Never had this in my previous house where there was a seperate waste pipe like in this vid. I am going to install a seperate one now

[@101nagen]

If it was "renderd" out side then I would imagine he would only drill a pilot hole the core from both sides.

[@babooll5632]

So you don't locate wall studs first ?

[@ktmidol]

hi can i use 32 mm pipe instead of 40mm? thanks

[@xxwookey]

Not for a washing machine in the UK, no. Approved Document H specifies 40mm for washing machines (which isn't the law, but it's best followed to avoid arguments with building control). I guess 32 may work in practice with modern low-volume washing machines if they don;t pump the water out too fast. But definitely poor form.

[@jamed2017]

How do you find the 10.8v makitas mate?

[@bigdocus]

Just wondering, why do you need the P trap if the waste doesn't connect to the sewer?

[@wenzenuf221]

Not needed.

[@olliec1319]

@@wenzenuf221 I didn't think so. Then why did he put one in this install?

[@booboo986]

Should of extended the external pipe into the gulley more IMO. Too mucho splashing otherwise, I would of thought.

[@Telthecelt]

He said he was going to fit a 45 degree piece later but didn't have it to hand.

[@liammillichamp]

Can you put dish washer and washing machine that are both next to each other in 1 waste pipe??

[@BestUserNameUK]

Yes. Buy a McAlpine SSK2 waste.

[@liammillichamp]

@@BestUserNameUK thank you

[@BestUserNameUK]

@@liammillichamp You're welcome👍🏻

[@TheDickPuller]

Jaz, one question mate; when you getting your lovely bird to get her kit off for all the boys?? Or she could do something for Youporn & you could ping up the link?? Oh one more thing son; when you doing a video on Central Heating powerflushing, we all need a good laff!! Catch ye!!

[@leekavery]

Alright? Can the washer waste pipe go into a toilet waste downpipe if theres no drain like in this video?

[@xxwookey]

Yes. And so long as it's less than 2m between trap and soil pipe away its quite simple. If it's longer than that read approved document H.

[@debbiereynolds1950]

How much does that cost please

[@MegaDyte]

Just use a long guide drill and when it pops through finish from the other side its not rocket science

[@ogdoad4]

what kind of drill is that you're using? I like the way you opened it up out the case like an assassin or something lol

[@cactoosdh0]

I just love your "british standards"(!) all nice pipes and holes visible outside your house , amazing(!) shapes in different colors looking almost like bloody modern art, but more like s-h-it :)

[@psfgtech]

I thought it should be 4 in piping in US! Code Standards

[@helvettefaensatan]

If Colin Furze stayed a plumber.

[@Ibnjamal645]

how come you went from the inside ?

[@tomclark2602]

so he knew where the hole wanted to be lol

[@naseemnas4649]

How much would it cost to do this 👍🏼

[@davidbillyard6629]

Naseem Nas Depends where you live.

[@travelcasper]

Can I use a 32mm waste pipe for this job?

[@justjustjoo]

yes.

[@xxwookey]

Not in the UK. Approved doc H says it must be 40mm, otherwise you get to argue with building regs. 32 may well work if your machine doesn't pump out to fast, but it's not kosher.

[@muranilife]

He said G-D...

[@remariodeer9677]

Ok

[@craftywrighty]

I believe your not suppose to run your waste washing machine water into the drain water gulley but it needs to go into your sewage drainage! Due to contaminating the local waterways. Can some one confirm please.

[@xxwookey]

That gully is the sewage, not the rainwater drain. It also has the kitchen sink pipe going into it. Or this house may have a combined system which takes both anyway. Quite common in parts of the UK.

[@Telthecelt]

@@xxwookey I see this system in my Welsh relatives' house, with a shower and kitchen sink drainage going into that kind of gully. A bit of an untidy system IMHO, but that's the way houses were built.

[@871mike]

why you put trap on this?lol

[@TheDickPuller]

Well, you're not called DaftDIYers for nothing son.