Plumbing in a washer?

[wombats]

I am wanting to plumb a washing machine into my utility room but there is no water pipes there.

There is an electric socket and also access to a drain to take the waste. My condenser boiler is in there and upstairs in the airing cupboard is a cold water tank and hot water cylinder.

Which pipes would be best to take hot and cold from to supply the new washing machine point?

 

[kevplumb]

where are the pipes

 

[wombats]

Sorry, all pipes are in the airing cupboard.

 

[kevplumb]

well thats where you are gonna have to feed it from

 

[wombats]

Sorry for not making myself clear. There are lots of pipes in there from cold tank to cylinder and to bathroom etc. Which is best to use?

 

[kevplumb]

can you post a pic

 

[sooey]

Sorry for not making myself clear. There are lots of pipes in there from cold tank to cylinder and to bathroom etc. Which is best to use?

Open a hot tap and see which pipe gets hot, and which pipe feels coldest.

 

[wombats]

 

[wombats]

Thanks for that answer sooey but when trying to find the cold it might be part of the CH pipes.

 

[kevplumb]

second pic the horizontal pipe is the hw

third pic

the one at the bottom of the tank is cold

the one to the ballvalve is cold main

 

[wombats]

Thanks Kev all makes sense now when you explain which is which.

 

[cmother1]

W - before you go overboard on plumbing make sure your machine needs a hot water connection. For about the last 5 years all the new machines I've seen have been cold-fill only.

 

[wombats]

Thsnks for the tip cmother1 but i already have the machine which is just changing position and it needs both hot and cold.