Drain in floor for washing machine leads to basement ceiling
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05-26-16, 05:53 AM
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Drain in floor for washing machine leads to basement ceiling
The drain that is in the floor in case the washing machine leaks leads down to our basement and terminates at the ceiling. Therefore if it were to ever leak the water would just come down into the basement ceiling (in process of finishing the basement). Any ideas on what to do with this? This pipe is right against the wall that goes to the garage, it would be great to just pop it through and have it empty on the garage floor which would then run out to the driveway, but I am sure that is against code.
Only other idea is to have to run to an unfinished section of the basement.. then drill a hole through the basement floor and put in a check valve?
Only other idea is to have to run to an unfinished section of the basement.. then drill a hole through the basement floor and put in a check valve?
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05-26-16, 07:12 AM
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Others may know code which says otherwise but it seems to me this needs to connect to the sanitary sewer in your house.
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05-26-16, 08:13 AM
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House is on septic and this is just the drain they put in the floor in case the washing machine were to leak. Tieing it into the waste line would allow gases to enter the house when the trap dried up. Seeing this would only get used if the machine were to leak... (hopefully never) there would not be water entering the drain to keep the trap full.
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05-26-16, 10:44 AM
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Not sure about code but I would pipe it to the garage. A hole in the floor you would need a dry well under or no place for the water to go. Only thing I would do is put a screen over end to stop bugs.
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05-29-16, 06:29 PM
I agree, the drain pipe should drain outside or somewhere close to outside. If the garage is set up in a way to drain the water out, I don't see any issue with that. The overflow drain shouldn't drain into the sanitary sewer as you stated.
