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    Plumbing W/M drain into 22mm overflow

    I've put the vavle there, above the T joint, (ie between the T and the tank)to stop the washing machine inadvertently filling the tank through the overflow if the outlet over the bath became blocked for any reason. Are you saying that the valve isn't good enough to do that? second...
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    Plumbing W/M drain into 22mm overflow

    apologies for poor spelling/typing - makes me sound like the policeman of 'allo allo' ha ha
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    Plumbing W/M drain into 22mm overflow

    Softus, or anyone else, Are you saying that I shouldn't trust the one way valve. In one of these two cases: 1.The washing machine could pump against it (ie back through it the wrong way) and up a 1.5 metre pip into the top of my water tank instead of through the 1.5 foot pipe that goes...
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    Plumbing W/M drain into 22mm overflow

    The top of the outlet pipe is about 4.5 feet (130 cm) above the chekvalve. The T is about only just below the checkvalve and then there is about a foot vertically before it bends 90 degrees and goes a fott through the wall and is open above the bath. I reckoned that 1.5 m was enough head to...
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    Plumbing W/M drain into 22mm overflow

    Why's it so daft? Help me out here buddy! - I haven't really got a clue what I'm doing, but i don't have 250 quid spare to get the pros in either. If theres a pipe already going through the wall and open above a bath, isn't me attaching the W/M drain to that pipe equivalent to me knocking...
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    Plumbing W/M drain into 22mm overflow

    I want to put my washing machine in the same big cupbaord as the cold water tank. The problem is that there is no drain in that cupboard and i'd rather not drill through the wall. The water tank overflow already goes through the wall and drains into the top of the bath next door. It aint...
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