Hi

I bought this ikea mini kitchen, which i'd like to setup on my patio:
[www.ikea.com]

i want to install a drain and connect that to a garden hose, which i can then run down a hill in my yard to an area which is good for grey water.

does anyone know a standard drain fitting to which i can then connect a garden hose?
can you send links to products that i can buy?

Thanks!

The gravity flow rate will not be very high, compared to a normal drain. Attach a standard sink drain basket and a stubby tailpiece to the sink. Glue the bushing into the trap adapter and screw in the brass garden hose thread adapter. The trap adapter will tighten to the tailpiece.

i would set it up to run a 1 1/2 inch sump pump hose.
this would be much easier and much less troublesome.
a rubber coupling will attach the hose adapter to the strainer threads.

Draining a sink to a 5/8" garden hose. What could possibly go wrong? (please don't come back and say, "My hose is 3/4 inch!" )

It might not be a good idea to encourage this. The collection of reduction fittings shown above is...nightmarish.



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The sump pump hose @packy posted looks good, thanks a lot! So with the rubber coupling this kind of sump hose connects directly to the sink drain?

Our patio is on a hill and we want the hose to run about 100-150' down the hill. I see sump pump kits like the one in this photo on amazon but they're only about 24' long. I also see a blue 100' backwash hose for swimming pools, would that work? Can we connect the flexible 24' sump hose to another 100' backwash hose using the same metal band?

(Also lastly @DaveMill sorry I actually don't know what could go wrong, could you please let me know? We've got no plumbing or other experience with anything like this!)

i wouldn't use a flat backwash hose. may be trouble..
just get a few 1 1/2 x 24 sump pump hose kits and put them together.
you will need some 1 1/2 inch insert couplings.
the male adapter that comes with the sump pump kit has the same size threads as the sink strainer does. so you can use a fernco rubber coupling to attach them together. then clamp the hose onto the adapter.
you'll need a few of these insert couplings.

>(Also lastly @DaveMill sorry I actually don't know what could go wrong,
>could you please let me know? We've got no plumbing or other experience
>with anything like this!)

Sink drains are required to be 1.25 or larger because, no matter how many rules you post and training sessions you run, your kids or guests or later residents of the home will put grease or food waste or hair down the drain which will quickly clog a 5/8" hose. In addition, hoses being flexible, they kink and get crushed by just few pounds of force. Drains are required to be solid (non-flexible) material to prevent this. Finally, 150' is a very long run. Even with a pump, you will probably end up needing to maintain that ribbed hose every few years. I know I need to maintain my 1.25 inch sump pump hose every 3-4 years, and it is only 25 feet long!



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