"Set Square" wrote in message
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If not, and if the pipes you are breaking into are at the lowest point,
you'll have to use towels and trays as suggested by someone else to
collect
the water in the pipes having first turned everything off.

And resolve never to throw away the foil trays that
some frozen food is sold in. They come in very handy for such jobs
including, but not limited to draining washing machines
-when the pump fails even if it's only fluff. Because such
foil-trays tend to be shallow -and awkward to handle / lift
when half-full; it's useful to have several so one can be
receiving drainage while the other is being emptied.

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Brian