MOVED HOUSE-WASHING MACHINE HELP

[rachelb94]

Hello, 

I am moving house and I'll be honest have never installed a washing machine before! In my new house it looks as though there is a big grey pipe which I think would be the waste pipe. When I look at my current washing machine it has a much smaller grey waste pipe which runs under the sink and connects to the pipes under there. My question is-how do connect my small waste pipe to the larger one at my new home? Thank you

[Whitegoodshelp (Andy)]

Hi. You just push the smaller pipe down the pipe. However, you should only push it about 5 inches down and you need the small plastic shepherds crook on the end of the drain hose to stop the hose falling out. 

[Whitegoodshelp (Andy)]

If you don't know what I mean by the Shepherd's crook, look at the picture here - WASHING MACHINE DRAIN HOSE

The drain hose end should be inserted into the plastic part so that it forces the drain hose into a shepherd's crook. I would have about 4 inches of the end of the drain hose sticking out. That 4 or 5 inches is pushed into the grey plastic standpipe.

[Whitegoodshelp (Andy)]

There is a very crude drawing that I did showing the drain hose pushing into a standpipe, and also a photo of the shepherds crook on this page - Washing machine fills and drains at the same time