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gmum (IL)
My washing machine in the basement is lower than my drain.
I was going to buy a laundry pump in box system and use it with an AAV.
I realize now an AAV is not going to work for that application and going out the roof is not happening.
What other options (pumps?) are there?
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Wheelchair (IL)
I would consider an onsite evaluation by a licensed plumber. Two good reasons. You want the job done right the first time and you want it done per local plumbing code.
In the end, you will have peace of mind and a properly installed waste line for a laundry drain.
Best Wishes
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m & m (MD)
Install a laundry sink that accepts the discharge from the washer and then flows to a laundry pump system. The vent can simply rise above the rim of the sink and end with a return bend turned down.
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gmum (IL)
Hi- Your suggesting draining to an air gap (sink) and the pump box vent open to the room? I don't understand. Please explain further.... (I think your pulling my leg right?)
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SHEPLMBR70 (VA)
Install a deep laundry sink to have the washing machine drain into. The last house I lived in had this set up as well as several others. Then you could hook the laundry sink to a bucket style pump or one that hooks directly to it like the Hartell sink pump. But the bucket style would propably work better for this.
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But you still aren't suppose to use an AAV on them
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packy (MA)
you won't get any dangerous sewer gas if the pump tank is vented that way. the sewer gases are on the outlet side of the tank and it has a check valve in it.
might get a tiny smell of the tank water as the sink is draining.
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gmum (IL)
Venting in that manner (if its an acceptable practice a plumber would install) would be excellent!
However, Do you guys know of a certain pump/manufacture that can be vented in that manner as per their installation instructions.... I think the two pumps I was looking at... the Liberty 404 and a Zoeller type both were pretty specific that AAVs will not work and the vent must be a standard vent into the plumbing system....
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packy (MA)
no, an island vent does eventually tie back into a vent stack or go thru the roof.
this is just a plain old atmospheric vent with the atmosphere being in the basement.
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gmum (IL)
wow, if that legal that's exactly what I am looking for.... but I need to find a pump that allows that.... any ideas?
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JLNY (NY)
The pump pictured in the last post is a Liberty 404. Pipe it exactly as shown and you will have no problems at all.
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gmum (IL)
yeah the liberty 404 is the one I was going to buy until I read in the manual it cant use an AAV and needed a vent into the plumbing system.
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SHEPLMBR70 (VA)
All of them are pretty much going to be like that.
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Author:
gmum (IL)
in the photo it looks like they got a green ticket.
Would that candy cane vent pass an inspection for real?
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SHEPLMBR70 (VA)
Depends on jurisdiction. It may work on a laundry pump. Never did it so I have no idea.
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m & m (MD)
Check back in with us, we'd like to know how it worked out.
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