#Washing machine pan how to#
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has anyone had issues with their drain pans bulging a little? I guess my main concern is that this means the water will tend to flow away from the drain. If I do that, the bottom of the pan will have to bulge up a little where the fitting is, as I'll need to put a rubber gasket ring below the pan since the plastic nut can't screw down all of the way (the thread is tapered). The bottom of the wrench flats is about 1.5' from the floor, so I imagine that's how much I will need to cut.

#Washing machine pan update#

UPDATE - I picked up a better fitting and attached it to the pipe to see how much needs to be cut: Cut a hole in the drain pan the right diameter to fit over the threaded portion of the fittingĪfter typing all of this out, I bet the second approach is the 'right' way to do it, though the bit about heating / bending the PVC makes me a little uneasy.Ĭan anyone offer their suggestions and / or solutions?.I would then have to cut the pipe little by little until the screw portion of the fitting is flush with the floor.I could try to finesse (heat up) the pipe and bend it a little to be more straight, then find a fitting that will actually fit over the pipe snugly.Perhaps there's another way to deal with this? The only thing here that scares me (a lot) is that when I put the washing machine in, it'll probably shift a little, and I would expect there to be a big risk of tearing the caulk and compromising the seal. Caulk around the interface between the pipe and the drain pan.I would cut it to be as close as possible to the diameter of the fitting

Sadly, this is the only step that seems pretty straightforward.

Cut the hole in the drain pan at the right spot.

If so, what should I use? Maybe some kind of silicone sealant / caulking? Is there a particular kind I should use for the floor? Is this a bad idea?

Fill in the hole in the floor with something.

It would still sit way too high because the fitting wont go down into the floor since the pipe is off-center!Īt this point, I was thinking that I would need to do the following to finish this project: So let's just pretent that the fitting actually fit the drain pipe (it doesn't right now) and I flip it over. I assume that it's supposed to go in upside down from the way it is in the picture, otherwise the water level in the pan would have to be ridiculously high before it drained. I can drill a hole in the pan in the right spot, but then how should I really make a good seal with the pan? The pan came with a PVC fitting that is not the right size for the pipe, and I'm actually not sure how it's expected to go together.

#Washing machine pan how to#

The drain pipe isn't centered with the hole in the floor, it's angled, and I don't know how to patch the area around the pipe.

#Washing machine pan install#

Now here's my issue - I just don't know how to install it properly.

I feel a lot better with this pan because it'll lay flat regardless of where I drill the hole for the drain pipe. I picked up a drain pan only to find that its shape and features weren't conducive to a good installation, so I ended up getting this one from Driptite. At the moment, I have the washing machine hooked up, but it's away from the wall and the drain pipe. I've got a laundry room on the second floor, and when it was remodeled the contractor put in a drain pipe, but no drain pan.