On Sat, 24 Dec 2005 03:44:21 GMT, Tony Hwang wrote:

wrote:
On 23 Dec 2005 09:16:54 -0800, "phaeton"
wrote:


1) put a trap in the PVC (it has none) and buy some beer
2) put some sort of one-way check valve in the PVC and buy some beer
3) duct tape or otherwise seal the hose into the PVC and buy some beer
4) buy some votive candles and beer.


5] Go to the hardware store and buy a small rubber thing made to seal
the laundry hose to the pipe. They are sold just for that purpose.
They are gray rubber-like material. They slip over the 1 1/2" PVC,
and the approx. 1 inch hose fits into it. There is a hose clamp on
both sides of it. Problem solved !!!


Hi,
That's stop gap solution. The drain should have P trap. I don't know why
it doesn't?
Tony

I do agree it SHOULD have a trap.
I'm wondering if it's a trailer home. Most of the older trailers did
NOT have traps. I lived in one, I did not have a trap on the washing
machine pipe, so I used one of those rubber devices. One day I was
working on the pipes under the tub and decided to add a trap since
that was the same set of pipes anyhow. I still kept that rubber (like
a Fernco) on there. At least if there is a sewer clog, the wash water
wont back up out of that pipe, and is most likely to back up into the
bathtub instead. (Much less mess).