How to keep a drain hose from popping out of a PVC pipe
Flexible drain tubes from pumps or dehumidifiers slip out of open PVC drain pipes under water pressure, leading to major water spills on the floor. Without a secure connection, these lines can also leave the pipe exposed and cause the P-trap to dry out, resulting in unpleasant odors.
What people tried
Every workaround mentioned in the threads below. We haven’t tested any of them — and nobody here is claiming they worked.
- 1Drill small holes in the PVC pipe and use a zip tie to hold the hose in place
- 2Install a barbed coupling with hose clamps to extend the hose deeper into the pipe
- 3using duct seal putty to pack around the hose
- 4putting a plastic baggie over the top of the pipe held with a rubber band
- 5using a specialized drain hose connector fitting
In their words
Unedited, grouped by where they were said, most upvoted first within each place, each linked to the thread it came from.
“I came into the basement yesterday evening to find a huge puddle of water on the ground and ultimately traced it back to this rubber tube that has popped out of the PVC pipe.”source ↗
“What do I do here? How can I secure this rubber tube into this drain pipe so this doesn't happen anymore?”source ↗
Where this came up
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