Paul Robinson
New Member
Renovating an old house built in 1967 in Hamilton, Virginia. The builder at the time put the washer/dryer in the basement (unfinished at the time) and simply ran a 3" PVC line out the back of the house. Is this still legal? Doesn't seem to me like it would be. The rest of the house is on a septic tank (great condition even all these years later). I could easily drain the washer into a holding tank/pump that's under the sink next to the washer. Oddly they did pump the sink into the septic tank, but with a very small 3/4" pipe that has three 90 degree elbows. And while I see that as easy my SO (who owns the house and is paying for reno) doesn't want to do it. My concern includes that the water leaving that pipe in winter will freeze, but she says she's never had that issue. So I need some code support if possible to convince her this change is necessary - before I put up drywall over all that plumbing!