Weird washing machine pipe work question

buryboy · 12 Jul 21, 10:39 PM

Weird one , hope someone can help me

I have given our washing machine to my mum.
All good unhooking it .
But I have a slight problem hooking it back up at my mums .

The water out pipe has an ending like this . It just screwed on/off to a ‘spout’ above the u-bend.

But my mums pipe work just looks like this below . I guess the idea is you just shove the grey pipe from the washing machine down the white fixed pipe on the wall.

But because of the plastic connector ,the grey pipe won’t go down the house white pipe .

I don’t seem able to pull the plastic connector out of the grey pipe . I don’t know if I should be able to or not ?
I could of course just cut the pipe below the connector ?
But then I presume I wouldn’t be able to get a new connector to fit as tightly as required into the remainder of the grey pipe should for whatever reason I end up wanting the machine back and want to refit it onto my spout .

What’s the solution please ?

Stu · 12 Jul 21, 10:44 PM

Stick the end in to a jug of hot water for a minute or two, you should then be able to twist and pull the white connector out.

wobblywibbly · 12 Jul 21, 10:44 PM

Pull it harder it will come off. POur hot water over the end of the grey but to make it more supple and it should come off. I think you may need to put the spigot back on your waste and block the end off if not reconnected to another machine or you could end up with puddles when you use the sink

martyn321 · 12 Jul 21, 10:46 PM

Yes the grey pipe should just be placed in the pipe on the wall. I would guess the 90 degree angled bit will just need some brute force to pull off. Or buy a new hose.

buryboy · 12 Jul 21, 10:48 PM

Originally Posted by Stu

Stick the end in to a jug of hot water for a minute or two, you should then be able to twist and pull the white connector out.

Originally Posted by wobblywibbly

Pull it harder it will come off. POur hot water over the end of the grey but to make it more supple and it should come off. I think you may need to put the spigot back on your waste and block the end off if not reconnected to another machine or you could end up with puddles when you use the sink

Thank you both .

Wobbly can you explain the second half of your post please . I have no idea what a spigot is or what you mean 😪
I am the ultimate layman !

Lisa123wm · 12 Jul 21, 11:02 PM

Originally Posted by martyn321

Yes the grey pipe should just be placed in the pipe on the wall. I would guess the 90 degree angled bit will just need some brute force to pull off. Or buy a new hose.

I just read your last bit as buy a new house - thought that was a bit extreme for a washing machine pipe problem 😂

wobblywibbly · 12 Jul 21, 11:10 PM

I was pointing out that removing the connector attached to the hose will leave an opening into the waste pipe where it used to connect under your sink. That will need to be capped or water can get out of it when the sink it is connected to is used. If the connection was just to a pipe only for the washing machine then might not be a problem

buryboy · 12 Jul 21, 11:23 PM

Originally Posted by wobblywibbly

I was pointing out that removing the connector attached to the hose will leave an opening into the waste pipe where it used to connect under your sink. That will need to be capped or water can get out of it when the sink it is connected to is used. If the connection was just to a pipe only for the washing machine then might not be a problem

Ah I was thinking you meant an issue at my mums house .
It MIGHT just explain why i got a panicked phone call from my daughter at lunchtime today saying that the house was flooding.
I had forgotten all about it by the time I got home and for some reason I actually hadn’t been in the kitchen until reading your post

There will probably be a good reason why our kitchen currently looks like this with the sink contents drying out on the kitchen floor 😂😂😂😂

force ten · 13 Jul 21, 06:29 PM

for your mums washing machine Waste Standpipe you need a Crook End to go on the grey flexi hose

watch that video from one minute in for what to do

buryboy · 13 Jul 21, 10:47 PM

Originally Posted by force ten

for your mums washing machine Waste Standpipe you need a Crook End to go on the grey flexi hose

watch that video from one minute in for what to do

Thank you

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force ten Imagineer Join Date: Mar 08 theDIBB Guidebook Guidebook Photos: 3	for your mums washing machine Waste Standpipe you need a Crook End to go on the grey flexi hose watch that video from one minute in for what to do