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Any plumbers round here? Disconnecting washing machine (quick question with pic)

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Sandrine1982 · 19/10/2023 09:26

Hello.

We've sold our washing machine and we need to disconnect it as the buyer is picking up today.

I thought it was easy as I'd done it before on different models in a different flat, but this time it's tricky as I don't see how the water inlet pipe can be disconnected, or rather, how the water can be turned off before disconnecting.

On the attached picture, the water pipe has two large screws all around it, and one smaller screw on the side. I thought we just need to turn off the smaller screw, but it just keeps turning and turning. How do I know the water is turned off?

Sorry if I'm not using the correct terms.

Can anyone help?

Thanks

Any plumbers round here? Disconnecting washing machine (quick question with pic)
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Sandrine1982 · 19/10/2023 10:04

Please

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DeltaAlphaDelta79 · 19/10/2023 10:07

The screw in the middle that keeps turning, just turn it 1/4 turn until the groove is perpendicular to the pipe. Then you will need to use a spanner on the bolt that is on the washing machine side of the screw - it looks like the one connected to the metal braided hose.

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Sandrine1982 · 19/10/2023 10:40

Hi Delta! Thanks so much for this! It makes total sense now :-)

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DeltaAlphaDelta79 · 19/10/2023 10:44

No problem. Good luck

CasperGutman · 19/10/2023 17:10

Nothing I can see in that photo looks like the water supply to a washing machine. Can you take a wider photo, OP?

DeltaAlphaDelta79 · 19/10/2023 18:13

CasperGutman · 19/10/2023 17:10

Nothing I can see in that photo looks like the water supply to a washing machine. Can you take a wider photo, OP?

The two pipes above the thick grey pipe, with the isolation valves. They could be hot and cold but my last 3 machines have had cold water inlet only, so the other could be a water pipe for something else.

CasperGutman · 20/10/2023 15:30

DeltaAlphaDelta79 · 19/10/2023 18:13

The two pipes above the thick grey pipe, with the isolation valves. They could be hot and cold but my last 3 machines have had cold water inlet only, so the other could be a water pipe for something else.

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Hmm, they could be (although braided steel washing machine hoses are relatively uncommon in my experience, with the rubber ones being more often seen). On the other hand, they could be braided flexi hoses feeding taps on a sink above the cupboard the photo is taken inside. I'd be wary of instructing the OP to unscrew them if we can't see what they're connected to.

DeltaAlphaDelta79 · 20/10/2023 17:53

CasperGutman · 20/10/2023 15:30

Hmm, they could be (although braided steel washing machine hoses are relatively uncommon in my experience, with the rubber ones being more often seen). On the other hand, they could be braided flexi hoses feeding taps on a sink above the cupboard the photo is taken inside. I'd be wary of instructing the OP to unscrew them if we can't see what they're connected to.

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Fair point. I assumed (I know!) that as they were in the photo, they were connected to the washing machine and OP wasn't taking photos of other pipes going elsewhere.

@Sandrine1982 please can you put me out of my misery please 😁

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Sandrine1982 · 06/11/2023 21:40

Oh sorry yes one of them was cold water inlet but moving things around I actually discovered another tap on it further down on the other side! So no need to faff with these bolts :)

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DeltaAlphaDelta79 · 06/11/2023 22:01

Ah yes washing machine inlets often have the little taps, I had forgotten about those! Least its sorted. 😁

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