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  • 1. Your washing machine will probably have been supplied with a Hose Support Crook to help suspend the waste pipe on a wall at the required height. Attach this to your waste pipe before fixing it to the wall.
  • 2.

    The waste pipe needs to be elevated to a height of between 65cm and 100cm, this allows the waste water to drain away more efficiently and stop water being let back into the machine.

  • 3.

    Push the hose down into the standpipe, making sure that it cannot touch the bottom of the standpipe.

  • 4.

    If the waste pipe does touch the bottom it may or cause the drain to leak or overflow or your machine may not drain waste water away efficiently.