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Howardw (MD)
Hi everyone,
My grandmother is 95 years old and she is having trouble with her knees and going down and up the stairs to the washer and dryer. She lives in a ranch style with a finished basement with utility room for washer/dryer/hvac.
I would like to move her machines upstairs just off the kitchen and have no problem with the dryer vent.
The big issue is providing a drain for the washer. Would this possibly be a big expense and involve tearing into the ceiling of the basement or the kitchen floor?
If the washer is on the same wall as the kitchen sink, can the drain be linked to the kitchen drain? Or would it need a dedicated drain?
Howard
Gaithersburg, MD
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hj (AZ)
The only way to answer your questions would be to be there and actually see the installation.
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wetordry (AZ)
You can most likely do it connecting to the kitchen sink drain line if that drain line is going straight down to the basement inside the wall (vertical no horizontal) and you comply with standards. Connect below the kitchen sink drain vent tee inside the wall and 1+1/2" min. drain pipe already there. Make sure the standpipe height is higher than the washers tub line etc.
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steve (CA)
Are you allowed to use 1½" for a washer drain?
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m & m (MD)
The washer cannot share the same branch as a kitchen sink under MD code, but it is permissible with other fixtures.
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wetordry (AZ)
There's your answer Howard. since you'll have to run a new separate drain make it 2"
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Author:
packy (MA)
is this temporary or permanent?
if it is temporary it doesn't make much difference what you do..
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hj (AZ)
You can "USE" whatever you want to as long as it is not inspected, but it would not be one of your best ideas if you did.
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hj (AZ)
quote; if it is temporary it doesn't make much difference what you do..
It doesn't make much difference what you do if it is not being inspected, either.
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Author:
bernabeu (SC)
Howard,
why would YOU waste your time in a vain attempt to save a few bucks?
DO IT RIGHT (the $ itself indicates that you don't know how)
GET A BUILDING PERMIT (if for no other reason than insurance issues)
'should' you botch the job it will have to be done again anyway (at higher cost since there will be the need to 'tear out' the mistakes)
with admiration for your attempt to help
john
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"Measure Twice & Cut Once" - Retired U.A. Local 1 & 638
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