Someone suggested using an automobile flex hose held on with clamps
instead of the standard rigid PVC U-trap. This is for the drain pipe
under the laundry sink. Will this work? We can't use the washer
until have an answer and a reason why it would/wouldn't work. Thanks
for any reply.

In article , sherry wrote:
Someone suggested using an automobile flex hose held on with clamps
instead of the standard rigid PVC U-trap. This is for the drain pipe
under the laundry sink. Will this work? We can't use the washer
until have an answer and a reason why it would/wouldn't work. Thanks
for any reply.

Is there some reason you can't do it *right*, and use a standard PVC trap?

sherry wrote:
Someone suggested using an automobile flex hose held on with clamps
instead of the standard rigid PVC U-trap. This is for the drain pipe
under the laundry sink. Will this work? We can't use the washer
until have an answer and a reason why it would/wouldn't work. Thanks
for any reply.

Sure. I assume you're talking about a smooth-interior hose.

I would think the ripple-ribbed hoses would tend to trap debris. On the plus
side, it should be easy to remove the trap and clean it out...

home deot had a soft rubber one that uses clamps . its handy
for many reasons. but i mostly use it when a pvc one doesnt fit
properly.lucas

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Just make sure it is bent to create a P-trap and it would work. If it were
me I would use a proper plastic P-trap if possible.

cm
"sherry" wrote in message
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Someone suggested using an automobile flex hose held on with clamps
instead of the standard rigid PVC U-trap. This is for the drain pipe
under the laundry sink. Will this work? We can't use the washer
until have an answer and a reason why it would/wouldn't work. Thanks
for any reply.

I forgot about the flexible rubber ones at HD. They would work better than
the auto hose because they are not as stiff.

cm


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home deot had a soft rubber one that uses clamps . its handy
for many reasons. but i mostly use it when a pvc one doesnt fit
properly.lucas

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HeyBub wrote:

sherry wrote:

Someone suggested using an automobile flex hose held on with clamps
instead of the standard rigid PVC U-trap. This is for the drain pipe
under the laundry sink. Will this work? We can't use the washer
until have an answer and a reason why it would/wouldn't work. Thanks
for any reply.


Sure. I assume you're talking about a smooth-interior hose.

I would think the ripple-ribbed hoses would tend to trap debris. On the plus
side, it should be easy to remove the trap and clean it out...



The washing machine we bought last year had a ribbed section on the far
end of the manufacturer supplied drain hose so it could be be bent to
suit the angle of the drain pipe it empties into.

No problems with trapped debris so far.

Jeff

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Jeffry Wisnia
(W1BSV + Brass Rat '57 EE)
The speed of light is 1.8*10^12 furlongs per fortnight.

Jeff Wisnia wrote:
HeyBub wrote:

sherry wrote:

Someone suggested using an automobile flex hose held on with clamps
instead of the standard rigid PVC U-trap. This is for the drain
pipe under the laundry sink. Will this work? We can't use the
washer until have an answer and a reason why it would/wouldn't
work. Thanks for any reply.


Sure. I assume you're talking about a smooth-interior hose.

I would think the ripple-ribbed hoses would tend to trap debris. On
the plus side, it should be easy to remove the trap and clean it
out...

The washing machine we bought last year had a ribbed section on the
far end of the manufacturer supplied drain hose so it could be be
bent to suit the angle of the drain pipe it empties into.

No problems with trapped debris so far.


Well, yeah. Mine does too. But washing machines have filters so chicken
bones and diamond rings don't get in the pump.

On Sun, 30 Nov 2008 20:14:06 -0800 (PST), sherry
wrote:

Someone suggested using an automobile flex hose held on with clamps
instead of the standard rigid PVC U-trap. This is for the drain pipe
under the laundry sink. Will this work? We can't use the washer
until have an answer and a reason why it would/wouldn't work. Thanks
for any reply.
I've got a moulded flexible hose trap on one of my sinks and it
works. It isn't automotive - it was made for the job, but if you could
hold the flex in the right shape to provide a functional trap, it
would work..

BIG if though.

On Mon, 01 Dec 2008 11:29:08 -0500, Jeff Wisnia
wrote:

HeyBub wrote:

sherry wrote:

Someone suggested using an automobile flex hose held on with clamps
instead of the standard rigid PVC U-trap. This is for the drain pipe
under the laundry sink. Will this work? We can't use the washer
until have an answer and a reason why it would/wouldn't work. Thanks
for any reply.


Sure. I assume you're talking about a smooth-interior hose.

I would think the ripple-ribbed hoses would tend to trap debris. On the plus
side, it should be easy to remove the trap and clean it out...



The washing machine we bought last year had a ribbed section on the far
end of the manufacturer supplied drain hose so it could be be bent to
suit the angle of the drain pipe it empties into.

No problems with trapped debris so far.

Jeff
Put the velocity through a 1" hose is apreciably higher than the
drain will see, and it is pumped under pressure so is relatively "self
cleaning"