Combo Washer / Dryer & Plumbing Code?
Hello, I live in bk and I’m considering hooking up a ventless washer/dryer combo unit to my kitchen sink…ie, washer/dryer drain pipe will share the sink’s waste pipe (above S-pipe), and also tap into its hot & cold water intakes. Do I need to file anything with the city in order to be code-compliant with…
Hello,
I live in bk and I’m considering hooking up a ventless washer/dryer combo unit to my kitchen sink…ie, washer/dryer drain pipe will share the sink’s waste pipe (above S-pipe), and also tap into its hot & cold water intakes.
Do I need to file anything with the city in order to be code-compliant with this? If so, are there any specific installation criteria that must be met? I don’t want to be fined sometime in the future bc of this.
Thanks!
You need to file permits to add dishwashers? Eek.
Mopar, yes, it is a magical thing, the LG full-sized. It just takes a while and leaves things a little wrinkled. But really good for millions of onesies, as you don’t have to remember to put your laundry in the dryer too.
Have the LG in my own home, but I also have full size units as well (gas for the full sized). My wife and I use the LG for our own personal use to do smaller loads. You know, you realize the night before work that you have no underware….just throw some in the LG, set it and forget it!! Magically they are washed and dried and ready for the AM!! Also really good for our two boys (5 & 2 years old) who seem to only wear each outfit for like 2 hours and they need to be changed (boys will be boys). We don’t use it for the sheets, towels, blankets, etc. because it would take a long time to dry, but it can be used for it. You don’t need 220V, just 110V for the plug so it’s pretty convenient. As for permits and filing, it is adding a fixture and it works just like a dishwasher which need to be filed…no other comments.
Thanks, mopar, that helps. It sounds like the only thing I shouldn’t do is use the sink’s waste pipe, otherwise my setup will be ok. Can’t afford to bust through any walls, so I’ll probably just use the sink for drainage. My building does allow it, btw, I asked them first of course.
It sounds like it won’t get filed with the city no matter what, even if it’s considered a fixture and the work is done by a licensed plumber. I’ll get a plumber to do the water hookups anyway though to be safe. Is it illegal not to file? Guess I’ll just hope that the DOB doesn’t come over for tea someday….
If the washer-dryer is on the first floor, it’s usually not an issue, since you can do almost anything with the plumbing under the floor in the cellar.
OK, let me rephrase this.
If you are putting in a regular washer dryer hookup, there are certain criteria you need to meet — it has to be x inches off the ground, etc., blah blah blah. You have to have a waste line present that is in the right place, and sturdy enough, and big enough to handle this. Make sure the floor underneath is also solid.
You can’t randomly run it in a random direction to under the kitchen sink and into the waste line there. No.
In any event, I would definitely hire a licensed plumber to do this. They will not file it. I’ve never met one who would. Although everyone on this board claims to use handymen to put in a washer-dryer hookup, I think this is a very bad idea. I don’t want handymen tapping into my waste lines and wrecking them. Depending on where the waste line is, it could cost between $600 to $1400 to install.
On the other hand, if you want to tap into the existing water supply lines under the sink, and use the sink itself as the waste, you can do that with a handyman, although in retrospect I just would have hired a regular plumber to do that more neatly and it probably would have cost the same anyway — maybe $300 or so, maybe less.
Just to give you some idea of the peculiarities you might run into: Our third floor kitchen can’t take a standard washer-dryer hookup because the ancient lead waste line runs against the wall and does not meet today’s standard height requirement for a waste and hookup. Plus the floor is solid slate (it’s an old hearth). It could all be replumbed, but then we wouldn’t have our pretty farmhouse sink — or at least we’d have some very ugly piping underneath it.
Hm, so the LG ventless washer/dryer is good? Does it dry sheets, towels, and millions of little kiddie onesies?
We have been using a drying rack, which works marvelously well for our clothes but is not good for sheets and towels.
love our washer/dryer combo.
totally worth every penny.
hiking to the laundromat is for the birds.
I really love our LG ventless washer/dryer. Have been wondering if I could install it in an existing kitchen, actualy. Reading this, I’m still not sure.
Uggh… I had one of these “magical” things in my last rental. They are terrible things. I don’t care what you’ve heard. You need free-flowing air and a vent to dry your clothes properly.
These things take FOREVER to dry your clothes and they are just a mass of wrinkles. And forget about the ye olde quick tumble to take out the wrinkles.