LMHmedchem
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Hello,
I am looking to move a washer and dryer from an overcrowded first floor laundry to an open and unused basement space. The water supply lines are pex, so that part will be pretty easy. The issue will be with the drain.
The current drain is from the first floor and run across the basement ceiling to where it enters the stack about 6 feet off of the basement floor. There are no sub floor drains in the basement as far as I can tell. I suppose I could cut the concrete floor, lay a pipe, and break into the stack below floor level. I would need to check to see how far the stack goes below grade before making the turn into the main sewer outflow pipe. I'm not sure how much fall I would need in the pipe to get good drainage.
I was thinking of using something like a sewage-ejector system to get the drainage up to where the drain pipe currently is at ceiling level. I know that the washing machine already has a pump that it uses to drain the tub but I'm not sure that it is strong enough to function adequately on its own. I also don't want to burn out the pump prematurely. Most of the sewage-ejector systems I have looked at are far more expensive than buying a new stackable washing machine. Unless there are pump assist units that are in the $200 range, I don't see how that solution would work.
Suggestions would be appreciated.
LMHmedchem
I am looking to move a washer and dryer from an overcrowded first floor laundry to an open and unused basement space. The water supply lines are pex, so that part will be pretty easy. The issue will be with the drain.
The current drain is from the first floor and run across the basement ceiling to where it enters the stack about 6 feet off of the basement floor. There are no sub floor drains in the basement as far as I can tell. I suppose I could cut the concrete floor, lay a pipe, and break into the stack below floor level. I would need to check to see how far the stack goes below grade before making the turn into the main sewer outflow pipe. I'm not sure how much fall I would need in the pipe to get good drainage.
I was thinking of using something like a sewage-ejector system to get the drainage up to where the drain pipe currently is at ceiling level. I know that the washing machine already has a pump that it uses to drain the tub but I'm not sure that it is strong enough to function adequately on its own. I also don't want to burn out the pump prematurely. Most of the sewage-ejector systems I have looked at are far more expensive than buying a new stackable washing machine. Unless there are pump assist units that are in the $200 range, I don't see how that solution would work.
Suggestions would be appreciated.
LMHmedchem