Connecting a washing machine with your own hands

Buying a washing machine, some owners of apartments use the services of a wizard for installing household appliances. However, with a competent approach to business, the connection will not be difficult and can be easily done with your own hands. Sometimes it is advisable to save the family budget and carry out installation without employees of the service center. It is only necessary to have the home of the most necessary tools and accuracy.

How to install equipment for washing yourself

Connecting a washing machine to the water pipeline involves the use of two hoses (for feeding and for draining water), as well as connecting the electric wire. These products are usually included in the model kit.

Connecting a washing machine with your own hands

Set of details for washing machine

However, in addition to these elements, the system will also need other details that are often acquired separately. These include:

electric socket with protection against moisture penetration;
special Ball crane which stops the flow of water into the system;
siphon on a washbasin with a tap, in order to connect the drain hose;
For connecting to cold water pipes need tee.

Connecting washing machines need to be performed in stages. Step-by-step installation instructions Next:

First, take out the product from the packaging, removing all the attachments that were necessary during the transportation of equipment.

Unpacking washing machine
Connect the machine to water pipes.
Connect the washing machine to sewage.
The last step involves connecting to the power grid.

It is important to carefully read the manufacturer's instruction of a model of washing household appliances to take into account all the notes and nuances.

Installing the product after unpacking

Immediately after delivery, you need to unpack the purchase and check the washing machine. The product should not be defects and flaws. It is also necessary to make sure that the electrical wire and the drain hose is working. They are included in the package and are installed on the technique immediately. In the case of detection of different types of damage, cracks or chipping on the housing, it is necessary to replace the product, passing the faulty to the seller. It is also required to check the integrity of all parts, pipes, hose.

Check the integrity of all parts of washing machinery

Apparatus with loading in front requires special fixtures for the transportation of the product. As a rule, these are special screws and struts that prevent unbalance. The bolts for fixing the car are usually placed at the bottom. In order to remove them, you need to consistently raise one first, and then another edge of the product and unscrew the fastening wrench. At the same time, you need to get the adjusting legs as much as possible.

Such spacers and screws for transportation are also available on the rear panels of technology. These details are necessary for fixing the drum. They are unscrewed, remove the struts, and the holes are closed with special plugs that are included in the package.

If you have to install a washing machine with your own hands, you should know that the distance from the rear panel of the device to the wall should be at least five centimeters. In order to set the product correctly, you can use the construction level. If necessary, you can twist the adjusting legs. Align the device is necessary because it will avoid strong vibration, and the car will last longer.

Connect the machine to the water supply

The connection of the washing machine to the water supply is carried out differently. The connection method depends on the device in the room of cold water pipes. Sometimes the hosts during the repair of the bathroom are planning to buy household appliances and make a dedicated system for washing machine in which there is a ball valve.

Exterior view of the ball crane

In this case, it will only take to install the hose that comes in the kit. If the installation of the washing machine was not provided for, it will be necessary to cut into the pipes or connect the tee at the point where the flexible washbasin hose with pipes occurs.

Fittings produce two types - with internal and external threads. The diameter of the connection pipe should also be considered when purchasing this part. On the hose that goes in the configuration with the car, there is a carbage nut. Therefore, on the output of the tee, the external thread should have a ½ inches diameter.

Installing a ball crane

Before you directly start installing and connecting the machine, you need to block the water supply in the apartment. To do this, spin a special valve, then the cranes are open and drained the water remaining in the system.

After that, on the desired mark, cut the pipe or disassemble the connection with the flexible eyeliner. When cutting, depending on the type of pipe, the threads are cut or fixed couplings.

Connecting the washing machine hoses

The fitting is screwed using a tape from the fluoroplastic sealer and the adjustable key. Then connect the hose and eyeliner. At both ends of the hose there is a nut of plastic. To connect it to the discovery use a straight edge. In the case when there is no special protection mechanism on the household appliance, a ball valve is installed between the hose and the tee.

That end of the hose that bent at a right angle is connected to a washing machine. First you need to put the cleaning filter. It is attached by the serving side towards the car. At the same time, the nuts on the hose are twisted manually, without effort. Special rubber gasket ensures the tightness of the connection.

Plum conclusion in the sewer

Before connecting a washing machine to sewer with your own hands, you should decide with the method of water drain equipment.

