Washing machine drain pipe keeps leaking after putting back on
Flexible waste pipes often sit loosely inside under-sink connections even after being pushed in and tightened. Without a proper clamp, rubber seal, or connector piece to lock the joint in place, water continuously leaks out at the connection point.
What people tried
Every workaround mentioned in the threads below. We haven’t tested any of them — and nobody here is claiming they worked.
Found another way around this?
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- 1Loosen the jubilee clip, raise the angle of the pipe to run downhill, push the pipe further onto the fitting, and retighten the clip.Did this help you?
- 2Starting a wash with the machine flat on the ground, stopping the cycle shortly into the fill, and then tilting the machine back to check for newly formed puddles.Did this help you?
In their words
Unedited, grouped by where they were said, most upvoted first within each place, each linked to the thread it came from.
“Now I’ve put it back on and it keeps leaking. How is this supposed to attach?”source ↗
“The flexible waste pipe goes into the upvc pipe under the sink. However one of the joints just sits there loose so not sure what to buy to secure.”source ↗
“The first 2 pictures are the pipes that need to secure but once pushed in and tightened they stay loose?”source ↗
“after the new dryer was installed, basically as soon as the installers left a load was run in the washer and it started leaking tons of water as soon as the tub started to fill.”source ↗
“In that same back-left corner there seems to be a hose that looks like it should be attached to something but isn't.”source ↗
Where this came up
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- 3How to keep a drain hose from popping out of a PVC pipe
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