I have a water outlet for a washer in my new house but the idiots who installed it didn't put a trap in there to prevent sewer gas. (wasn't able to discover it until a year after i bought the house and got a washer). Is there any way, other than ripping out the walls to redo the pipes, to put some sort of trap ?
Thanks!
2007-10-04 08:03:01 · 5 answers · asked by bagelboy8 1 in Home & Garden ➔ Maintenance & Repairs
if you can find a convenient place to do it put one in. however if you can't you could put a "t" on the end of the plastic pipe reduce the part that comes out at you so that you can hose clamp the washer dishcharge right to the pvc. then use a cheater vent on the top part of the t. (a cheater vent is a device that fits in the end of the pvc pipe and has a rubber flap in it it will allow air in but not out. they use them in kitchen islands that have sinks, but no where to vent)
2007-10-04 08:14:44 · answer #1 · answered by Jon F 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The easiest thing to do would be to put an L elbow where it comes out of the wall, then have a trap running parallel to the wall. You would have the washer maybe 1 foot to the left of the hole in the wall. You could probably have the trap pointed straight out of the wall, but there would be a 1.5 foot gap between washer and wall.
You could also just forgo the trap altogether and install a valve. Just turn the valve open every time you do the wash.
Another thing, which would be even weirder, would be to take the metal cover off the washer and install the trap inside it the washer itself. I bet there would be plenty of room inside the washer to install a trap as long as you used really flexible pipe to lead into and out of the trap.
2007-10-04 15:07:09 · answer #2 · answered by Eleanor Roosevelt 4 · 0⤊ 3⤋
Can you raise the utility sink for the washer? If so you might gain enough room to get a trap under it. If not, sorry,looks like it's hammer time! Good luck!. ;-)=
2007-10-04 15:13:22 · answer #3 · answered by Jcontrols 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Can you get to it from the basement? It might be easier to do it there than inside the wall. Otherwise, you may have to cut through the drywall to get to it. It's not impossible to fix it this way, just a little messy.
2007-10-04 15:08:18 · answer #4 · answered by Ralfcoder 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
got a basement,check,there,crawlspace ?check there
2007-10-04 16:53:19 · answer #5 · answered by tom the plumber 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