How long can a drain hose be made for a washing machine?

The washing machine is a faithful assistant to any modern housewife. Without it it is impossible to imagine a single apartment! Well, this state of affairs is quite understandable, since the washing, which several days ago took sometimes all weekend, now takes women not more than a couple of minutes of time: you just need to load dirty laundry into the car, and then pull it out and hang it.

But sometimes there is a situation where the drain hose for the washing machine simply does not reach the right place. Especially often with this situation you have to face when moving, when the configuration of the bathroom in a new place does not match the one in the old apartment.

Can I extend the sink?

Of course, in this situation, the very first thought arises that a drain hose would have been nice to somehow increase ... Is this permissible?

Yes, the manufacturers themselves in the applications note that if necessary, you can increase the length of the drain. However, while they strictly warn that the length of the nozzle should not exceed 100% of the length of the "native" hose. As a rule, in the total amount it turns out something about three meters.

Some exceptions

There are situations where a drain hose for a washing machine, even three meters long, does not reach the toilet, sink or shower. It is necessary to increase it to the limit values. What kind of "allowances" are allowed here?

The masters say that the Zanussi washing machines have enough power to pump dirty water up to eight meters without special problems. In general, most of the brands distributed on our market can easily cope with the length of up to 4.5 meters. So the connection of the drain hose of the washing machine can be performed without any fear.

Remarks

Note that to get involved in elongation without unnecessary for that need is not worth it. If your car breaks down, and the master who comes on call sees an extension cord, then surely you will be denied warranty repair.

In addition, if you greatly extend the drain hose for the washing machine, and when it drains it produces some strange grunting and simply strained sounds, you will have to shorten the sink. However, not everything is so bad: sometimes the power of the pump is not enough because the diameter of the nozzle is too small.

In addition, in the extension segment, in no case should there be any kinks, due to which the load on the pump is sharply increased.

How to do it?

After talking about some of the nuances of the process, it would be ridiculous not to tell how all this is done. First of all, you will need an extension hose, the diameter of which must fully correspond to the one for the machine attached.

A new drain hose for the washing machine is connected to the old one using a special adapter. For reliability, it is tightened with clamps. All this can be purchased in shops for household appliances or pick up trimming water pipes of suitable diameter, and clamps to buy in the garage.

Note that the extension hose of the washing machine must not be raised to a height of more than a meter, since otherwise the load on the pump may be too high.