Washer
Drain Pump Repair
Water left in the drum and clothes that come out soaked, traced to the pump filter, the pump, or the hose and standpipe behind it.
Mon–Sat, 8am–8pm
- Low cost band
- 4 steps on the visit
- 4 problems it answers
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What the washer drain pump repair
involves.
The washer drain pump is a small electric pump at the bottom of the cabinet that pushes wash and rinse water up through the drain hose to the standpipe or sink. On front-loaders a filter sits in front of it behind a hatch, and on most top-loaders the pump is reached from the back or underneath. When the pump cannot move water, the washer stops before the spin with water in the drum, often shows a drain code, and sometimes hums. The cause can be a sock or a coin in the pump, a worn impeller or motor, or a kinked or blocked hose. This repair covers all three, and the drain route is tested before any new part goes in.
How the visit goesWhat it usually costsLow · Drain pump, filter or drain hose
Clearing the filter costs least; a new pump sits a step above it, and both end most standing-water calls.
Answers 4 problemsWasher Not Draining
Washer Not Spinning · Washer Stops Mid-Cycle · Washer Error Code
Comes up most onFront-load washer
Top-load washer · Stackable washer · Compact washer
Codes that lead hereE7 · E:18 · E21 · CLr FLtr
Asko washer showing E7.
Drain pump repair,
step by step.
Fit the new pump if the old one has failed, then run a full drain and spin and confirm the water leaves quickly and the hose does not leak.
Drain the standing water through the filter hatch or the drain hose into a pan, with the plug pulled.
Open the filter and the pump inlet, and clear anything that has lodged there, such as coins, hair ties, buttons or small socks.
Test the pump motor with a meter and check the drain hose and standpipe for kinks, clogs and the right height.
Fit the new pump if the old one has failed, then run a full drain and spin and confirm the water leaves quickly and the hose does not leak.
The problems
it answers.
4 of them, from washer not draining to washer error code.
All problems
Washer Not Draining
5 causes, cheapest first
Before you call
Tell us this when you book
- How much water is left in the drum
- Whether you hear a hum, a buzz or nothing at all when it should drain
- Whether the washer drains into a standpipe, a sink or a floor drain
- Any drain code shown on the display
It also answers
Low,
on the site's scale.
Clearing the filter costs least; a new pump sits a step above it, and both end most standing-water calls.
Read the full cost guideWhere it
comes up most.
Most bookings: Front-load washer, Top-load washer, Stackable washer, Compact washer.
All washer types
The makes
we see it on.
14 makes on this site, and the washer drain pump repair on any of them. Each mark opens that make's own page.
All 14 brandsDrain pump repair,
where we come out.
The laundry room, the climate and the building all change how the washer drain pump repair goes. These notes are about that, metro by metro.
All service areasTampa BayFL · 31 areas
Beach towels and swimwear from Tampa Bay's pools and shoreline carry sand and small objects toward the drain pump, and a pump that hums without emptying the tub is often jammed by a coin, a hair tie or grit caught behind its filter.
OrlandoFL · 30 areas
Orlando vacation rentals and family houses wash towels by the basketful, and lint, hair or a stray sock lodged in the pump is the usual reason a washer ends its cycle full of water; the pump filter and the house drain are both checked on the visit.
Miami / South FloridaFL · 47 areas
A washer that stops draining is urgent in a Miami tower, because water left in the drum can escape onto the floor and toward the unit below; the pump, its filter and the building's drain connection are examined together.
New York MetroNY · 75 areas
Compact washers in New York apartments often pump up into a sink or a tall standpipe, which asks more of a small pump than a basement floor drain would, and a weakening pump shows up as water left behind or a drain error mid-cycle.
HoustonTX · 36 areas
In Houston's humid laundry rooms a washer holding stale water in its sump starts to smell quickly, and a pump that barely runs, or stays silent, is usually clogged with lint or debris; clearing or replacing it removes that smell as well.
ChicagoIL · 50 areas
Basement laundries around Chicagoland often empty into a laundry tub or a floor drain with its own history of clogs, so a drain pump call there separates what the washer is doing from what the house drain is doing before any part is ordered.
Los AngelesCA · 95 areas
Garage washers in Los Angeles take in dirt from gardening clothes, pet bedding and beach gear, and that debris ends up at the drain pump; a pump that grinds or drains slowly is inspected along with the hose, which can kink behind a machine pushed to the wall.
San DiegoCA · 31 areas
Hard water in San Diego leaves scale in the drain path on top of the usual lint and sand, and a pump that labors or quits partway through draining is cleared or replaced together with the hose it pushes water through.
San Francisco Bay AreaCA · 74 areas
In San Francisco flats and older East Bay houses the washer may drain into a standpipe sized for a much older machine, so a slow drain is tested at the pump and at the house plumbing before the part is replaced.
Questions about
the washer drain pump repair.
Can I clean the pump filter myself?
The pump hums but no water moves. What does that mean?
Can a drain problem be in my house plumbing instead of the washer?
Why does my washer drain slowly but still drain?
Back to your everyday
Ready to book the washer drain pump repair?
Have these to hand: how much water is left in the drum, whether you hear a hum, a buzz or nothing at all when it should drain, whether the washer drains into a standpipe, a sink or a floor drain, any drain code shown on the display.