washing machine direct to drain

yes, but theres an easy way to avoid it. Arrange the washer drain hose to go from the waste pipe down to the floor then up as high as near the top of the machine. It'll need taping to keep it in place, and the low bit will act as the missing water trap. Lift the pipe up before disconnecting it again

NT

On Mon, 1 Mar 2010 06:11:58 -0800 (PST) someone who may be sm_jamieson wrote this:-

What do you mean by the drain?

If you mean the vertical stack then possibly. It depends on the design of the machine, but you might arrange that the outlet hose bends to provide something of a trap. How are you going to fasten the spigot to the stack?

If you mean a 40mm pipe connected to the stack without a running trap then there fittings incorporating non return valves which the manufacturers claim will avoid the problem . You could fit a short stub of pipe to the stack and use one of these to connect to it.

Valves of any sort plus washing machine waste is a hopeless combination. They should work ok temporarily though.

NT

Brilliant thanks, now why didn't I think of that ! I clipped the hose into one of the hose clips attached to the back to form a loop, then off to the drain. Si.

Its a waste manifold near the bottom of the soil pipe. All BCO approved. I just love those manifolds !

Spigot is on a piece of 40mm pipe I've capped off and fitted into the waste manifold.