Removing Washing Machine

santana-mx3

We will be moving house this week.

Re the waste hose, this goes into a trap along with the waste from the sink. I asked someone in B&Q about this a while ago and he suggested that after unscrewing the nut holding this hose in the trap, we should put a blanking plate in before putting the nut back on to prevent anything coming the wrong way (ie. out of the trap) until the new owners connect their washing machine. He gave me a suitable blanking plate for this. I guess that should be ok as long as we make it clear to the new owners that we have done this otherwise they might connect their machine without removing this and have problems.

When we disconnect the washing machine water feeds by turning off the two inline taps in the water pipes and unscrewing the hoses, do we then need to fit some sort of caps onto the connectors on the pipes (where we have disconnected the washing machine's water inlet hoses) to prevent dripping of any water already in the pipes? If so, is there a common name/standard size for these caps?

Thanks for your help.

kat21

Hi, santana,
" When we disconnect the washing machine water feeds by turning off the two inline taps in the water pipes and unscrewing the hoses, do we then need to fit some sort of caps onto the connectors on the pipes "

No, if they are the standard isolators for washing machines (sometimes a little handle coloured red for hot and blue for cold ) the answer is no. In most cases you shouldnt need to cap them off unless you have a faulty valve.
simply turn off the valve unscrew and check to see if their is a flow of water you may get a little which should stop, make sure when disconnecting the washing machine filling pipes to have a washing up bowl ready to catch the water left in the hot and cold filling pipes on your washing machine.
have a read here too http://www.london-plumber.co.uk/washingmachinetips.htm
good luck in your new home kat21