On 06/04/2010 09:48 PM, 2 door wrote:
"Nate wrote in message
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On 06/04/2010 08:30 PM, 2 door wrote:
"Harry wrote in message
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I would like to add a lint filter to the drain on my washing machine.
I've found a few but all state they are for use with drains running
into a laundry sink and NOT standpipe drains. My washing machine drain
hooks onto the top of a three foot high plastic pipe since there is no
sink in the area. Questions: why can't I use a mesh sock type screen
in this situation and is there anything designed specifically for this
type application?

Lint filter doesn't stay free of debris, guess what happens?

I'm also curious why you would want to filter waste water. Seems to me,
it
would be like wanting to filter toilet water. Sewers are there for a
purpose.


uh, you don't want soapy goo clogging your drains? POs of my house
didn't believe in them either, apparently, and I cleaned the deep sink
with a putty knife.

nate

Uh, where does the OP say anything about a sink?

He didn't.


What's your deep sink, have to do with their waste pipe?

The same stuff goes in both places.

The previous owners could've had several problems.. Think outside a filter.
Not enough rinse cycle, too much soap, malfunctioning washer, are prime
examples. Having soft water, will cut your detergent in 1/2. Having to take
a putty knife to clean soap, should've been the first hint there was a
problem other than actually putting soap in the washer. Geesh!

I don't know what they did or didn't do, but I *do* know that a) the
"sock" fills up every few months or so and b) I have not had to scrub
the sink since.

I do throw a pot of boiling water in it maybe once a year or so whenever
I flush the water heater, as the pipes are 60+ years old.

nate

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