Help asap! How to connect waste pipe for dummies?!

[iAmBarbara]

Good evening everyone,

I don’t suppose anyone could save me spending money unnecessarily on a plumber urgently; basically I’ve just moved into our new house and I’m trying to connect our washing machine.

I've done it before myself but it was an under the sink connector for the waste pipe, this time it looks like just a sawn off pipe (I think from my googling I’ve discovered it’s called a stand pipe!)

youtube and google seem to be telling me I literally just pop our waste hose into the stand pipe, without attaching it in anyway (making sure not to push it too far down) but surely that can’t be it/right?!

I’m not naturally the handiest person but I’m trying my best, please tell me what to do in the easiest terms possible.

do I have to secure it on? or is it ok to just be put inside- doesn’t seem safe to only do that and I don’t want a leak! Obviously the hose is a lot smaller in diameter than the pipe 🤷‍♀️

Thank you so much in advance

Yes just pop it in. Mine have all been like that

As PP posted says, yep, that's right and very common

Ain't google wonderful
"A standpipe is the drain pipe behind a washing machine that rises about three feet above the floor. It may only be visible as a hole in a washing machine faucet box in the wall of newer homes.

Although it seems to make sense to seal the connection between the washing machine drain hose and the standpipe, the plumbing code requires an air gap to avoid a vacuum-induced siphoning of the water out of the washing machine. The washing machine hose should be hooked into the standpipe and secured from backing out, but the small gap around the washing machine hose inside of the standpipe should remain open to allow air into the pipe connection to break any vacuum that might otherwise be created during draining. "

If you really feel the need to make the washer drain hose fit more tightly, you could ivestigate these: https://www.amazon.com/washing-machine-drain-hose-seal/s?k=washing+machine+drain+hose+seal

Thank you so much everyone for responding! It just seemed like without it being sealed in some way I was going to cause a leak (seemed far too easy and straightforward to be right!) but I just needed human reassurance.
All hooked up ready to try a wash!

I had the same thought process when we had our extension built. Went from having the washing machine hose connected to the under sink waste to one of these stand pipe assemblies in the new utility. I went to the local plumbers merchant to ask what I needed and they looked at me like I was mad! I was so dubious about it I watched like a hawk during the first wash cycle, convinced it was going to leak. Over 2 years in and it's fine!

Enjoy your new home.