Organization of water drain

It can be displayed directly into the sewage system, as well as in the bath. The second option does not provide connections. You only need to lower the corrugated hose in the bath before turning on the technique. However, this version of the drain is not very comfortable and unreliable. When the washing cycle goes, it will not work the bathroom. In addition, you need to follow that in the process of draining the hose did not fall from the edges of the bath, because then there is a risk of flooding an apartment.

Connecting parts when connected to sewage

The drain is removed into the sewer with a siphon with a tap or attach it directly to the pipe. It is desirable to fulfill the relevant requirements. The hose must be bend in such a way that in addition the distance to the floor amounted to at least 70 - 80 centimeters and a special shutter was formed.

Diagram of connecting the washing machine to sewage

In the case of plum connection to the siphon, you need to check the pipes for the presence of a lumen and make sure that there is no blockage.

Power supply for washing machine

Because the washing technique is placed often in the bathrooms, and this place with a high level of humidity, you need to take care of safety. The electrical outlet in which the device will be connected, you must select moisture protection. It should present grounding, since the body of the machine is made of metal.

Waterproof Bath Socket

In new buildings, as a rule, all grounding rules are observed. And if you connect the technique in the old house, only two wires are connected to the outlet, make wiring through a protective shutdown device with a leakage current not more than 30 MA.

Trial wash when you first turn on

When buying a new car, experts are recommended to include the first washing cycle to check the correctness of all connections. As a rule, the instructions indicate the mode and weight of the loaded linen for test washing. It is necessary to comply with these recommendations in order to provide long-term operation of the product. Before turning on the machine for the first time, you must once again make sure that it costs exactly, not overlooking. If necessary, you need to adjust its position again.

Turn on the car in the outlet, open the ball valve available on the hose, then select the washing mode. To the powder separation, we fall asleep or pour a wash tool and press the program start button.

Starting a laundry program

While the washing process is recommended to monitor the hose connection on the washing machine panel and the water supply. In this case, anywhere should not occur. Cranes in the norm are not buzzing and do not publish other sounds that can testify to breakage.

If water is seeping in any place, after turning off the instrument and complete the washing cycle, check the compounds on tightness. The leaks may occur due to the skeur of the nuts or not sufficiently dense adjacent seals.

If operating conditions are met, with a neat handling, the washing machine is not breaking for many years. It is recommended to clean the filters on the water supply hose from time to time. To accomplish this work, first stop the flow of water using the ball valve, unscrew the nut from the hose in the place where it connects to the machine, pull out the filter and carefully remove contamination from it. Such cleaning should be carried out often, if the tap water is bad, its quality leaves much to be desired.

Installing washing machines without using water supply

In the summer, during the vacation period, many travel to the cottage or to the village. There are no water supply in country houses, and it is often necessary to wash. To solve this problem, many owners connect an automatic type washing machine using different tricks, or installed old techniques. A good choice in this situation is a washing machine without a water supply.

Washing machine for cottage

To connect, you will need a special pump for water and filters.

Phased installation

To connect, the machine machine must be connected to the drain hose. He is removed into the courtyard. For this use cesspools, ditches. In this case, the water, as a rule, has to be applied manually. The main thing is to ensure the flow of water on time and in the right amount, and the method is not fundamental. It can be a stationary connection or through a tank for washing powder. Some use rainwater laundry for washing, as it is softer.

However, this method of connecting the washing machine has significant disadvantages. We have to bring a lot of water. In addition, you need to constantly monitor the work in order to pour water into it in a timely manner.

In the event that on the site near the house there is a source with clean water, you can build a small water supply. This requires a pumping station that provides pressure to supply fluid. It also requires a filter. These important components are not suiced.

Water purification filter

For some models of washing machines, an option is also suitable for the installation of water reservoir. The mass of fluid in this container will provide pressure in the hose, but this may not be enough for the full operation of the machine.

Sometimes old samples of rotor type washing machines are used for giving. For them, there is no need to create pressure in the system. It should be borne in mind that the quality of washing in such models of technology is low, in contrast to the machine machine.

Deciding on the installation of washing machine in a country house, you need to carefully think about which system and model will suit you the best. It is necessary to take into account the quality of water on the plot, since rigid water without the use of special softening substances often leads to a breakdown of the washing machine.

As it turned out, the independent installation of the washing machine in the bathroom does not require special skills. But it will help you to significantly save a family budget. The range of home appliances for washing is very large today, so you can always choose the model in the house that you like.