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Excellent point, I read up on that valve thinking there must be a minimum and recommended installation height, and all I found was a min 8"...but it makes sense to have it above the standpipe. When the water drains from the laundry machine now, the water comes almost all the way to the top of...

Well, after all of your help, this is the final result. I just closed off the bottom one with a removable cap so I can snake it out down the road if I need to and then kept the top one as the washing machine drain. I ran the water softener and furnace drain through some pex down to my sump pit...

My house is I think a slab foundation as It's definitely not raised. Its a bungalow style house and this is in the basement. LiQuid: according to a few plumbers I've talked to, they don't get out of bed for a job this size. Stupid, I know, I would have thought that work is work. I'm still...

Thanks LiQuid, that makes it easy to understand...and I can definitely see why you would want that air gap! poo water doesn't sound thirst quenching at all! Oh, btw, I confronted my so called plumber about this abortion of a project. He said he wasn't going to install it like that, he was just...

So the wye gets replaced with a sanitary tee, and my water softener and furnace (high eff.) should drain where? There is no floor drain that I know of. Thanks for the help and information LiQuid and phishfood, I really appreciate it. ~FOX~

Oh No!! What have I done! I went with this guy on a referral, I think he's a general contractor, but he was recommended for the plumbing...damn it. So what should it look like? I want to be able to tell this guy why he's wrong. I can't wait to talk to him...

Alright, well I called someone in and they have started on the repair. I've attached a photo of the current state so you can see the direction we're going. Thanks everyone for the advice!

Hi guys, sorry for the super delayed response, I appreciate all of the replies! I wondered about the P Trap, but I thought maybe it was under the ground? but that wouldn't make sense...how would you clean it out? Hmm.. To answer someone's question about the green hose, yes it is the water...

oh, and I do know it's crazy how close that elec. outlet is to the drain...it's going to be moved :)

Hello, I've got a problem with my laundry machine causing a backup when it drains. I've snapped a photo of the drain pipe and attached it, so please refer to it to make sense of what I'm saying. When the washing machine drains, the water comes out the top from where the spout enters the...