On Sun, 06 Oct 2013 13:14:46 -0700, Oren wrote:

On Sun, 06 Oct 2013 11:37:13 -0400, wrote:

On Sat, 05 Oct 2013 16:14:28 -0700, Oren wrote:

On Sat, 5 Oct 2013 11:01:51 -0700 (PDT), "
wrote:

Key question here is what the importance of the floor drain is?

Remember old full service gas stations? The floors has drains that
usually went to the sewer lines at the curb.

OP may just have a line that drains to daylight and not a "dry well"?

The floor drain in my brother's house is connected to the sanitary
sewer. I found that out one morning when I was taking a shower in the
downstairs bathroom. Apparently the sewer froze occasionally. What a
mess!

Out here (southwest) clothes washers are mostly on the second floor in
a hallway closet / laundry room. Metal pan with a drain and PVC pipe
to daylight in the shortest route. Like an HVAC condensate line going
outside.

That's not an unusual setup. Mine doesn't have a "tub" now but I'll
get there. The laundry in the other house is on a slab so any water
will end up in the garage (a step down), anyway.