Standpipe Plumbing Laundry
Laundry room plumbing
Hoses, valves and one standpipe. They live behind a machine nobody moves.
The other rooms
Jobs in the laundry
Washer hoses and valves
Rubber hoses split with age. We replace them with braided lines and test both valves, because a valve nobody has turned in years often will not turn. The full page
Washer drain backing up the standpipe
The vertical pipe behind the washer is the standpipe. When it overflows, the clog is below it. We clear it and check the box on the wall. The full page
Wet wall behind the machine
A damp wall or a soft floor behind the washer usually means a valve or a box leaking slowly. We trace it before we open anything. The full page
Room 3
What we look at first
- Both supply hoses and their valves
- The standpipe and the drain box
- The wall and floor behind the machine
- The pan under the machine, if there is one
- Washer pulled out, both hoses replaced with braided lines
- Standpipe cleared, tested with a full drain cycle
- Hot valve seized, replaced
- Extra found, not done: wall behind the machine is damp. $0.00 until you say yes.
Questions
Short answers
How often should washer hoses be replaced?
Many people change them every five years or so. A hose that is bulging, or crusty at the nut, is worth changing now.
Why does my laundry drain smell?
A dry trap or a partial clog in the standpipe. A person has to look.
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Tell us what is going on
A person reads every request and replies with a time. If water is coming in right now, call.