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How to hook up a washing machine?
I just want to hook up a new washing machine where my old one used to be. It looks easy enough but I cant get the old hoses off the Water Faucets or off the back of the old machine. Is there a trick to this or a special tool needed? My husband is in Iraq so Im trying to do this alone!
Hello: You can do this.
Behind the washer you should have water valves. Turn these off prior to removing the hoses. Unplug the washing machine.
Find or buy a pair of channel lock pliers. The folks at the home center will help you with this.
Use the channel locks to loosen the hose coupling from the wall. Remember; right to tight, left to loose, or righty-tighty, lefty-loosy. Turn the coupling counterclockwise to remove.
Water will spill out of the hose, have a towel handy. Remove the other hose from the wall.
Put the water hoses and the drain hoses into the tub of the washer along with the electrical cord. Call the Salvation Army and have the old washer dragged away.
On the new washer, install your new hoses. While you were at the home center, you picked up a new set of hoses for your new washer. Before attaching, make sure that there are rubber grommets inside the coupling, they look like a small donut. The home center will have these as well. Hand tighten as tight as you can, then use your channel locks and turn the coupler 1/2 turn tighter.
The washer will have the hot and cold hookups marked. The hoses *may* have red and blue markings. Put the red hose on the hot hookup, and the blue on the cold. If they are not marked, just hook them up. Take the hose that is attached to the hot side and wrap a bit of masking tape around the loose connection end so that you can identify it when the washer is in place.
Hook up the drain hose, if it is not installed. It may have a clamp that will need to be attached, as the water exits the washer with 20-40 lbs of force.
Place the washer in its spot inside of the drip pan that is required by code (you bought this when you bought the washer, or picked up at the home store). Take the hoses (checking for the grommets) and hook the hot hose to the hot tap, and the cold hose to the cold tap. Put the drain hose in the drain, and secure with the restraining strap.
Turn on the taps, and look for leaks. If there are some, tighten more with the channel locks. If none, plug in the unit and turn on the machine so it calls for water. Look for leaks, and tighten if you see any. Turn the dial to drain/spin, and check that the drain does not leak.
Turn the machine off, go and get a glass of iced tea.
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