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Overflowing washing machine drain pipe: What to do when it ...
How a washing machine works. As a washing machine runs through its cycles, it pumps out dirty water to make room for the clean water it needs to rinse your clothes. It pumps the dirty water through a rearmounted outlet tube fitted with a flexible discharge hose. The flexible hose flows into a drain pipe that connects to the main sewer line.